Neuroscience
Can 'brain painting' help ADHD patients? Research looks for answers
It was like a scene in "Stranger Things."
Jul 11, 2022
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News tagged with sensors
Medical research
An 'off' switch for pain: Chemists build light-controlled neural inhibitor
Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons on demand, in the laboratory. The crucial element in ...
Feb 22, 2012
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Immunology
New wearable sensor tracks children's suffering with eczema, and adults with itch symptoms
Itch torments its sufferers and can be as debilitating as chronic pain.
Apr 30, 2021
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Diabetes
First-generation 'artificial pancreas' brings hope for people with type 1 diabetes
A new "artificial pancreas" being studied by the University of Melbourne could dramatically transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes.
Jul 14, 2017
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Immunology
Keeping a lid on inflammation
Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) are part of the system of checks and balances that prevents the immune response from going overboard and causing autoimmune disease. Although critically important for shaping the immune response ...
Jun 17, 2015
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Gout diagnostic platform uses computational microscopy to analyze uric acid crystals
UCLA researchers have designed a portable imaging system that can diagnose gout, a condition that affects more than 8 million adults in the U.S. alone.
Jul 26, 2016
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover possible key to degenerative nerve diseases
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and collaborators have discovered a powerful new protein in the eye of the fruit fly that may shed light on blinding diseases and other sensory problems ...
Nov 17, 2011
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Medical research
Battery-free wireless sensors collect temperature and pressure of bedridden patients
A team of researchers from the U.S., China and Korea has developed a small, skin-like sensor that can be attached to a human patient to collect temperature and pressure information and wirelessly send it to healthcare workers. ...
Medical research
Pill-sized device provides rapid, detailed imaging of esophageal lining
Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid. Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts ...
Jan 13, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Gait assessed with body-worn sensors may help detect onset of Alzheimer's disease
Body-worn sensors used at home and in clinic by people with mild Alzheimer's to assess walking could offer a cost-effective way to detect early disease and monitor progression of the illness.
May 4, 2018
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