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.

Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms

Light-controlled genes could reveal how gut bacteria impact health. Baylor College of Medicine researcher Meng Wang had already shown that bacteria that make a metabolite called colanic acid (CA) could…

AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health

NIH BRAIN Initiative scientists used machine learning to redesign a bacterial ‘Venus flytrap’ protein that can monitor brain serotonin levels in real time. Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a…

Study shows link between HIV infection and cervical cancer

Sixfold increase in risk A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has quantified the effects of an infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on the development…

Reston ebolavirus spreads efficiently in pigs

Finding reveals potential for spread to humans Reston ebolavirus (RESTV) should be considered a livestock pathogen with potential to affect other mammals, including people, according to National Institutes of Health…

UVC light-emitting diodes to fight coronaviruses

In the joint CORSA project, SARS-CoV-2 and further respiratory viruses on surfaces and skin are to be inactivated by using UVC light. The project team is developing special UVC LEDs…

New assay concept for vaccine development

All over the world, research into the development of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV2 virus is running at full speed – the breakthroughs of the last few days have made…

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