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.

Targeting T cell protein could prevent type 1 diabetes

Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine have identified a new therapeutic target to treat patients with type 1 diabetes. The study, which will be published December 9…

Obesity impairs immune cell function, accelerates tumor growth

High-fat diet allows cancer cells to outcompete immune cells for fuel. At a glance: High-fat diet causes cancer cells to rewire metabolism, increase fat consumption Cancer cells outcompete immune cells…

Paper-based electrochemical sensor can detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, testing remains a key strategy for tracking and containing the virus. Bioengineering graduate student, Maha Alafeef, has co-developed a rapid,…

How COVID-19 virus causes multiple organ failure in mice

UCLA researchers study the disease’s systemic effects. UCLA researchers are the first to create a version of COVID-19 in mice that shows how the disease damages organs other than the…

Corona pandemic could be better tackled by reducing aerosol transmission

Working committee particulate matter (AAF) recommends concrete countermeasures for indoor areas: masks, ventilation, air purification and overhead extraction. Aerosols and their spread play an essential role in the transmission of…

Mimicking the effect of exercise with gene therapy

Hope for people whose illness or injuries mean they can’t exercise. It sounds too good to be true – and it is. But Jose Bianco Moreira and the CERG research…

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