What does gut fermentation and stroke-induced brain inflammation have in common? Potentially a lot, according to new research looking into how the microbiome directly influences brain inflammation. It could make recovery faster, reduce cognitive impairment and protect the brain from secondary injuries following a stroke.Continue ReadingCategory: Stroke, Brain Health, Body & MindTags: UT South
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Stroke recovery leads back to treating the gut
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Microneedles extract harmful cells, deliver drugs into chronic wounds
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Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have hit upon new technologies to deliver a double whammy to chronic wounds in diabetics, using tiny needles barely visible to the human eye.Continue ReadingCategory: Diabetes, Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Diabetes, Skin, psoriasis, Microneedles
researchers fill the film with perovskite, a semiconductor material that converts light into electricity.
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Infant's genetic muscle disorder improved by treating pregnant mother
Posted by ArielTechGeek 68 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a debilitating genetic condition that’s usually fatal by a few years of age. But an intriguing case study might demonstrate a simple new treatment, with a child showing no signs at all two and a half years after birth.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Muscle, Muscular Dystrophy, Genetics, Drug, Drugs, St. Jude Medical, Pregna
in their 3D printing method, the scientists use steam and carbon dioxide captured as the by-products of industrial processes in the concrete mix.
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"Micro-flowers" may one day deliver life-saving drugs within the body
Posted by ArielTechGeek 139 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Whether a medication is taken orally or intravenously, it ends up traveling throughout the body instead of going solely to the one place where it's needed. Such could soon no longer be the case, however, thanks to a newly developed microparticle that looks like a flower.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical Innovations, Body & MindTags: ETH Zurich, Drug delivery, Microtechnology, Nanoparticles
there are ambient effects that the musicians can play with to generate sci-fi-like tracks, and the large knob can be rotated to change the variation of a chord in just seconds.
The post meet the orchid, a synthesizer by tame impala’s kevin parker that can produce ‘moon’ sounds appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Nanoplastics can weaken antibiotics and foster resistant bacteria
Posted by ArielTechGeek 178 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A recent study has shown that nanoplastics – plastic particles smaller than 0.001 millimeters – affect the body's ability to absorb antibiotics, and may even lead to the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Microplastic, Antibiotic, Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
First US indoor vertical farm opens, to produce 4M lb of food year-round
Posted by ArielTechGeek 217 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Major steps towards better, sustainable and affordable food production free of environmental challenges have been taken, with the "world's first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale" opening in Richmond, VA. It's backed by an international team of scientists that see this new phase of agriculture as a way to ease global food demands.Continue ReadingCategory: Manufacturing, Tech
Water-powered "electric bandage" sticks it to slow-healing wounds
Posted by ArielTechGeek 260 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
For some time now, scientists have known that electrical stimulation speeds the healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers. A thin, flexible, inexpensive new bandage delivers that healing current right to the wound site, and it's activated simply by adding water.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: North Carolina State University, Smart bandage, Wound, Healing
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