Diseases
Researchers develop robotic sensory cilia that monitor internal biomarkers to detect and assess airway diseases
Xiaoguang Dong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is leading a team of researchers that has developed a system of artificial…
Read More »Costs still on the rise for drugs for neurological diseases
The amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for branded drugs to treat neurological diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), Alzheimer’s, and…
Read More »Smell loss linked to 100-plus diseases
Researchers from the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, in collaboration with The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, reveal…
Read More »Understanding how mutations affect diseases
The human genetic code is fully mapped out, providing scientists with a blueprint of the DNA to identify genomic regions…
Read More »A new era of treating neurological diseases at the blood-brain-immune interface
The question of what causes complex neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s or multiple sclerosis continues to confound scientists and doctors,…
Read More »Targeting ‘undruggable’ diseases: New levels of detail in targeted protein degradation
Researchers at the University of Dundee have revealed in the greatest detail yet the workings of molecules called ‘protein degraders’…
Read More »Parasitic worms cause terrible diseases — could the viruses they carry be to blame?
Roundworms, also known as nematodes, are a leading cause of parasitic infection worldwide, causing painful swelling, severe abdominal pain and…
Read More »‘Weekend Warrior’ Exercise Can Lower the Risk of Over 200 Diseases
If you get all your exercise on weekends, it may be just as good for your cardiometabolic health as regular…
Read More »‘Weekend warrior’ physical activity may help protect against more than 200 diseases
Busy with work and other obligations, some people concentrate their moderate-to-vigorous exercise in one or two days of the week…
Read More »Researchers harness AI to repurpose existing drugs for treatment of rare diseases
There are more than 7,000 rare and undiagnosed diseases globally. Although each condition occurs in a small number of individuals,…
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