Category: 5. Health

Since the passing of Professor Emeritus Alan Mackay-Sim AM in 2023, his ground-breaking legacy research is about to be realised with a Phase I human clinical trial commencing to test the efficacy and safety of the transplantation of olfactory cell nerve bridges to treat chronic spinal cord… Continue Reading

A research team led by Professor Hyungyu Jin and Dr. Sang Jun Park (currently, a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan) from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH, in collaboration with a research team of Professor Jong-Ryul Jeong from… Continue Reading

The human gut is home to helpful microbes, called the microbiota, who produce molecules known as metabolites. These metabolites are being increasingly recognized for their role in supporting our health. A group of proteins in our body, known as G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), can detect… Continue Reading

Leveraging rapid technological advances for human health is a global trend, driving the rise of biomedical engineering research. A fast-rising field is wearable biosensors, which have the potential to realise digital healthcare and AI medicine. Developing edge-computing and AI capabilities from… Continue Reading

A team of scientists has discovered surprising connections among gene activity, genome packing, and genome-wide motions, revealing aspects of the genome’s organization that directly affect gene regulation and expression. The findings, reported in the journal Nature Communications, bolster our… Continue Reading

For some proteins, a single mutation, or change in its DNA instructions, is all it takes to tip the balance between functioning normally and causing cancer. But despite causing major disease, these slightly mutated proteins can resemble their normal versions so closely that treatments designed… Continue Reading

A team of researchers says it has developed the first wearable camera system that, with the help of artificial intelligence, detects potential errors in medication delivery. In a test whose results were published today, the video system recognized and identified, with high proficiency, which… Continue Reading

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell’s innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it is more infectious than the previous SARS and MERS-causing viruses. The Kobe University discovery may point the way to the development of more effective drugs… Continue Reading

The combined impact of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ is more harmful to the environment than single chemicals in isolation, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Birmingham investigated the environmental effects of microplastics and PFAS and showed that, combined, they can be very… Continue Reading

Life with diabetes usually includes many injections of the blood sugar–controlling hormone insulin. Recent research investigating a once-weekly shot finds it might help lessen the burden a bit for some with the disease. Two pharmaceutical companies have developed weekly insulin… Continue Reading