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Personalised strategies for cochlear implant surgery and hearing rehabilitation

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Aarno Dietz and fellow researchers investigate the efficacy of cochlear implant surgery and aim to improve hearing rehabilitation while raising awareness of the safety of cochlear implant surgery under local anaesthetic.

Hearing loss is a common problem that usually develops with older age, affecting communication and making everyday life extremely difficult. If left untreated, it can lead to memory loss, social […]

Electrical eye activity reveals early sight damage in alcohol addicts

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Haolin Zhang and Xin Xie are researching the potential of electric eye-activity testing to protect the vision of alcoholics.

People addicted to alcohol often suffer loss of vision through damage to the light receptors and nerves in the eyes. Scientists have previously shown interest in measuring the electric currents […]

Genetic evidence implicates respiratory muscle dysfunction in SIDS

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Mr Pontus Sirens highlights genetic evidence about the role that respiratory muscles play in the etiology of SIDS, and highlights the importance to investigate how the diaphragm may impact SIDS

The SIDS-Critical Diaphragm Failure (SIDS-CDF) hypothesis posits that all SIDS risk factors either increase the workload of the diaphragm or reduce its force-generating capacity, and that while SIDS has many […]

SecurePortIV^®: The cyanoacrylate adhesive providing a new gold standard for all vascular access care

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Dr Sheng Zhang has developed SecurePortIV, a [ioneering cather-securement and catherter-insertion site sealing adhesive that could help reduce the incidence of failed catheter insertion and associated complications such as bacteria infection or rejection.

Around two billion peripheral intravenous catheters are inserted each year globally. However, a large percentage of these lead to complications, such as infections or becoming dislodged, requiring replacement in order […]

Is the magic in the muscle? Targeting skeletal muscle to improve cardiometabolic function in ageing

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The Butcher Lab investigates the interplay of muscle mass and skeletal muscle on cardiovascular disease, obesity and ageing.

Dr Joshua T Butcher and his team from the Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, USA, investigate the similarities between the co-morbidities associated with obesity and ageing, and specifically […]

The evolution of IP, competition, and healthcare law in line with lightning-speed innovation

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Abe examines current intellectual property challenges in the healthcare and automotive industries.

In a series of recently published articles, Takanori Abe, attorney and guest professor at Osaka University in Japan, considers some of the complex intellectual property challenges arising in line with […]

Multiple sclerosis: Caregiver involvement may improve patient care and treatment

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Professor Kesselring discusses the positives and negatives surrounding family involvement in the provision of care for people with MS and any potential downsides that may occur as a result.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease with unpredictable progression, causing huge distress to the entire family of people living with the disease. Professor Jürg Kesselring at the Department of Neurology […]

Investigating the biopesticide activity of guayule resin

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A team of researchers focus on the development of guayale, a perennial shrub with silvery leaves, and its industrial exploitation in the realms of natural rubber and resins, which may have a dual use as a biopesticide thanks to the compounds guayulins and argentatins.

A team of researchers, led by Dr Manuel Carmona in the Institute for Regional Development at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, have unveiled recent discoveries about a unique plant […]

Computational biology: How mathematical modelling can help cure cancer

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Susan Mertins uses computational modelling to build virtual cells and machine learning to develop new approaches to treating cancer.

Understanding how living cells work is difficult due to the number of varied and complex processes occurring in them. This complexity can be elucidated by breaking these processes down into […]

Transdisciplinary field science based on Land-Surface Management (LSM)

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Through transdisciplinary field science, and land-surface management, saki, Kawakiat, Kato, Tsuji, and Sisva are developing methods to restore terrestrial land systems, applying three key technologies such as AeroHydro culture in peat/wetland, Z-tillage culture in arable land, and HydroCycle culture in dry/semi-arid land

Land-Surface Management (LSM) technology, which is based on transdisciplinary field science, offers a solution for ‘Earth Regeneration’. The general principle behind LSM technology aims to control and manage three basic […]