Psychology & Psychiatry

New anticholinergic drug keeps PTSD flashbacks and nightmares away

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent in today's society. Medical researchers have been seeking solutions to combat this condition and its manifestations. Unfortunately, the neurological mechanisms of PTSD aren't ...

Biomedical technology

New biochip technology for pharma research

In pharmaceutical research, small tissue spheres are used as mini-organ models for reproducible tests. TU Wien has found a way to develop a reliable standard for these tissue samples.

Medications

Metoclopramide inhibits proliferation of leukemia stem cells

A research team at Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and the University of Bern has identified and tested the use of an agent that can effectively inhibit the proliferation of leukemia stem cells. Metoclopramide (MPR), ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Why the LGBT community is at greater risk from COVID-19

More than 200,000 LGBT adults in California have medical conditions that increase their vulnerability to the effects of COVID-19, according to new research by Kathryn O'Neill, a policy analyst with the Williams Institute ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

FDA grants emergency approval to simpler ventilator design

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) is safe for use in the United States under the FDA's Emergency Use Authorization, which helps support public health during the ...

Genetics

Crowdsourced supercomputing project sets sights on coronavirus

People around the world are isolating themselves to help slow the spread of COVID-19. But there is another way those confined to their homes—but connected online—can join the fight against the novel coronavirus. Among ...

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