Ugandan engineers have created a “smart jacket” that can diagnose pneumonia faster than a doctor by measuring breathing patterns, temperature and breathing rate simultaneously.

Posted on January 30, 2017 by

Ugandan engineers have created a “smart jacket” that can diagnose pneumonia faster than a doctor by measuring breathing patterns, temperature and breathing rate simultaneously, then sending the information to a mobile app. The Mama-Ope (Mother’s Hope) kit was born when Olivia Koburongo, 26, had the idea after her grandmother was transferred from hospital to hospital until she was finally diagnosed with pneumonia. By the time of diagnosis, it was too late to save her. Koburongo thought the dia...

Yale-led research on how cancer cells spread has found that a melanoma cell and a white blood cell can fuse to form a hybrid with the ability to metastasize.

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

In a second human case, a Yale-led research team has found that a melanoma cell and a white blood cell can fuse to form a hybrid with the ability to metastasize. The finding provides further insight into how melanoma and other cancers spread from solid tumors with implications for future treatment. The study was published on Jan. 27 in the journal PLOS ONE. Cancer turns deadly when malignant cells spread from a primary tumor to other organs and tissues. Building on a theory first proposed ...

UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI FINLAND Study Suggests, Mitochondrial dysfunction is the root cause of many diseases bewildering in their variety and complexity

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

Mitochondrial dysfunction is the root cause of many diseases bewildering in their variety and complexity. They include rare genetic disorders in children, some forms of heart disease, and most likely many cases of Parkinson’s disease. Research on mitochondria started already in the late 19th century, but there are still many unsolved issues concerning their composition, their function and their relevance to health and disease. Director Howy Jacobs and his research group at the Institute of ...

Headset that can help boost your athletic performance using pulses of energy

Posted on January 26, 2017 by

Forget powders, pills, or shots — the fastest, most reliable way to boost your athletic performance might be inside your skull. The Halo Sport Neuropriming Headset uses pulses of energy to improve your training. Called neuropriming, it lets your motor cortex send stronger, more easily read signals to your muscles, so more fibers are activated with each rep, and strength is gained faster. Halo Neuroscience has released the first headphones for athletes. Research says sending targeted signals t...

Medication Mix-Up Is A Big Challange

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

A 69-year-old man with chronic kidney disease and essential hypertension was admitted to the hospital with chest pain, headache, and accelerated hypertension. Of note, he had missed taking several days of his regular medications. Upon admission, his blood pressure was 218/126 mm Hg with a heart rate of 90 beats per minute. Physical examination revealed a patient in mild discomfort, but no distress, presence of an S4 (indicating reduced ventricular wall compliance), and otherwise normal cardiopul...

Northwestern University Research Suggests, Exposure To Bright Light Could Affect Your Metabolism

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

Exposure to bright light could affect your metabolism, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Northwestern scientists found bright light exposure increased insulin resistance compared to dim light exposure in both the morning and the evening. In the evening, bright light also caused higher peak glucose (blood sugar) levels. Insulin resistance is the body’s inability to adequately move glucose out of the bloodstream, resulting in a buildup of blood sugar. Over time, the excess blood glu...

‘Candida auris’ is a fungal infection that is evolving rapidly and is often multidrug-resistant

Posted on January 25, 2017 by

Candida auris is an emerging pathogen, and understanding of this organsim continues to evolve rapidly. CDC is concerned about C. auris for three main reasons: It is often multidrug-resistant, meaning that it is resistant to most antifungal drugs commonly used to treat Candida infections. It is difficult to identify with standard laboratory methods, and it can be misidentified in labs without specific technology. Healthcare facilities in several countries have reported that a type of yeast cal...

Graphene may be the new “miracle material” of the 21st century

Posted on January 23, 2017 by

Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance and expulsion of magnetic flux fields occurring in certain materials when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature. Electrical resistance in metals arises because electrons propagating through the solid are scattered due to deviations from perfect translational symmetry. These are produced either by impurities (giving rise to a temperature independent contribution to the resistance) or the phonons - lattice vibr...

University of Helsinki Finland has developed nanofibers and thin-film biomaterials as orthopedic scaffolds to help regenerate bones and to help implants

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

Chemists at the University of Helsinki have created a method of using nanofibers and thin-film biomaterials as orthopedic scaffolds to help regenerate bones and to help implants settle into their new home. The nanofibers are made of electrospun hydroxyapatite, a naturally occuring mineral form of calcium apatite. Bone is a fibrous nanocomposite material with a complex hierarchical system of different macro-, micro- and nanostructures. The structure elegantly supports the bone cell functions a...

Trinity College Dublin Research & Berkeley College Research On Superbug Evolution And Microbial Antibiotic Resistance With Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT)

Posted on January 22, 2017 by

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material between unicellular and/or multicellular organisms other than via vertical transmission (the transmission of DNA from parent to offspring.) HGT is synonymous with lateral gene transfer (LGT) and the terms are interchangeable. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the sharing of genetic material between organisms that are not in a parent–offspring relationship. HGT is a widely recognized mechanism for adaptation in bacteria and arc...

