Proteinanalyse zeigt, dass altersbedingte Zellveränderungen Tumore verursachen
Genetische Mutationen wurden in den letzten Jahrzehnten als Ursache für Krebs betrachtet. Moderne post-genomische Analyseverfahren wie Proteomics und Metabolomics erlauben mittlerweile, völlig neue Mechanismen für die Entstehung von chronischen Erkrankungen, wie unter anderen Krebs, zu erkennen. (more…)
Emotional response to mistake leads to more improvement
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Feeling the pain of failure leads to more effort to correct your mistake than simply thinking about what went wrong, according to a new study. (more…)
Biomed engineering professor receives American Heart Association grant to study robot-aided stroke rehabilitation
About every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. (more…)
Die Lactobazillen sind „Mikrobe des Jahres 2018“
Die Mikrobe des Jahres haben Sie heute vermutlich schon mehrfach verzehrt: als Sauerteigbrot mit Käse oder Salami, im Joghurt, in Form von Sauerkraut oder eingelegten Oliven. Zur Mikrobe des Jahres hat die Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM) nämlich die nützlichen Laktobazillen gewählt. (more…)
UCLA researchers say study challenges the concept that inhaled nicotine is safe
A new UCLA study has found that healthy nonsmokers experienced increased adrenaline levels in their hearts after one electronic cigarette with nicotine. (more…)
New U-M lab provides a space for researchers to study how we live in our most familiar environment
ANN ARBOR — Fredda Clisham washes her hands at a bathroom sink—something she’s done thousands of times in her 96 years. (more…)
FDA-registered product uses technology, engineering science and is manufactured at Columbia company
COLUMBIA, Mo. – On the outside, Novashine looks like an ordinary teeth-whitening kit that consumers use every day. However, the kit, developed by a team of University of Missouri engineers, uses a specialized teeth-whitening gel specially made for ease of use that capitalizes on technology users probably already have on hand—the user’s smartphone. (more…)
In 2014 a former judge from San Diego County approached the UCLA Kidney Transplant Program with an unusual request: If the judge donated a kidney to a stranger now, could his then-4-year-old grandson, who suffered from chronic kidney disease, receive priority for a future kidney transplant if needed later in life? (more…)
