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- Giant Thai insect reveals clues to human heart disease
- New weapon for hard-to-treat bacterial infections
- As the thermostat goes up, COPD symptoms may worsen
- Advances toward potential Zika virus vaccine development
- How wearable technology can improve cancer treatment
| Giant Thai insect reveals clues to human heart disease Posted: 30 Sep 2016 06:40 PM PDT An electron microscope has been used to capture the first three-dimensional image of a tiny filament, or strand, of an essential muscle that the palm-sized water bug Lethocerus indicus uses to fly. This image shows, for the first time, the individual molecules in the filament in a relaxed state, which is necessary to re-extend muscles. |
| New weapon for hard-to-treat bacterial infections Posted: 30 Sep 2016 11:58 AM PDT Health workers may soon have a new weapon in the fight against abscesses -- difficult-to-treat bacterial infections that lead to millions of emergency-room visits every year. Researchers successfully prevented drug-resistant bacteria from forming abscesses, or painful pus-filled lesions, using a peptide, or mini-protein. The peptide worked by disrupting the bacteria's stress response. |
| As the thermostat goes up, COPD symptoms may worsen Posted: 30 Sep 2016 05:08 AM PDT High indoor temperatures appear to worsen symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, particularly in homes that also have high levels of air pollutants, according to new research. |
| Advances toward potential Zika virus vaccine development Posted: 29 Sep 2016 08:17 AM PDT A promising Zika virus vaccine has now been developed, report scientists. The vaccine, a DNA vaccine, is safer and more effective against Zika virus and could offer more affordable long-term protection, researchers report. |
| How wearable technology can improve cancer treatment Posted: 28 Sep 2016 07:06 PM PDT Researchers demonstrate how using wearable technology and smartphones can improve cancer treatment. The researchers aim to provide doctors with real-time patient data from wearable technology and patient-reported experiences so that physicians can base their treatment decisions on objective measures rather than just subjective and episodic observations. |
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