Category: Features
New antimicrobial molecules engineered from wasp venom
Overuse of antibiotics over decades has resulted in ahoard of antibiotic-resistant bacteria; these could be responsible for up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050 if left without intervention. As part of the desperate search for new drugs and […]
Anti-flu drug prevents coronavirus better than hydroxychloroquine
Treatment with a high dose of the anti-flu drug favipiravir has been found to have a more potent antiviral effect than hydroxychloroquine in an animal experiment with the novel coronavirus. Virologists at the KU Leuven Rega Institute (KU Leuven) in […]
Ear, tongue stimulated simultaneously to treat tinnitus
A new device by Dublin, Ireland-based Neuromod Devices simultaneously zaps a patient’s tongue and delivers sound to their ears to treat tinnitus. A group of patients who used the “Lenire” system for a time reported “a statistically significant reduction in […]
High fructose diet found to exacerbate inflammatory bowel disease
According to the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the number of adults receiving an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) diagnosis in the country each year increased from 2 million in 1999 to 3 million in 2015. New research […]
Health development of young children significantly affected by poverty
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have found that disparities arising from poverty can affect the health of children from as young as 5 years old. The researchers used the Early Development Instrument (EDI), a measure of […]
Electromagnet remote control controls blood sugar, fights diabetes
Scientists are inventing new and convenient ways to manage common diseases such as diabetes – type 2 diabetes, in particular, requires regular monitoring and insulin injections to maintain a healthy blood sugar level. Recently, a research group at the University […]
Music therapy improves function, neural reorganisation in acute stroke patients
A Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) post was installed by researchers at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), UK, at a stoke and rehabilitation unit in nearby Addenbrooke’s teaching hospital to great success – in […]
Electronic blood vessels replace damaged ones, boosts healing, and more
Electronic blood vessels have been bioengineered by a group of scientists from China and Switzerland to facilitate the flow of blood. These blood vessels could also assist in drug delivery, wound healing and even gene therapy to play an active […]
Weighted blankets seen to help with treating insomnia, depression
Weighted blankets might promote sleep: new research from Sweden reveals that use of a weighted chain blanket on patients diagnosed with insomnia reduced the severity of insomnia, improved sleep, and led to lower levels of daytime sleepiness. The safe and […]
Hybrid yarn from collagen, synthetic fibres form artery substitute
Scientists have successfully knitted new artery grafts out of collagen and polylactic acid-based fibres to replace damaged coronary arteries. The scientists, from North Carolina State University (NCSU), US, looked into “tissue-engineered vascular grafts” as an alternative method for heart attack […]
