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Medical Xpress / Influencers promoting prescription drugs on social media pose public health risks
In today's world, attention is increasingly focused on social media and its influencers, a shift reflected in the industry's rapid growth and a global market projected to surpass $32 billion. The marketing teams of pharmaceutical ...
Phys.org / Why cells stick differently: New clues could inform skin and inflammatory disease research
Scientists led by Sergey Troyanovsky, Ph.D., professor of Dermatology and of Cell and Developmental Biology, have uncovered new intracellular mechanisms promoting cell-cell adhesion, a process disrupted in a variety of skin ...
Phys.org / Dual-rail superconducting qubits generate high-fidelity logical entanglement, study finds
Quantum computers, systems that process information leveraging quantum mechanical effects, could outperform classical computers on some advanced tasks. These systems rely on qubits, the fundamental units of quantum information, ...
Phys.org / Potential disease marker, therapeutic target for cats with osteoarthritis identified
By comparing osteoarthritis pain pathways known to be active in dogs and humans to those in cats with degenerative joint disease (DJD), researchers found that elevation of a particular molecule, artemin, could serve as a ...
Medical Xpress / New analytical method reveals how drug combinations act in leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) remains one of the most difficult blood cancers to treat. Although drug combinations are often more effective than single agents, their true mechanisms of action have been poorly understood. A ...
Medical Xpress / Psychiatric training for family doctors aims to provide better mental health care for rural and Indigenous patients
Each year, 1 in 5 Canadians will experience a mental health issue, and about 50% will have experienced a mental Illness by age 40. For many, their first and sometimes only point of contact for medical assistance is their ...
Phys.org / Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics in the lab
Nitrile and latex gloves that scientists wear while they are measuring microplastics may lead to a potential overestimation of the tiny pollutants, according to a University of Michigan study, published in Analytical Methods.
Tech Xplore / Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats
To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my colleagues and I developed an ultrasound-based perception system inspired by bat echolocation.
Phys.org / Ancient DNA reveals earliest known dogs lived alongside Ice Age humans
The bond between humans and dogs is one of nature's most enduring partnerships, but exactly when it began has long been a mystery. Now, a new study has turned back the clock. The study, titled "Dogs were widely distributed ...
Medical Xpress / Single-drug treatments are giving way to combination therapy for lung cancer
Combination therapy is essentially a one-two punch at cancer—sometimes with multiple punches. For people with lung cancer, it means treating a tumor with more than one type of therapy at the same time or in sequence, often ...
Medical Xpress / Direct comparison shows stroke protection devices during TAVR perform alike
In the first head-to-head comparison of two devices intended to protect against stroke in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), the investigational Emboliner device performed comparably to the ...
Medical Xpress / Can I drive when taking medicinal cannabis? Is it safe?
Your doctor has just prescribed medicinal cannabis. You think it's helping. But you rely on your car to get to work and pick up the kids.
