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.

New approach to fighting cancer could reduce costs and side effects

CAR-T biotherapeutics company Carina Biotech and researchers at the University of South Australia have developed a novel approach based on microfluidic technology to “purify” the immune cells of patients in…

COVID-19: Distancing and masks are not enough

Decades-old data is being used to describe the propagation of tiny droplets; now a fluid dynamics team has developed new models: Masks and distancing are good, but not enough. Wear…

Viral ‘molecular scissor’ is next COVID-19 drug target

Coronavirus uses enzymatic cutter for virus production and to disable essential immune proteins. American and Polish scientists, reporting Oct. 16 in the journal Science Advances, laid out a novel rationale…

Protein that keeps immune system from freaking out could form basis for new therapeutics

Treatment with a peptide that mimics the naturally occurring protein GIV prevents immune overreaction, supports a mechanism critical for survival in mouse models of sepsis and colitis. The immune response…

Reviving cells after a heart attack

Researchers unravel the healing mechanisms of extracellular vesicles and demonstrate their healing power on a heart-on-a-chip. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) — nanometer sized messengers that travel between cells to deliver cues…

New drug carrier systems

University of Delaware researchers advance drug delivery systems to treat connective tissue disorders. University of Delaware Professor Kristi Kiick is leading collaborative research to create new drug delivery systems with…

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