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- Read more about New bacterial species that causes Lyme disease discovered
Researchers in the US have discovered a new bacterial species that causes the infectious Lyme disease in people.
- Read more about Implantable device could help shrink pancreatic tumours
An implantable device can deliver a particularly toxic cocktail of drugs directly to the highly lethal pancreatic tumours to stunt their growth or in some cases, shrink them all while showing signs that the rest of the body would be spared of the toxic side effects, new research has found.
- Read more about Blood test for Alzheimer's disease comes a step closer
Researchers have found that a protein, the levels of which can be easily monitored in routine blood tests, could serve as a new biomarker for Alzheimer's disease that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills.
- Read more about 3D-printed liver tissue for drug screening created in lab
A team led by engineers at University of California-San Diego has 3D-printed a tissue that closely mimics the human liver's sophisticated structure and function.
- Read more about Now, sunscreen that gives you instant Vitamin D
US researchers have found a new sunscreen that guarantees no loss of vitamin D, rather allows the body to produce the essential vitamin, a deficiency or insufficiency of which causes major health problems in both adults and children.
- Read more about Honey can destroy harmful fungus, save lives
Researchers from Britain have identified the effect of honey used since ancient times for the treatment of several diseases, on pathogenic fungi that can cause devastating infections in vulnerable people.
- Read more about Gene family turns cancer cells into aggressive stem cells
US researchers have found a gene family in the humans that has the capability of turning cancer cells into aggressive stem cells that keep growing.
- Read more about Genetic link found between mental disorders, type 2 diabetes
US researchers have identified a genetic connection between some mental health disorders and type 2 diabetes.The researchers from the University of Massachusetts in the US showed that a gene called "DISC1," which is believed to play a role in mental health disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and some forms of depression, influences the function of pancreatic beta cells which produce insulin to maintain normal blood glucose levels.
- Read more about Method to improve diagnosis of rare bleeding disorder
Researchers have developed a new cost-effective microscopy method to accurately identify people with a rare bleeding disorder.Using the super-resolution microscopy method called Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM), the researchers were able to differentiate between patients with a rare bleeding disorder and healthy volunteers, according to the study.
- Read more about How pancakes can help treat glaucoma
What has pancake to do with glaucoma? According to researchers, understanding the textures and patterns of pancakes can help them improve surgical methods for treating glaucoma.