Cilia are the body’s diligent ushers. These microscopic hairs, which move fluid by rhythmic beating, are responsible for pushing cerebrospinal fluid in your brain, clearing the phlegm and dirt from your lungs, and keeping other organs and tissues clean. A technical marvel, cilia have proved difficult to reproduce in engineering applications, especially at the microscale. Cornell researchers have now designed […]

CynergisTek, the longtime privacy, security and health IT audit company, agreed this week to be acquired by Clearwater, which specializes in cyber compliance and risk management services for healthcare clients. WHY IT MATTERS The agreement stipulates an all cash transaction worth some $17.7 million. With a successful completion of the merger, CynergisTek investors will receive $1.25 per share in cash […]

Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss. Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these fail to help them develop early language and speech skills, they then become eligible for cochlear implants at 12 months or older. Cochlear implants — considered the gold […]

Lockdowns DID cause public to suffer ‘pandemic fatigue’ quicker: Scientists say ‘milder’ restrictions worked better Scientists examined mobile data to see how far people travelled in lockdowns They found people’s movement levels away from home crept up slightly per day But rates accelerated when people were subjected to the harshest lockdown  Authors say policy makers should question the sustainability of such […]

An interactive web portal developed by scientists at KAUST offers a platform for cancer researchers to interrogate how RNA splicing in noncoding parts of genes fuels the growth of different types of tumors. The new resource, named SpUR (short for Splicing in Untranslated Regions) and freely available online, details more than 1,000 splicing events found frequently in cancers in noncoding […]

The loss of smell and taste with a COVID-19 infection during the delta surge was a prevalent symptom and wasn’t prevented by vaccination, new research suggests. The small Ohio State University study also found that some people with the earliest COVID-19 infections were continuing to experience loss of these senses months later and didn’t even realize it. In participants with […]

Melanoma is the most serious type of skin cancer. It develops in the cells that produce the pigment in your skin that gives it color. It most often occurs on skin that is exposed to the sun, but can develop in your eyes and, rarely, inside your body, including in your nose and throat. May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and […]

To all who knew him, Zak Petherbridge was a normal, happy and funny teenager at the beginning of a bright university career. When his mother received the news that he had taken his own life at his halls of residence at the age 18, she – along with all his friends and family – was shocked and devastated. ‘At no […]

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers profiled the binding sites of the entire severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein sequence. Study: The SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binds and modulates estrogen receptors. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock The interaction of SARS-CoV-2 S with the host angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is the primary mechanism that […]

Facts about sexually transmitted diseases We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Doctor Sarah Jarvis verified that the bacterium can self-replicate within the body; more frighteningly, for […]