Archive: 20/04/2018

Stem-cell technology aids 3-D printed cartilage repair

Novel stem-cell technology developed at Swinburne will be used to grow the massive number of stem cells required for a new hand-held 3-D printer that will enable surgeons to create patient-specific bone and cartilage.

Apr 20, 2018

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MRI technique detects spinal cord changes in MS patients

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting-state spinal cord function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Apr 20, 2018

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Meditation could help anxiety and cardiovascular health

In a student-led study, one hour of mindfulness meditation shown to reduce anxiety and some cardiovascular risk markers.

Apr 20, 2018

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Aggressive breast cancer already has resistant tumour cells prior to chemotherapy

Difficult to treat and aggressive "triple-negative" breast cancer is chemoresistant even before chemotherapy begins, a new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...

Apr 20, 2018

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As marijuana goes mainstream, what's happening to the way we talk about weed?

For decades, the marijuana industry operated underground, outside the confines of the law.

Apr 20, 2018

Signaling between neuron types found to instigate morphological changes during early neocortex development

A team of researchers from several institutions in Japan has found that developing neocortex neurons in mammals undergo a morphological transition from a multipolar shape to a bipolar shape due at least partially to signaling ...

Apr 20, 2018 report

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Doctors use robotic assistant to detect source of girl's seizures

Gracin Hahne was 3½ months old when she had her first seizure. "I was changing her diaper," said Heidi Hahne, Gracin's mom. "I also noticed something else: There were light patches, like abnormal pigmentations, on her skin."

Apr 20, 2018

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A dose of empathy may support patients in pain

Research published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that empathic, positive messages from doctors may be of small benefit to patients suffering from pain, and improve their satisfaction about the care ...

Apr 20, 2018

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Key factor in development of Parkinson's disease identified

A molecule has been identified that appears to play an important role in the development of Parkinson's disease, a debilitating disease that affects millions of people around the world.

Apr 20, 2018

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Researchers describe mechanism of protein accumulation in neurodegenerative diseases

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have characterized the mechanism that initiates the pathological aggregation of the protein FUS, which plays a central role in two distinct neurodegenerative diseases.

Apr 20, 2018

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