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 identify malfunctioning brain cells as potential target for Alzheimer’s treatment

For the first time, scientists have identified a rare population of potentially toxic senescent cells in human brains that can serve as a target for a new Alzheimer’s disease treatment….

Breakthrough COVID-19 saliva Amplified Antigen Rapid Test is as sensitive as PCR test

A potentially game-changing Antigen Rapid Test (ART) technology to diagnose COVID-19 has been developed by scientists in Singapore. Using a proprietary on-kit amplification technique, a person’s saliva can be self-administered…

Revealed: How SARS-CoV-2 evades our immune system

Scientists at Hokkaido University and Texas A&M University have identified a key mechanism used by the SARS-CoV-2 virus to evade host immune systems. Researchers in Japan and the United States…

New approach developed to predict response of immunotherapies in lung cancer

New methodology at the University Hospital of Tübingen harnesses the function of platelets. At Tübingen University Hospital, a preclinical study led by Dr. Clemens Hinterleitner and Prof. Dr. Lars Zender,…

HyVIS: Hybrid synapses to treat retinal dystrophies

The European project coordinated by the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia will last for four years and has received €3 million in EU funding under the Horizon 2020 program. HyVIS, the…

Microplastic pollution aids antibiotic resistance

Engineers at Rice lead study of how polystyrene contributes to crisis. The Styrofoam container that holds your takeout cheeseburger may contribute to the population’s growing resistance to antibiotics. According to…

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