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Women get the same exercise benefits as men, but with less effort

February 19, 2024

A new study shows there is a gender gap between women and men when it comes to exercise. The findings show that women can exercise less often than men, yet receive greater cardiovascular gains.

Women get the same exercise benefits as men, but with less effort

Emojis are differently interpreted depending on gender, culture, and age of viewer

February 14, 2024

Gender, culture, and age all appear to play a role in how emojis are interpreted, according to a new study.

Emojis are differently interpreted depending on gender, culture, and age of viewer

Hand-held biosensor makes breast cancer screening fast, affordable, and accurate

February 13, 2024

Researchers report successful results from a hand-held breast cancer screening device that can detect breast cancer biomarkers from a tiny sample of saliva. Their design uses common components, such as widely available glucose testing strips and the open-source hardware-software platform Arduino. A saliva sample is placed on the paper strip, which has been treated with specific antibodies that interact with the targeted cancer biomarkers.

Hand-held biosensor makes breast cancer screening fast, affordable, and accurate

Strongest contender in decades in fight against breast cancer

February 12, 2024

For decades, hormonal treatment of breast cancer has been going in one direction -- blocking estrogen. Now a global study has discovered there may be another, less toxic way to defeat the most common form of breast cancer.

Strongest contender in decades in fight against breast cancer

Novel technique has potential to transform breast cancer detection

February 9, 2024

An innovative breast imaging technique provides high sensitivity for detecting cancer while significantly reducing the likelihood of false positive results. Researchers said the technique has the potential to offer more reliable breast cancer screening for a broader range of patients.

Novel technique has potential to transform breast cancer detection

Purdue News: Professor Discusses How MicroRNA Can Treat Cancer

February 7, 2024

Andrea Kasinski, Deputy Director of the Institute for Cancer Research at Purdue University, says both her and her staff are working on what’s called microRNA.

Purdue News: Professor Discusses How MicroRNA Can Treat Cancer

Smart earrings can monitor a person's temperature

February 7, 2024

Researchers introduced the Thermal Earring, a wireless wearable that continuously monitors a user's earlobe temperature. Potential applications include tracking signs of ovulation, stress, eating and exercise. The smart earring prototype is about the size and weight of a small paperclip and has a 28-day battery life.

Smart earrings can monitor a person's temperature

Researchers make progress toward developing blood tests for psychiatric and neurological disorders

February 7, 2024

Researchers used genetic material from human blood and lab-grown brain cells say they have made progress in developing a blood test to identify disease-associated changes in the brain specifically linked to postpartum depression and other psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Researchers make progress toward developing blood tests for psychiatric and neurological disorders

New research uncovers biological drivers of heart disease risk

February 7, 2024

Over the past 15 years, researchers have identified hundreds of regions in the human genome associated with heart attack risk. However, researchers lack efficient ways to explore how these genetic variants are molecularly connected to cardiovascular disease, limiting efforts to develop therapeutics. To streamline analysis of hundreds of genetic variants associated with coronary artery disease (CAD), a team of researchers combined multiple sequencing and experimental techniques to map the relationship between known CAD variants and the biological pathways they impact.

New research uncovers biological drivers of heart disease risk

The unexpected long-term consequences of female fertility

February 7, 2024

The constant remodeling of the organs of the female reproductive tract during the reproductive cycle leads to fibrosis and chronic inflammation over the years. Scientists have now uncovered these unexpected long-term consequences of female reproductive function in mice.

The unexpected long-term consequences of female fertility