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.

Ultra-thin fibres designed to protect nerves after brain surgery

Brain surgery poses a major threat to nerve cells. Even slight injuries can kill the sensitive cells. The drug nimodipine could help prevent this. It is…

Clear vision – project for safer laser treatment of floaters started

Conventional therapies for vitreous opacities in the eye are very risky and can make the situation of those affected even worse. An already existing treatment…

Blood flow recovers faster than brain in micro strokes

Increased blood flow to the brain after a microscopic stroke doesn't mean that part of the brain has recovered. At least not yet.

Researchers develop high-performance cancer vaccine using novel microcapsules

Scientists from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new therapeutic tumor vaccine based on…

Protein shapes matter in Alzheimer's research

Proteins do not misbehave and misfold out of the blue. There is a delicate ecosystem of biochemical interactions and environments that usually let them twist,…

Genetic tradeoffs do not stop evolution of antibiotic resistance

Bacteria can still develop antibiotic resistance even in the face of challenging genetic tradeoffs, or compromises, associated with varying antibiotic…

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