AI in Medicine Is Overhyped
AI models for health care that predict disease are not as accurate as reports might suggest. Here’s why......»»
Apple Vision Pro could help surgeons see vital data during operations
The Apple Vision Pro may be beneficial in medicine, a surgeon suggests, with the mixed-reality headset potentially helping by providing vital data during surgery.Apple Vision ProApple's introduction of the Apple Vision Pro could be a boon to producti.....»»
Confidence in science fell in 2022 while political divides persisted, poll shows
Confidence in the scientific community declined among U.S. adults in 2022, a major survey shows, driven by a partisan divide in views of both science and medicine that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic......»»
Microneedle array embedded with ultrasound-triggered antibacterial nanoparticles for acne treatment
A research team led by Professor Kelvin Yeung from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has designed a new microneedle patch to offer a highly-effec.....»»
Study identifies new mechanisms driving genomic instability
A recent Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Cell Biology has identified new mechanisms that cause genomic or chromosomal instability during cell division, findings that may improve the development of biomarkers and targeted thera.....»»
Virtual Clinics are Battling Inequalities in Women’s Health
Services like Maven are improving outcomes across key areas of women’s health care—from emergency medicine to maternity services......»»
Preventing pandemics by leaving bats undisturbed
As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly subsides, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) experts and colleagues from the Wildlife Conservation Society have partnered on a new analysis in The Lancet Planetary Health journal focused on how suc.....»»
Primates" DNA highlights applications for human health
A new investigation led by Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, an ICREA researcher at the IBE (CSIC-UPF) and a professor of Genetics at the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Kyle Farh (Illumina), and Jeffrey Rogers.....»»
The age of blood stains says more about the crime
The composition of blood stains changes over the course of weeks and months. Forensic medicine hopes to make use of this fact in future to convict suspects—or to prove their innocence......»»
Q-carbon harder, brighter than diamonds
Scientists have created a substance, Q-carbon, that blings even brighter than diamonds, but it's not for wearing. You'll take its byproducts as medicine instead......»»
Using artificial intelligence for culture medium optimization
Cell culture is a vital technology used in pharmaceutical production and regenerative medicine. It is heavily influenced by the composition of the medium, a nutrient-rich solution facilitating cell growth. Optimizing and developing culture media is a.....»»
Unveiling the RNA-guided mechanisms driving cell fate
The early stages of embryonic development contain many of life's mysteries. Unlocking these mysteries can help us better understand early development and birth defects, and help develop new regenerative medicine treatments......»»
What the End of the COVID Emergency Means for You
What you pay for tests, vaccines, and medicine will change.....»»
Where do our limbs come from? Study uncovers new clues about the origin of paired appendages
An international collaboration that includes scientists from the University of Colorado School of Medicine has uncovered new clues about the origin of paired appendages—a major evolutionary step that remains unresolved and highly debated......»»
Gene Therapy in the Womb Is Inching Closer to Reality
Treatment in utero could cure diseases before birth. Recent advances in lab animals may bring medicine closer to achieving it—but this field is still in its infancy......»»
A new map reveals the complicated world in which cells seek to repair damaged DNA
Writing in the May 22, 2023 issue of Cell Systems, a diverse team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, have produced a novel map that depicts the human body's enormously complicated and highly ev.....»»
Study combines quantum computing and generative AI for drug discovery
Insilico Medicine, a clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced that it combined two rapidly developing technologies, quantum computing and generative AI, to explore lead candidate discovery.....»»
Topologically structured light detects the position of nano-objects with atomic resolution
Optical imaging and metrology techniques are key tools for research rooted in biology, medicine and nanotechnology. While these techniques have recently become increasingly advanced, the resolutions they achieve are still significantly lower than tho.....»»
High-power, high-energy, all-fiber Mamyshev oscillator
High power/energy ultrafast fiber lasers have broadband applications in material processing, medicine, advanced manufacturing and other fields. Compared with solid-state lasers, fiber lasers have the advantages of compact systems, flexibility, good h.....»»
Canine mother baseline metabolites measured
The Clinic for Animal Reproduction, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitaet Berlin in Germany, has investigated the intensive molecular changes that take place during dog pregnancy......»»
Pet owners with hoarding tendencies may take toll on health of themselves, animals in care, study finds
Mississippi State Department of Psychology faculty members studying hoarding behavior are teaming with faculty in the university's College of Veterinary Medicine to look at implications of this disorder and its relation to pet ownership......»»