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Electronic Bandage Speeds Wound Healing And Dissolves Into Body After Use

Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 26th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller

Scientists are creating a new affordable, flexible electronic covering that not only speeds and wirelessly monitors healing but performs a disappearing act by being harmlessly absorbed into the body when its job is done.

Genetic Link Between Migraine And Blood Sugar Levels Confirmed

Posted in Medicine on 26th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller

"Our findings provide avenues to develop novel treatment strategies for managing glycemic traits in migraine and headache patients, particularly increasing fasting proinsulin level to protect against headache."

Gene Linked To Leukemia Found To Decrease Insulin Production In Diabetics

Posted in Medicine on 25th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller

"We have also been able to identify a gene that proved to be very strongly associated with impaired insulin secretion."

Brain Circuit Breakthrough Paves Way For Opioid Addiction Treatments

Posted in Medicine on 25th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller

Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are now the main drivers of fatal overdoses in the US, yet current treatment of the addiction is haphazard and often prohibitive.

Liquid-Pumping Heart Replicas Could Lead To Better Cardiac Treatments

Posted in Medicine on 25th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller

Before operating on someone, it would be very helpful if cardiac surgeons could examine a physical model of that specific individual's heart, now with this model, they can.