An artificial neural network (AI) designed by an international team involving UCL can translate raw data from brain activity, paving the way for new discoveries and a closer integration between technology and the brain. The new method could accelerate discoveries of how brain activities relate to behaviors. The study published…
Providence-KP Team Up to Attract Patients in California’s Growing High Desert Region
A plan by Providence and Kaiser Permanente to build a new medical center in the High Desert region of California is the latest example of leading hospital chains seeking market advantage. They intend to spend up to $1 billion to build a hospital in Victorville, a city of about 123,000…
Novartis, Roche team up on COVID pneumonia drug
Novartis announced Thursday it will join forces with fellow Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche to produce tocilizumab, a drug being tested for its effectiveness against COVID-19-linked pneumonia. It is the third time Novartis has made its production capacities available to a competitor during the coronavirus pandemic, as several laboratories strike unprecedented…
Connection between COVID-19 and loss of smell uncovered by research team
About 70% of people with COVID-19 suddenly lose their sense of smell, although fewer of them seem to realize it, according to a new “living analysis” by a research team. Vicente Ramirez, a Ph.D. student in UC Merced’s Public Health program, and researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in…
Team assessing if dual-antibody injection prevents COVID-19 illness
A combination antibody treatment for preventing COVID-19 illness in individuals who have had sustained exposure to someone with the virus is being studied by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The clinical trial is enrolling patients at Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital….
This Mother-Daughter Team Looks to Make History at the Ironman World Championship
For the past 15 years, Beth James has repeatedly heard of all the things her daughter Liza would be unable to do after sustaining a severe brain injury in a car crash. She would never walk or speak, and she couldn’t eat or bathe without assistance. But Beth wouldn’t let…
Saving lives faster: Team develops world-first laser incubator for blood
Researchers from BioPRIA, based at Australia’s Monash University, together with industry partner Haemokinesis, have developed the world’s first blood incubator using laser technology. This could prevent fatal blood transfusions in critically ill patients, and can detect antibodies in pregnant women that can kill a foetus. According to results published in…
Strong Bipartisan Team Reintroduces the SAFE Act in U.S. Senate to End Horse Slaughter
blog_safe-act-reintroduction_062719_main.jpg We have exciting news to report! Today, a bipartisan team of senators introduced the Safeguard American Food Exports (SAFE) Act (S. 2006) in the U.S. Senate. This lifesaving legislation, championed by Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME), brings America’s equines one step…
Team finds three factors extend life for advanced pancreatic cancer patients
Historically, most pancreatic cancer patients whose tumors grow outside the pancreas to encompass veins and arteries have been told the cancer is inoperable and they should prepare for an average survival time of 12 to 18 months. A newly published Mayo Clinic study finds that a pre-surgery treatment plan focused…
International team of scientists detect cause of rare pediatric brain disorder
An international effort led by physician-scientists at Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM), in collaboration with a team at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (MCH-MUHC), has identified the cause of a devastating pediatric brain disorder paving the way for the first step in developing…
Design team creates a naloxone dispenser
Like many cities across the country, Cincinnati has been rocked by the opioid epidemic, with an ever-fluctuating range of 50 to 80 overdoses per week across the Tristate. Many of those victims are revived by the overdose reversal medication, naloxone, which has proven to be a crucial lifesaving tool during…