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Designing Ultrasound Tools with Lego-Like Proteins
Ultrasound imaging is used around the world to help visualize developing babies and diagnose disease. Sound waves bounce off the tissues, revealing th...
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Inexpensive Drug could Slow Heart Disease for Type 1 Diabeti...
Scientists at Newcastle University believe a drug commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes could be routinely taken by Type 1 diabetic patients to slow...
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Childhood Head Injuries Linked To Increased Risk Of Adult Me...
Childhood brain injuries, including concussions, are associated with an increased risk of subsequent mental illness, poor school attainment and premat...
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Eye Test May Detect Parkinson’S Before Symptoms Appear
A new low-cost and non-invasive eye test could detect Parkinson’s disease before symptoms including tremors and muscle stiffness develop, according to...
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Cardiovascular disease cause of 45% of deaths across Europe ...
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of death in Europe, accounting for nearly half (45 per cent) of all deaths, according to a new Oxford s...
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Getting it ‘Just Right’ in the Immune System
Two Oxford University scientists have proposed a solution to a puzzle of the human immune system: how our immune system scales its response in proport...
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Researchers Discover Sandman’s Role in sleep Control
Oxford University researchers have discovered what causes a switch to flip in our brains and wake us up. The discovery, published in the journal Natur...
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Rapid Bacterial Infection Test Reduces Antibiotic Use
Researchers from the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam have shown that using a rapid (5-minute) test can reduce antibiotic misuse fo...
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Portable Device Produces Biopharmaceuticals on Demand
System would use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies. For medics on the battlefield and doctors in remote or deve...
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IBM Lab-on-a-Chip Breakthrough Aims to Help Physicians Detec...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) scientists have developed a new lab-on-a-chip technology that can, for the first time, separate biological particles at the nanoscale ...
