Mycobacteria are the world’s most deadly bacteria — causing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one million people each year. New drugs to fight these infections are desperately needed, as the number of…
Category: 5. Health
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Menopause at an early age can exacerbate cognitive decline
A team of researchers from the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science found that women who entered menopause before the age of 40 had worse cognitive outcomes than women who entered…
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Researchers introduce a brand-new method to detect gunshot residue at the crime scene
Crime scene investigation may soon become significantly more accurate and efficient thanks to a new method for detecting gunshot residues. Researchers from the groups of Wim Noorduin (AMOLF / University of Amsterdam) and Arian van Asten…
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Our DNA is at risk of hacking, warn scientists
Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) — the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and gene research — could become a prime target for hackers.
A study,…
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Early mutations and risk factors for stomach cancer, and develops a pre-cancer model for stomach cancer prevention
Researchers from the Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have made significant advancements in understanding the earliest stages of stomach cancer, a leading…
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Uncovering the relationship between life and sound
There’s a sensation that you experience — near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert — from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, but your cells may…
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Civil engineering team develops innovative solution for tracking antibiotic resistance genes
The global proliferation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) poses a significant threat to the efficacy of antibiotic-based treatments for diseases. Effective monitoring of ARGs across both spatial and temporal dimensions is essential to…
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Mindfulness and step tracking boosts motivation to exercise
A new study from the Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change at the University of Bath has found that combining step tracking with mindfulness training delivered via a mobile app can significantly boost people’s desire to exercise.
Published…
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How disturbed signaling pathways could promote epileptic seizures
Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is a congenital malformation of the cerebral cortex that is often associated with difficult-to-treat epilepsy. In the affected areas, nerve cells and their layer structures are arranged in an atypical manner,…
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Potential Medicaid Cuts Threaten Maternal Healthcare
In this week’s edition of InnovationRx, we look at the impact of Medicaid cuts, a $400 million obesity bet, a study of bias in clinical AI, Amgen’s AI hire from Nike, and more. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here.
Looming Medicaid cuts…
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