Pediatrics
AI technology helps identify cerebral palsy in babies
Cutting-edge technology that analyzes clips of babies' movements can help speed up detection of cerebral palsy, according to a new study.
Mar 20, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Swallowable sensors could pinpoint gut movement problems for patients
Scientists have developed an ingestible capsule dotted with sensors that can detect pressure in a patient's guts and detect points of failure.
Mar 19, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify Achilles heel of lung cancer protein
Researchers have shown for the first time that a crucial interface in a protein that drives cancer growth could act as a target for more effective treatments.
Mar 19, 2024
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Medications
Point-of-care therapeutics sensor could make automated dosing systems universal
Rice University synthetic biologists have found a way to piggyback on the glucose monitoring technology used in automated insulin dosing systems and make it universally applicable for the monitoring and dosing of virtually ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Live music emotionally moves us more than streamed music, show researchers
How does listening to live music affect the emotional center of our brain? A study carried out at the University of Zurich has found that live performances trigger a stronger emotional response than listening to music from ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Can your smartwatch improve treatment for depression?
The same smartwatch that counts your steps and hours of sleep can also offer mental health clinicians valuable information about depression symptoms, a Northeastern expert says in an article published in the New England Journal ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Genetics
Research team discovers genetic cause of low birth weight among children conceived after fertility treatment
VUB professor Claudia Spits, of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Reproduction and Genetics research group, has identified a genetic cause for the increased risk of low birth weight in babies born following assisted reproductive ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Cardiology
'Heart-on-a-chip' to test chemotherapies and other cancer drugs for heart toxicity
Chemotherapy can be toxic to heart cells. To help protect the hearts of cancer patients, Cedars-Sinai investigators have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" to evaluate drug safety. In a study published in the journal ...
Feb 2, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals crucial 'housekeeping' genetic elements and their potential to fight cancer
Technological advancements have enabled scientists to comprehensively explore genetic control elements, unraveling the complexities of gene activation mechanisms in our genetic code. New evidence challenges the simplistic ...
Jan 5, 2024
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Neuroscience
Ultrasound enables less-invasive brain-machine interfaces
Brain–machine interfaces (BMIs) are devices that can read brain activity and translate that activity to control an electronic device like a prosthetic arm or computer cursor. They promise to enable people with paralysis ...
Nov 30, 2023
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