Dynamic Spinal Alignment Brace For People With Scoliosis

Posted on January 21, 2017 by

How do you deal with the fact that scoliosis is incurable and preventable? Scoliosis is a medical condition in which a person's spine has a sideways curve.The curve is usually "S" or "C" shaped. In some the degree of curve is stable, while in others it increases over time. Mild scoliosis does not typically cause problems, while severe cases can interfere with breathing. Pain is typically not present. The cause of most cases is unknown but believed to involve a combination of gen...

IBM’s Watson supercomputer will soon be the new smart doctor on the block

Posted on January 20, 2017 by

IBM's Watson correctly diagnosed a patient after doctors failed. It turns out the world’s smartest supercomputer is a pretty good doctor, too. Five years after dominating geniuses in its debut on Jeopardy!, IBM’s Watson is still putting human intelligence to shame. The artificial intelligence machine correctly diagnosed a 60-year-old woman’s rare form of leukemia within 10 minutes — a medical mystery that doctors had missed for months at the University of Tokyo. After treatment for a wo...

MIT research team is trying to determine if human activity is taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce?

Posted on January 20, 2017 by

Are humans taking more resources from the Earth than the planet can safely produce? The answer lies partly in whether we can “dematerialize,” or reduce the amount of materials needed to produce goods and services. Researchers find no evidence of an overall reduction in the world’s consumption of materials. While some scientists believe that the world can achieve significant dematerialization through improvements in technology, a new MIT-led study finds that technological advances alone wil...

Aladdin Shadyab Researcher at University of California Suggests, Too Much Sitting Ages You Faster

Posted on January 19, 2017 by

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary. The study, publishing online January 18 in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found elderly women with less than 40 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day and who remain sedentary for more than 10 hours per day have shor...

Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat

Posted on January 19, 2017 by

Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure. The soft robotic sleeve twists and compresses in synch with a beating heart, augmenting cardiovascular functions weakened by heart failure. Unlike currently available devices that assist heart function, Harvard’s soft robotic sleeve does not directly contact blood. T...

AdhereTech’s smart wireless pill bottle

Posted on January 18, 2017 by

AdhereTech smart wireless pill bottles are currently being used by patients in pharmaceutical and research engagements. These bottles collect and send all adherence data in real-time. The system automatically analyzes this information and populates the data on our secure dashboard. If doses are missed, patients can receive customizable alerts and interventions - using automated phone calls, text messages, and more. AdhereTech smart wireless pill bottle sends notification message to the patien...

‘UC Davis School of Medicine’ research suggests women who start prenatal vitamins early are less likely to have children with autism

Posted on January 18, 2017 by

Women who reported not taking a daily prenatal vitamin immediately before and during the first month of pregnancy were nearly twice as likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder as women who did take the supplements -- and the associated risk rose to seven times as great when combined with a high-risk genetic make-up, a study by researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute has found. "Mothers of children with autism were significantly less likely than those of typically developing...

‘Tinke’ is an optical lifestyle sensor that measures your fitness and wellness in realtime

Posted on January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 by

Tinke is an optical lifestyle sensor that measures your fitness and wellness. Fitness: By taking a vita measurement, Tinke measures 3 parameters (blood oxygen levels, respiratory rate, heart rate) and indicates your fitness level in 30 seconds. A culmination of personal health in digital format, TINKÉ combines the hardware and software systems to determine vital signs from your body. At a touch of your finger, TINKÉ measures Oxygen Levels in your Blood (SpO2), Rate of Respiration (RR) as well...

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Research suggests novel strategy for inhibiting cancer’s spread using small drug-like molecules to boost RNase L’s activity against cell proliferation and attachment.

Posted on January 17, 2017 by

SOMETIMES, TO SURVIVE, our cells destroy their own ribonucleic acid (RNA), the part of our genetic instruction code that helps turn genes into proteins. Cells do this as part of the first line of defense against pathogens and damage. New research suggests how this mechanism could form the basis of a strategy against cancer. The mechanism is part of the body’s innate immune system, which kicks into gear minutes after infection. The innate immune system holds pathogens at bay for the critical f...

MIT Students, Asma Ghandeharioun, Asaph Azaria, Sara Taylor and Rosalind W. Picard Research suggest being ‘Kind and Grateful’ (gratitude) positively influences psychological wellbeing and physical health

Posted on January 16, 2017January 16, 2017 by

MIT research students Asma Ghandeharioun, Asaph Azaria, Sara Taylor and Rosalind W. Picard have developed "Kind and Grateful": Promoting Kindness and Gratitude with Pervasive Technology Team has designed a novel system to promote kindness and gratitude. They leverage pervasive technologies to naturally embed gratitude inspiration in everyday life. Mobile sensor data is utilized to infer optimal moments for stimulating contextually relevant thankfulness and appreciation. Team then analyzed the ...

