Category: 4. Health

Researchers discovered a previously unappreciated mechanism by which CMV, a herpes virus that infects the majority of the world’s adult population, enters cells that line the blood vessels and…

As expected, the meeting…

A patch containing tens of millions of nanoneedles can read what’s happening in our cells on the fly, potentially eliminating the need for time-consuming biopsies. The patch might also facilitate disease diagnosis and monitoring.

The 8-by-8-millimeter patch collects molecular information painlessly and without damaging tissue, providing results in a matter of minutes, researchers report June 16 in Nature Nanotechnology. Traditionally, diseases like cancer and autoimmune…

Glycogen is typically thought of as a reserve energy source stored in the liver and muscles. While small…

One of the most challenging aspects of running a successful healthcare organization is how quickly the enterprise often needs to adapt to changing technologies and update its IT infrastructure. This is especially true in the landscape of healthcare systems and hospitals, where organizations are increasingly reliant on emerging technologies to run their day-to-day services.

Superblocks is aiming to…

Now, a team of Northwestern Medicine scientists has developed an AI tool called iSeg that not only matches doctors in accurately…

The herpesvirus can manipulate our DNA with far more precision than previously thought.

The virus condenses and changes the shape of our genetic material to hijack the host genes needed for replication, researchers report June 19 in Nature Communications. The study is the first to leverage new, cutting-edge visualization tools to understand how this process occurs, offering a clear view of cellular changes within hours of infection.

Herpes simplex virus (HSV-1), the microbial…

“He hides his smile in every school photo,” Jayden’s mother told me, holding up a picture of her 6-year-old son.

I first met Jayden – not his real name – as a patient at the University of Florida community dental outreach program in Gainesville, Florida. Jayden had visible cavities on his front teeth – dark spots that had become the target of teasing and bullying by classmates. The pain had become so severe that he began missing school. His family, living in a rural part…

• Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) is thought to have originated in Eurasia: previous studies on Mycobacterium leprae, the dominant form of leprosy, suggest the disease originated in Eurasia.
• Ancient pathogen genomes from old bones: a team of scientists from Germany and Argentina have reconstructed two genomes of Mycobacterium lepromatosis in 4000-year-old human skeletons from Chile. This pathogen is regarded as a second, less common, cause of Hansen’s Disease.
• A new American chapter for…

A total of 27.2 million people of all ages were uninsured in 2024, marking a nonsignificant increase from 25.0 million in 2023, according to early estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2024, released by the National Center for Health Statistics.

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