Archive: 29/01/2016

Virtual reality makes its best users the most queasy

In a twist of virtual fate, people with the best 3-D vision are also the people most likely to suffer from motion sickness while using virtual reality displays.

Jan 29, 2016

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Fracture risk more important than bone density

Low bone density is very uncommon in patients with coeliac disease, according to new research from the University of Auckland.

Jan 29, 2016

Seaweed offers the solution to transporting stem cells and wound treatment

Publishing in Stem Cells Translational Medicine Professor Che Connon and Dr Stephen Swioklo describe the low-cost seaweed solution.

Jan 29, 2016

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New cell-engineering technique may lead to precision immunotherapies

UC San Francisco scientists have created a new class of highly customizable biological sensors that can be used to form "logic gates" inside cells of the immune system, giving these cells the capability to home in on and ...

Jan 29, 2016

Study finds risk of pulmonary embolism from ultrasound

Ultrasound is the most common technique for detecting a widespread cardiovascular condition: blood clots in the leg, otherwise known as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). But there's a little known—yet serious—risk to using ...

Jan 29, 2016

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Study gets to the heart of heart failure

A failing heart is said to be like an "engine out of fuel." To better understand the problem of energy production in heart-failure patients, researchers at Yale University and Duke University studied the underlying metabolic ...

Jan 29, 2016

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Do empty plates mean larger waists?

Researchers from the Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, studying the cognitive and social influences on appetitive behaviours have examined the link between plate-clearing and a person's Body Mass Index (BMI).

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Laboratory discovers new antibody function

The laboratory of Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and an international team of researchers from Italy, United Kingdom, Japan, France, The Netherlands, Australia, Sweden and Czech Republic, ...

Jan 29, 2016