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.

Scientists discover natural repair process that fixes damaged hearing cells

University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have discovered how the cells that let us hear can repair themselves after being damaged. That important insight could benefit efforts to develop…

Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes

Proof-of-concept device could also monitor for flu, RSV, other respiratory viruses. Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor…

Finetuning for antibodies

The strength of the immune reaction triggered by antibodies can be regulated. Antibodies are crucial, not only for treating tumors and infections. Sometimes, however, the immune reaction they trigger can…

Potential new target to treat HIV infection

Studies focus on blocking an enzyme that plays a crucial role in replication of the HIV-1 virus. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes…

Does blood purification help against severe fatigue in post-COVID?

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a heavy burden for those affected and for the healthcare system. The “EXTINCT post COVID” project is investigating the effectiveness of apheresis therapy and is…

Multiple sclerosis: Myelin may be detrimental to nerve fibres

Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects millions of people worldwide, and there is currently no cure for this disease of the central nervous system. Damage to the nerve fibres, also called axons,…

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