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A synthetic, injectable hydrogel developed to deliver drugs and encourage tissue growth turns out to have therapeutic properties all its own. Source: Lab surprised to find its drug-delivery system can help even without drugs
Continue Reading →What might alien music sound like? Would it be structured hierarchically as our music is with verses and a chorus? Would we even be able to appreciate it? Researchers think the answer would be yes, assuming it was predicated on local and non-local dependencies. Source: How would the brain process alien music?
Continue Reading →When implemented correctly, health care team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent, according to a new review paper. Source: Team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent
Continue Reading →Multi-resistant microbes are a growing danger. The often unnecessary and mass use of antibiotics causes the impassivity of pathogens against drugs. Infections that were easily curable up to now, may become life threatening. A new rapid test will give information on which available antibiotic is still effective. Faster diagnostics allow a personalized therapy and saves […]
Continue Reading →Small populations of pathogenic bacteria may be harder to kill off than larger populations because they respond differently to antibiotics. Source: Biophysicists discover how small populations of bacteria survive treatment
Continue Reading →Researchers are developing a promising alternative to antibiotic treatment for infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria resistant to carbapenem antibiotics. The approach uses antibodies to target the K. pneumoniae protective capsule polysaccharide, allowing immune system cells called neutrophils to attack and kill the bacteria. Source: Scientists describe potential antibody treatment for multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae
Continue Reading →A palaeogenomic study investigates early medieval migration in southern Germany and the peculiar phenomenon of artificial skull deformation. Source: New insights into the origin of elongated heads in early medieval Germany
Continue Reading →Neuron myelination is critical to early mental development, and defects in myelination have been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders. Researchers found that B immune cells reside in the brains of developing mice, and play a key role in the myelination of neurons by oligodendrocytes. The findings suggest a new avenue of exploration for understanding the origin […]
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