Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Is COVID-19 on airplane air filters?
Ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become more interested in how well airplane cabins filter and circulate their air.
Jan 28, 2022
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News tagged with systems engineering
Oncology & Cancer
Method for delivering immune system-stimulating drugs may enhance cancer immunotherapy
Stimulating the body's immune system to attack tumors is a promising way to treat cancer. Scientists are working on two complementary strategies to achieve that: taking off the brakes that tumors put on the immune system; ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows how memories are stored in the brain, with potential impact on conditions like PTSD
What physical changes occur in the brain when a memory is made?
Jan 10, 2022
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Health
Using ergonomics to reduce pain from technology use
The use of smartphones, tablets and laptops has become commonplace throughout the world and has been especially prevalent among college students. Recent studies have found that college students have higher levels of screen ...
Dec 17, 2021
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Diabetes
Researchers developing model to predict hypoglycemic events
Over 30 million people in the United States have diabetes—approximately 10.5 percent of the country's population—with 1.5 million new diagnoses made each year and an estimated annual cost exceeding $300 billion.
Dec 15, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Coating cancer cells with silica to create a vaccine that energizes an immune repose to tumor development
A team of researchers working at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center has found some success in creating a cancer vaccine by coating cancer cells in silica and injecting them into test mice. In their paper published ...
Vaccination
Five ways to keep vaccine cold storage equipment safe from hackers
Electronics in the "cold chain" that health systems use to keep items like COVID-19 vaccines ultra-cold during storage and transport are surprisingly vulnerable to hacking, but there are ways that health systems can protect ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
A new method to examine how immunotherapy changes tumors
Johns Hopkins University engineers are the first to use a non-invasive optical probe to understand the complex changes in tumors after immunotherapy, a treatment that harnesses the immune system to fight cancer. Their method ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Neuroscience
Connective issue: AI learns by doing more with less
Brains have evolved to do more with less. Take a tiny insect brain, which has less than a million neurons but shows a diversity of behaviors and is more energy-efficient than current AI systems. These tiny brains serve as ...
Aug 3, 2021
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Neuroscience
Exoskeletons have a problem: They can strain the brain
Exoskeletons—wearable devices used by workers on assembly lines or in warehouses to alleviate stress on their lower backs—may compete with valuable resources in the brain while people work, canceling out the physical ...
Jul 22, 2021
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