Health and Medicine

This subject area encompasses research and studies in the field of human medicine.

Among the wide-ranging list of topics covered here are anesthesiology, anatomy, surgery, human genetics, hygiene and environmental medicine, internal medicine, neurology, pharmacology, physiology, urology and dental medicine.

Artificial ventilation may trigger germ centers for acute lung failure

MHH research team identifies microscopic clusters of damaged lung vesicles as cause of massive loss of lung function. Artificial ventilation can save lives, but it also puts pressure on lung…

NIH-sponsored trial of enterovirus D68 therapeutic begins

Monoclonal antibody developed from blood of recovering patients. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody to treat…

New therapy option for fatal nerve disease ALS

MHH researchers find innovative approach to prolong the survival of motor nerve cells. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable, severe disease of the nervous system. As the disease progresses,…

Ferroptosis – Comprehensive review of important cell death mechanism

Overview article in Redox Biology. An international team comprising 90 authors presents the status of research on “ferroptosis”, a cell death mechanism caused by excess iron and oxygen radicals. Ferroptosis…

NIAID discovery leads to novel probiotic for eczema

Scientists identified beneficial bacteria that relieve eczema symptoms in adults and children. NIAID research has led to the availability of a new over-the-counter topical eczema probiotic. The probiotic is based…

Functionality of adrenaline-binding receptor decoded

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are found throughout the human body and are involved in many complex signalling pathways. Despite their importance in many biological processes, the central mechanism of G…

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