A frequently observed characteristic in orocraniodigital syndrome is a cleft lip. Image Credit: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A/Shutterstock.com What does Orocraniodigital Syndrome entail? Orocraniodigital syndrome (OS), alternatively referred to as Juberg-Hayward syndrome, is a seldom-seen autosomal recessive disorder. It is characterized by numerous abnormalities affecting the head, facial area (craniofacial), fingers, and toes. OS is a syndrome...
Scientists demonstrate that the potential origin of localized bone degradation in cholesteatomas involves bone-derived fibroblasts that produce a protein identified as activin A. Prolonged inflammation in the middle ear can lead to various complications impacting both hearing and balance for individuals. Among these issues, the emergence of cholesteatomas, and abnormal cell accumulations within the ear,...
Brain. Credit: Unsplash. Researchers at Neurona Therapeutics, a biotech company based in San Francisco, have achieved a remarkable reduction of over 90 percent in seizures experienced by two epilepsy patients through a brain injection. The patients were administered NRTX-1001, an experimental cell therapy developed by the company. Prior to the treatment, the patients were suffering...
Pari Natarajan, CEO of Zinnov, a global management and consulting firm focusing on digital transformation in healthcare. Credit: Pari Natarajan An expert offers an overview of AR and VR for provider organizations and discusses what these advanced technologies might help hospitals' health systems accomplish. The metaverse and virtual reality are promising technologies that might benefit healthcare. Medical...
The world of science is everchanging and progressive. Every day a new scientific discovery is made. Here are some of the most relevant this year: Consumption of Microplastics Can Cause Evolutionary Changes After the non-biting midges of the species Chironomus riparius were exposed to microplastics, the genome of subsequent generations changed. Credit: Markus Pfenninger In April 2022,...
Credit: Thor Balkhed An artificial cornea made from pig skin might end our reliance on human donors and provide millions of individuals worldwide back their sight. The Challenge The cornea is a hard, transparent layer of tissue which covers the front side of the eye. It aids focus light on the retina, and if it is damaged...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers examining the effects of an organic compound on drug resistance bacteria have found how it could impede and exterminate a germ that causes extreme sickness or sometimes fatalities. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a kind of microorganism usually discovered in patients, which can cause infections in the blood, lungs (pneumonia), or...
Morning light assists keep our biological rhythms on the right track. Daylight saving time throws that off. Daylight saving time has finished, and many Americans have turned their clocks back an hour. On November 6, every state in the United States other than Hawaii and the majority of Arizona changed from daylight saving time, or DST,...
An aerial image of Castle Hill Hospital's solar farm. Credit: Open Acess. Solar panels, at Eastern Yorkshire hospital are today producing sufficient energy. To fulfill its whole daytime running needs, officials stated. Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham has set up an 11,000-panel solar farm. Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust said. The ₤ 4.2 m grant-funded plan...
The world wants the pandemic to end and life to return to normal. When will that happen? Marc Fernandes/NurPhoto via Getty Images In early 2022, nearly 2 years after Covid was stated a pandemic by the World Health Organization, experts are mulling a big concern: when is a pandemic "over"? So, what's the response? What standards should...
