Medicine
Scientists Uncover Potential ‘electrical Language’ Of Breast Cancer Cells
Posted in Medicine on 21st Nov, 2022
by Alex Muller
New research has found variable voltages in the membranes of breast cancer cells, revealing clues about how they grow and spread.
COVID-19 Infection Waves Linked To Spikes In Heart Attack Deaths
Posted in Medicine on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
The findings cannot causally link the increases in heart attacks to COVID, however, the research is far from the first to suggest SARS-CoV-2 infections can harm heart health.
Successful Trial Results Of Drug To Inhibit Common-Cancer-Causing Gene
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
"If subsequent trials of this new MYC-targeted drug hold up, then exploring combinations with other chemotherapy drugs or some of the new agents that stimulate the body's immune response to cancer hold out the prospect of new, more effective treatments."
Our Conscious Experience Of The World Is A Memory, Says New Theory
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
By reframing consciousness as part of memory, the team hopes the theory can help patients with neurological disorders.
AI Uses A Scan Of Your Retina To Predict Your Risk Of Heart Disease
Posted in Medicine, Science, Software on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller
"AI-enabled vasculometry risk prediction is fully automated, low cost, non-invasive, and has the potential for reaching a higher proportion of the population in the community because of 'high street' availability and because blood sampling or are not needed."