A new study aimed to uncover the key factors that contribute to successful or optimal aging by following more than 7,000 middle-aged and older Canadians for approximately three years. The researchers found that maintaining excellent health and avoiding disabling cognitive, physical, or emotional problems was more likely among those who were female, married, physically active, […]
A new mutation has been found in the MECP2 gene — associated with most Rett syndrome cases — in a toddler with clinical features suggestive of congenital variant-like Rett syndrome, one of the most severe atypical forms of the disease. The child had hypercapnia, or high carbon dioxide levels in the bloodstream, but this occurred […]
Facebook classified political advertisements as not-political by researchers and vice versa. NurPhoto via Getty Images With the 2022 midterm elections fast approaching, and concerns about election misinformation growing, Facebook’s parent company Meta is again touting its Ad Library as an “industry leading” transparency tool that will mitigate them. Researchers have extensively used the Ad Library […]
Chronic pain might be treatable using a combination of sound and electrical stimulation. [Image courtesy of the University of Minnesota] University of Minnesota researchers are using sound and electrical stimulation to treat chronic pain and other sensory disorders without pharmaceutical drugs. The combination of sound and stimulation activates the brain’s somatosensory cortex, according to a […]
Many existing tests to develop drugs within the field of regenerative medicine are time-consuming, cumbersome, and fail to mimic the physiological environment in human bodies. Recently though, a joint project between U of T’s Biomedical Engineering Faculty members Dr. Alison McGuigan and Dr. Penney Gilbert created an innovative way to manipulate and evaluate the regenerative […]