An international team of health researchers have, for the first time, described how genetic defects influence the spectrum of vision development and cause problems in developing babies' eyes.
Apr 6, 2022
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Researchers have developed a new endoscope that combines ultrasound with optical coherence tomography (OCT) to assess structural features of the lining of the uterus, called the endometrium, in unprecedented detail. The new ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Compared with a placebo, the addition of the injectable cholesterol-lowering drug alirocumab to high-intensity statin treatment in patients who have had a heart attack resulted in twofold greater reductions in three key measures ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Prostate cancer kills over 10,000 men annually in the UK alone. Detecting prostate cancer typically starts through a blood test or biopsy, after which patients are referred for PET/CT imaging so radiologists can see their ...
Mar 31, 2022
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One of the essential roles of the forensic anthropologist is the development of a biological profile from a skeleton, which includes the estimation of assigned sex, age, stature and possibly ancestry or population affinity ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Researchers have been using organoids—3D organ-like, tightly-packed cell cultures—as models to study organ development, disease and drug discovery with excellent success. However, most existing imaging methods are limited ...
Mar 14, 2022
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Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in large animal models. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected-rhesus macaques, revealed the prostate, vasculature ...
Mar 2, 2022
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New research indicates that for some individuals—even those who have steered clear of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2—societal and lifestyle disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic may have triggered inflammation in ...
Feb 23, 2022
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Mechanical hearts spur some regeneration in dormant parts of failing hearts, according to a UT Southwestern pilot study that shows promise for developing regenerative heart therapies.
Feb 7, 2022
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The spleen is the biggest lymphatic organ in the body and its major roles are to create blood (hematopoiesis), to store blood, to filter the blood and to generate immunological responses. Radiological examination of the changes ...
Feb 4, 2022
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