AI in Medicine Is Overhyped
AI models for health care that predict disease are not as accurate as reports might suggest. Here’s why......»»
How natural language and logical reasoning are being used to develop cancer drugs
Elemental Cognition is partnering with Penn Medicine to apply natural language understanding to therapeutic drug development. Elemental Cognition is partnering with Penn Medicine to apply natural language understanding to therapeutic drug develop.....»»
Incredible new ‘drug factory’ implants kill tumors in mice in under a week
Researchers with Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have created implantable beads capable of destroying tumors in mice. The method utilizes Rice’s cytokine “drug factory” and a checkpoint inhibitor drug to do the heavy lifting. The.....»»
3D printing of starch for personalized medicine development
Traditional methods produce medicines with specific parameters, but in many cases without meeting the individual needs of patients. In fact, conventional medicines tend to be based on adult doses, so pediatric and elderly patients require doses tailo.....»»
How Medicine"s Fixation on the Sex Binary Harms Intersex People
“Normalizing” infants’ and children’s genital appearance to match a sex assigned in early age isn’t medically necessary and can negatively impact quality of life.....»»
Organ-development discovery could boost battle against cancer
A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shed light on how our digestive tract, lungs and liver form, and that finding could have important implications for our understanding of cancer......»»
How Next-Generation Sequencing Can Enable Precision Oncology [Sponsored]
Celebrating those who enhance the ability to provide the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, the Cancer Community Awards, sponsored by AstraZeneca, presents an individual or organization with the Catalyst for Precision Medicine A.....»»
Top ransomware group hit with DDoS attack, complains about injustice
Hackers are getting a taste of their own medicine with a DDoS attack......»»
Study fails to show that dogs or wolves can understand a human"s reputation
A small study did not find evidence that wolves or dogs could understand the reputation of humans as "generous" or "selfish" with food, after direct or indirect interactions. Hoi-Lam Jim and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna,.....»»
Big splash: Scientists present a new model for predicting droplet splashing behavior on solid surfaces
The study of liquid droplets and their behavior upon impingement is of major importance in many fields, including agriculture, engineering, and medicine. Droplet behavior prediction has use in spray painting and pesticide sprays, inkjet technology fo.....»»
The mission to make longer-lasting space drugs
How do we make medicine last the extreme conditions of space exploration?.....»»
Mars model provides method for landing humans on Red Planet
A mathematical model developed by space medicine experts from The Australian National University (ANU) could be used to predict whether an astronaut can safely travel to Mars and fulfil their mission duties upon stepping foot on the Red Planet......»»
Researchers gain new insights into a dynamic protein targeted in cancer therapy
New structural information about an enzyme target in cancer medicine could help the development of next generation inhibitors. The enzyme, called PARP1, senses DNA damage and sends a cellular signal to carry out repair. PARP1 activity is important to.....»»
Drinking Coffee Reduces Risk of Kidney Injury, Study Finds
Even after adjusting for various demographic variables, John Hopkins Medicine researchers found that daily coffee consumption reduced one's chances of developing acute kidney injury. The post Drinking Coffee Reduce.....»»
Researchers discover one of the largest known bacteria-to-animal gene transfers inside a fruit fly
A fruit fly genome is not a just made up of fruit fly DNA—at least for one fruit fly species. New research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS) shows that one fruit fly species contains wh.....»»
Demystifying DNA hybridization kinetics
Nanoscientists and theoretical physicists at UNSW Medicine & Health's EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science joined forces to demystify the complicated mechanisms governing how quickly two matching strands of DNA can fully come together—or.....»»
Investigators explore cellular response to stress
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered novel mechanisms that regulate a cell's response to molecular stressors, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences......»»
Predictive model uses gut microbes to forecast human diseases, health outcomes
A new approach that uses artificial intelligence (AI) shows how to use microorganisms in the body and molecules in cells to predict human health outcomes, according to Penn State College of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.....»»
The Pandemic Fueled a Superbug Surge. Can Medicine Recover?
As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting back......»»
Worms as a model for personalized medicine
Tailoring a person's diet or medicine based on their genomes has been a goal of the medical community for decades, but the strategy has not been widely successful because people metabolize chemicals differently. A drug may work differently for two pa.....»»
Protein parts must wiggle and jiggle to work right, new research suggests
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report they have probed the atomic structure of proteins to add to evidence that the wobbles, shakes and quivers of proteins play a critical role in their ability to function. The findings of the research may help sc.....»»