Washington: Sodium-glucose transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, which reduce renal glucose reabsorption, may help control blood sugar and protect kidney health in patients with diabetic renal failure; h… [+2130 chars]
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is the most common form of motor neuron disease. People with ALS progressively lose the ability to initiate and control muscle… [+6302 chars]
by Ann Borda, Andreea Molnar, Cristina Neesham and Prof Patty Kostkova, The ConversationWhen a new coronavirus emerged from nature in 2019, it changed the world. But COVID-19 won't be the last diseas… [+6029 chars]
Please can you introduce yourself, tell us about your background, and what inspired the creation of the innovative 3D full female anatomy model? Irene Walsh: My name is Irene Walsh and I’m the Direc… [+12050 chars]
In a recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers demonstrated the short-term protection conferred by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) BNT162b2 v… [+5764 chars]
NewsDesk @bactiman63 Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness, only occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 60 million people in 36 countries are at risk. Image/Faigl.ladisl… [+2648 chars]
By making a few genetic tweaks using CRISPR technology, scientists have designed a special sun-dried tomato packed to the leaves with vitamin D. The flesh and peel of the fruit were genetically engi… [+3491 chars]
Researchers at the University of Oxford and robotics company Devanthro have grown cells on a robotic skeleton. Why? Because they could. As originally reported by The Verge, this new method of tissue… [+3709 chars]
The devastating neurological effects of long COVID can persist for more than a year, research published this week finds - even as other symptoms abate. The study, published in the journal Annals of … [+5345 chars]
Residential aged care facilities Whilst the current Commonwealth government has not made it clear whether they will mandate flu vaccinations in aged care in 2022, Victoria, Western Australia and the… [+6394 chars]
Flinders University researchers are exploring how bacterial cells adapt and resist antimicrobial medications focusing on hospital strain of Acinetobacter baumannii and its cellular response to impor… [+1778 chars]
According to the scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, a small molecule has been identified that blocks a key pathway in brain tumours. But there was a problem: How to get the… [+4738 chars]