Category: Medical Research
University of Michigan Scientists Use Sound Waves to Treat Previously Inoperable Liver Cancer
Liver cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. In 2020, approximately 830,180 people died of liver cancer worldwide. The American Cancer Society, ACS, estimates that in …University of California Irvine Study Sheds Light on Why Older Adults Are More Susceptible to Infectious Diseases
Some diseases are more severe in extremes of age. Malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea are more severe in under-fives, while cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and arthritis worsen with increasing age. This …
Researchers Discover Neurons That Drive Our Competitive Nature and Social Interactions
Competitiveness is a measure of a person’s desire to surpass others. We all have that desire, however, its intensity varies from individual to individual. While some are highly competitive …Intragastric Satiety-Inducing Device (ISD) A Nonsurgical Implant That Can Suppress Appetite
According to research, it has been found that diet and exercise alone cannot help combat obesity, because, for an obese patient, there have been some biological adaptations undertaken by …Researchers Finally Generate the First-Ever Complete Sequence of the Human Genome
Every person is comprised of a sequence of genetic data that is housed within the nucleus of the cells and encoded as Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is geometrically folded …New Discovery May Explain Why Certain Infections Refuse to Go Away
There is a major concern in the medical community that bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. Now, new research out of the University of Utah has revealed a …
Scientists Develop a New Framework to Evaluate the Health Effects of Mixtures of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals
An international team of biologists and chemists has come up with a new framework to begin assessing the health effects of mixtures of chemicals that disrupt the endocrine system. …Scientists Identify Gene Complex That Regulates Ribosome Production
Ribosomes are cell organelles that appear in the cytoplasm of cells without any enclosure in a limiting membrane. They are important for the manufacture of proteins by cells. These …