Smartphones can monitor patients with neuromuscular diseases
For a more detailed view, patients need to visit a motion analysis lab, where hourslong biomechanical assessments require…
Alzheimer’s decline slows with just a few thousand steps a day
Cognition deteriorates less rapidly in people with Alzheimer’s disease who take at least 3,000 to 5,000 steps per…
Scientists identify cells by seeing how high they levitate
Although the magnetic levitation system described in the 2015 paper allowed researchers to visually distinguish different types of…
Eye prosthesis is the first to restore sight lost to macular degeneration
The new device takes advantage of what is preserved. The 2-by-2-millimeter chip that receives images is implanted in…
World’s largest-ever clinical trial launched to test treatments for Parkinson’s disease
The world’s largest-ever clinical trial of treatments to slow or stop the progression of Parkinson’s disease has launched,…
Volunteer scientists work ‘nights and weekends’ to guide vaccine advice in US
Scientists volunteering their time have contributed to medical-society guidelines on vaccines for COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.Credit:…
Medicine Nobel goes to scientists who revealed secrets of immune system ‘regulation’
Fred Ramsdell, Mary Brunkow and Shimon Sakaguchi identified regulatory T cells, which help to keep the immune system…
Immune cell ‘signatures’ could help guide treatment for critically ill patients
However, if a patient’s immune system is out of balance, these treatments can backfire. Sepsis, for instance, can…
Refining PET-based response in extramedullary multiple myeloma using total lesion glycolysis
Bhutani M, Foureau DM, Atrash S, Voorhees PM, Usmani SZ. Extramedullary multiple myeloma. Leukemia. 2020;34:1–20. Article PubMed Google…
Psychedelic medicine is promising but not ready to be rolled out to patients, say UK doctors
Published on 19/09/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT Psychedelic drugs could one day help treat mental illnesses, but the…
AI-powered CRISPR could lead to faster gene therapies, Stanford Medicine study finds
Yilong Zhou, a visiting undergraduate student from Tsinghua University, used CRISPR-GPT to successfully active genes in A375 melanoma…
Lung cancer cells in the brain form electrical connections with neurons that spur tumor growth
“We saw a profound effect on the tumor burden in the animals,” Venkatesh said, “from the initiation of…