Medical researchers can now use label-free microscopic techniques to visualize extracellular vesicles, which are associated with cancer.
For ‘blade runners’ taller doesn’t necessarily mean faster
The governing body for the Paralympics recently lowered the allowable height for sprinters who use prosthetic legs, or blades, during…
Generalized Erythroderma with Fever
A 74-year-old disabled woman with multiple sclerosis, complicated by chronic lower extremity weakness precluding ambulation, presented with fever (Tmax 39.3C),…
Lower dose of newer clot-buster may be appropriate for some stroke patients
In a comparison of 0.25mg/kg and 0.40mg/kg doses of the newer and more convenient clot-busting medication tenecteplase, there was no…
New drug helps to preserve brain cells for a time after stroke
After 50 years of research and the testing of over 1,000 drugs, there is new hope for preserving brain cells…
Physics tool helps track cancer cell diversity
A team took a novel, interdisciplinary approach to analyzing the behavior of breast tumor cells by employing a statistical modeling…
Artificial intelligence yields new antibiotic
Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of…
Bumble bees can experience an object using one sense and later recognize it using another
The ability to recognize objects across different senses is present in the tiny brains of an insect, researchers have discovered.
Curing genetic disease in human cells
Scientists show for the first time that a newer type of CRISPR, called base-editing, can safely cure cystic fibrosis in…
Scientists solve long-debated puzzle of how the intestine heals itself
Scientists find that normal intestinal cells ‘de-differentiate’ en masse into stem cells that generate the cells needed for a healthy…