New research may explain why premature lungs are sensitive to stress
Many premature infants need mechanical ventilation to breathe. However, prolonged ventilation can lead to problems like respiratory diseases or ventilation-induced injury.
Using 3D ice printing to create structures that resemble blood vessels
Over 100,000 individuals in the United States are currently in need of organ transplants. The demand for organs, such as hearts, kidneys, and livers, far exceeds the available supply and…
Understanding how natural genetic variation contributes to adaptive responses to low oxygen
Humans are still evolving, and Tatum Simonson, PhD, founder and co-director of the Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen at University of California School of Medicine, plans to use…
CRISPR could be used for faster monkeypox testing
Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is a rare viral disease that is spread through physical contact between people.
New research shows promise for urine-based test to detect ovarian cancer
New research by Joseph Reiner and colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University shows promise for a urine-based test for ovarian cancer. Reiner will present their research at the 68th Biophysical Society…
Air Force cadets’ nutrition knowledge linked to success in gravitational acceleration test, study finds
how nutrition knowledge, physical strength and activity, and body composition are related to whether Air Force cadets lose consciousness during the Gravitational Acceleration Test (G-test).
GoFundMe has become a health care utility
GoFundMe started as a crowdfunding site for underwriting "ideas and dreams," and, as GoFundMe's co-founders, Andrew Ballester and Brad Damphousse, once put it, "for life's important moments."
States target health insurers’ ‘prior authorization’ red tape
Christopher Marks noticed an immediate improvement when his doctor prescribed him the Type 2 diabetes medication Mounjaro last year.
ARRALYZE® launches CellShepherd®: A fully autonomous single-cell platform for real-time monitoring of functional assays
ARRALYZE®, the Life Science arm of LPKF Laser & Electronics SE, proudly announces the commercial availability of the CellShepherd®.
Androgen receptor signaling found to upregulate gene driving melanoma severity in men
Method by which androgen-activated androgen receptors (ARs) increase fucosyltransferase 4 (FUT4) expression.