Category: Medical Research
Batteryless Device Based on the Piezo-Triboelectric Effect Can Treat Hearing Loss
The World Health Organization describes deafness as the inability to hear sounds of 20dB or more in both ears. At present, 430 million people in the world have hearing …Lizard Study Reveals Simple Mechanics of Breathing That Could Revolutionize Artificial Lungs Engineering
The human lung is quite a very complex structure. Multiple branchings here and there, complex mechanisms of gaseous exchange, and the like. This arrangement has made it challenging to …
Johns Hopkins’s Breathtaking Device Can Visualize Neuronal Connections in the Brain In Vivo
Memory and learning are fundamental mental processes. Learning entails acquiring new knowledge or consolidating already acquired ones while memory is best known by the changes in behavior because of …
Livestock Antibiotics and Rising Temperatures Cause Disruptions in Soil Microbial Communities
A group of concerned ecologists at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies has found that rising temperatures and antibiotics that are used in livestock production could disturb soil microbial balance …High Levels of The gbuA Gene Associated with a Diet Rich in Red Meat and High Levels of TMAO
Cardiovascular diseases are a leading cause of death among women and men in the US. This term covers various types of pathologies, such as strokes, myocardial infarction, heart failure, …
COX6A2 and miR137 Two Schizophrenia Biomarkers Identified by Swiss Researchers
Approximately 2.6 million Americans suffer from schizophrenia. Worldwide, the disease is estimated to affect between 0.7 and 1% of the population. It is a psychiatric disorder that generally appears …Anthrax a Deadly Microbe Discovered to Have a Novel Pathway of Silencing Pain
The treatment of pain dates as back as the man himself. This goes without saying, pain reduces the quality of life making life unbearable. Real headway was made in …
Researchers Find Way to Fight Bacteria with Viruses More Effectively
A new study by researchers at the University of Exeter has shed more light on how viruses can be used in tandem with antibiotics to more potently combat bacteria …