It is a dramatic improvement over current approaches because it also encompasses the variation among cancer cells within a single patient.
Scientists might have found an early detection method for some forms of dementia, according to new research by the University of Arizona and the University of…
What if the brain could detect its own disease? Researchers have been trying to create a material that “thinks” like the brain does, which would be more…
MS is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective covering surrounding the nerves of the central nervous system. It was once considered…
According to the Alzheimer's Association, an estimated 5.3 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease. By 2025, that number is expected to…
A new study by biomedical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas could significantly improve methods for detecting and diagnosing congenital…
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia. Experts expect that it will occur even twice as often in the over 55's in the next 40 years. If the…
The vast majority of cancer deaths occur due to the spread of cancer from one organ to another, which can happen either through the blood or the lymphatic…
The incurable eye disease can be initiated by a number of different causes such as autoimmune diseases (like rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, or Stevens-Johnson…
From Moscow via Birmingham to Jena: For Dr. Maria Chernysheva, Leibniz IPHT as the new stage of her scientific career means more than a geographical change….
Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases yet despite decades of interventions, unsafe injection practices continue to expose…
A new type of microscope may give doctors a better idea of how safely and effectively a medication will perform in the body.
EVPRO – short for: Extracellular Vesicles Promoted Regenerative Osseointegration – aims to counteract the shortened lifetime and to reduce the risk of…
A conventional pacemaker is implanted just under the skin near the collarbone. Its battery and circuitry generate electrical signals that are delivered to the…
For the RayFEye project, the scientists of the LZH have developed both a mechanics and an optics model.
More than 40 billion capillaries — tiny, hair-like blood vessels — are tasked with carrying oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the human body.
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