Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Implant choice more important than surgeon skill for hip replacement success; Vertebral body tethering shows clinical success as treatment for scoliosis; Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility; Bioventus reports first use of its Signfuse bioactive bone graft in strip format.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Denoising algorithm may boost signal-to-noise ratios in prostate MRI; Cross-reactive immunity helps antitumor response; iBET you I can kill those metastases; Transatlantic assault on cancer announced.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: 3D printing of heart valve models; Findings challenge recommendations for antiplatelet treatment after TAVI; Telehealth could help those with high BP avoid heart attack, stroke.
With COVID-19, questions about how infections cause lasting immunity, or don’t, and how you know and what it all means for vaccines have become a matter of public focus. But some immunologists have been pondering those questions for years. “The immune system has a very good memory,” Bali Pulendran told BioWorld. “Clearly, some viruses and some pathogens can enter the body and stimulate the immune system, and the immune system can remember that encounter for decades.”
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Blood-based test used to predict who is likely to develop psychotic disorders; Study could lead to more personalized choices for OCD treatment; Nerve cells differ before birth in people with ASD.
BioWorld looks at translational medicine, including: iBET you I can kill those metastases; Elite controller achieves none-in-a-billion status; AP-1 and antidepressant action; ‘Undruggable’ phosphatase can be targeted for dystrophies; Candida auris: mostly, nothing wrong; In T cells, exhaustion starts young; Chewing the fat keeps stem cells quiet; Antiviral protein produces flu mRNAs; Engineered brown fat cells improve blood sugar control; For organs, rejuvenation helps transplantation.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: A.I. tool promises faster, more accurate Alzheimer's diagnosis; Bioluminescent tool tracks DNA break repair; Mechanisms of retinopathy come into focus.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility; High intensity physical activity in early life could lead to stronger bones in adulthood; Xtant Medical reports U.S. launch of the Matriform Si; Opioid prescription rates for knee surgery vary, but higher strength dosage common.
HONG KONG – Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) research enterprise in Singapore have found a way to not just reverse antibiotic resistance but also increase sensitivity in some bacteria, using hydrogen sulfide.
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