Mustafa Chopan and Benjamin Littenberg of Larner College of Medicine Research Suggest, Spicy food may lead to longer life.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

Eating spicy food may lead to a longer life, according to a new US study. Researchers at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermony found that consumption of hot red chilli peppers is associated with a 13 per cent reduction in total mortality - primarily in deaths due to heart disease or stroke - in a large prospective study published in medical journal PLoS ONE. Only one other study - conducted in China and published in 2015 - has previously examined chilli pepper consump...

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital suggest memory lapses women notice around menopause are real and caused by dip in estrogen levels.

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston research suggests, those memory lapses many women notice around menopause are real, and they can begin at a relatively young age. It's common for women going through menopause to complain of what researchers sometimes call "brain fog" -- forgetfulness, and difficulty concentrating and thinking clearly. And while those complaints are subjective, a number of studies have also sh...

Scientists at the Imperial College London Have Developed Urine Test Method That Can Reveal How Healthy Your Meals Are.

Posted on January 15, 2017 by

Scientists at the Imperial College London Department of Medicine, in conjunction with Newcastle University and Aberystwyth University, in the United Kingdom have developed a urine test that can tell how healthy your diet. A urine test that can reveal how healthy your meals are has been developed by UK scientists. They think it could be used to improve nutritional advice They think it could be used to improve nutritional advice or in weight loss because people are notoriously bad at recordi...

University of Würzburg has developed an alternative approach to fluorescent tagging of proteins

Posted on January 13, 2017 by

Advance in biomedical imaging: The Biocenter of the University of Würzburg in close collaboration with the University of Copenhagen has developed an alternative approach to fluorescent tagging of proteins. The new probes are practicable and compatible with high-resolution microscopic procedures. Fluorescence microscopy visualizes the molecular elements of cells. Proteins of nerve cells, for instance, can be labelled using probes which are subsequently excited with light to fluoresce. In the e...

China’s first human-like robot, Jia Jia can hold a conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked

Posted on January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 by

The University of Science and Technology of China has recently unveiled an eerily realisticrobot named Jia Jia Jia Jia’s prototype was unveiled by a team of its creators in Shanghai. Her inventors say the robot can hold a simple conversation and make specific facial expressions when asked. It is able to accurately answer a query about the day’s weather, hold basic conversations, and recognize the gender of her questioners. Engineers predict within a decade, artificially i...

University of Michigan has developed ‘nanodiscs’ that delivers a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the treatment of colon and melanoma cancer tumors. The therapeutic cancer vaccine employs nanodiscs loaded with tumor neoantigens, which are unique mutations from the patient's own tumor cells. By generating T-cells to recognize the neoantigens, the nanodiscs can target a patient’s cancer mutations and fight to eliminate cancer cells and prevent tumor grow...

‘Muse’ headband is your personal meditation assistant with real-time feedback

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

Muse is your personal meditation assistant. While you meditate, Muse measures whether your mind is calm or active, and translates that data into weather sounds. When you’re calm, you’ll hear peaceful weather sounds. When your mind wanders, the weather will intensify, guiding you back to a calm state. After each session, review your data, set goals, and build a deeply rewarding meditation practice that gets better every time. 'Muse' is the first tool in the world that gives you accurate, real-...

BrainHQ is an online brain-training system that helps sharpen brain. BrainHQ has 29 online exercises that work out attention, brain speed, memory, people skills, navigation, and intelligence.

Posted on January 8, 2017January 8, 2017 by

BrainHQ is an online brain-training system that helps sharpe brain. BrainHQ has 29 online exercises that work out attention, brain speed, memory, people skills, navigation, and intelligence. It was designed by an international team of neuroscientists, led by Michael Merzenich—a professor emeritus in neurophysiology, member of the National Academy of Sciences, co-inventor of the cochlear implant, and Kavli Prize laureate. Changing your brain takes some work—so while the BrainHQ exercises ar...

‘NADI X’ Tights for form correction and posture by issuing haptic vibrations

Posted on January 7, 2017 by

NADI X: TIGHTS FOR FORM CORRECTION Wearable Experiments [We:eX], the Sydneyborn ‘fashion future’ wearable technology innovator, announced the launch of their latest experiment. Nadi smart fitness and lifestyle tights designed to improve form and flow in your practice and life. Using a custom developed language that allows skin to become the interface, Nadi encourages the user to correct form and posture by issuing haptic vibrations. With gentle pulses, feedback is given to help adjus...

University of Tokyo researchers have succeeds in artificial manipulation of human motor memories

Posted on January 6, 2017 by

University of Tokyo researchers have demonstrated that motor memories tied to specific motor skills are formed according to the state of the brain at the time of learning those skills. The current findings could eventually lead to applications for methods of training motor skills that utilize manipulating the brain state—particularly more efficient training methods for athletes, and rehabilitation and physical therapy for sufferers of motor paralysis. Motor memories created, retrieved according...