Patients often suffer from side effects due to the doses used in the treatments for fighting cancer. How can this…
Mapping international drug use through the world’s largest wastewater study
A seven-year project monitoring illicit drug use in 37 countries via wastewater samples shows that cocaine use was skyrocketing in…
Looking inside the body with indirect light
Scientists report an imaging technique that gives finer details of blood vessels in live patients in real time than current…
Greater understanding of Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have made an important discovery in understanding the role a particular protein plays to impair memory in Alzheimer’s disease,…
Optoacoustic imaging shows potential for noninvasive diagnostics for thyroid disorders
A novel, noninvasive imaging technique can provide new information about thyroid disorders that will help in evaluation and diagnosis, according…
In Alzheimer’s research, scientists reveal brain rhythm role
In the years since her lab discovered that exposing Alzheimer’s disease model mice to light flickering at the frequency of…
New organelle that helps prevent cancer discovered in our cells
Scientists have discovered a strange structure inside our cells that helps to prevent cancer by ensuring genetic material is sorted…
Simple test predicts dangerous pregnancy disorder
Researchers have developed a simple, low-cost way to predict preeclampsia, a potentially deadly condition that kills 76,000 mothers and 500,000…
Treatment for common vision disorder does not improve children’s reading skills
Results from a clinical trial show that while vision therapy can successfully treat convergence insufficiency (CI) in children, it fails…
MRI may help doctors differentiate causes of memory loss
A new study finds that, with the use of MRI scans, it is possible to distinguish between memory loss caused…