Helena Bergsten, Center for Infectious Medicine (CIM) at the Department of Medicine Huddinge, is defending her thesis "Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Tissue Infections: Therapeutic Challenges and Opportunities" on December ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 10, 2021
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Specially designed to operate in weightlessness, this diagnostic disc can identify diabetes, cardiovascular disease and high cholesterol from a single drop of astronaut blood.
Biotechnology
Dec 9, 2021
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University of Central Florida researchers have developed a device that detects viruses like SARS-COV-2 in the body as fast as and more accurately than current, commonly used rapid detection tests.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 29, 2021
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The benefits of consuming traditional foods tend to outweigh the risks of possible mercury contamination, according to a recent study.
Environment
Oct 26, 2021
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A hefty set of tusks is usually an advantage for elephants, allowing them to dig for water, strip bark for food and joust with other elephants. But during episodes of intense ivory poaching, those big incisors become a liability.
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2021
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Despite breakthrough diabetes research over the past century, people with diabetes still need to rely on obtaining blood samples to monitor their sugar levels. Daily glucose monitoring by tracking blood sugar levels is essential ...
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 14, 2021
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Juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonian mydas) living in nearshore waters often exhibit tumors that grow on their soft tissues and shells, symptoms of a disease called Green Turtle Fibropapillomatosis. While the disease has ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 12, 2021
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Spending long periods in space not only leads to muscle atrophy and reductions in bone density, it also seems to have lasting effects on the brain. Neuroimaging studies (amongst others from this LMU team of researchers) has ...
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2021
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This week 20 women are tucking themselves in a waterbed for five days as part of a dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects of spaceflight on the body. The campaign kicked off yesterday with the first two subjects ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2021
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In the movies, scientists can take a sample of someone's blood, put it in a mass spectrometer, and quickly determine everything that's in the sample.
Biochemistry
Sep 16, 2021
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