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Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a machine learning approach to scan millions of protein fragments and assess their structure and binding properties. Based on the surface chemistry and geometry of a protein, the developed software can determine a ‘fingerprint’ for each protein and predict how they might bind […]

Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have developed a wearable that can take multiple sweat samples and which also supports on-board colorimetric biomarker analysis. Unlike many sweat collecting methods, which often involve a simple absorbent pad that must be removed and analyzed once wet with sweat, the ‘sweatainer’ employs a complex microfluidic architecture […]

The 2023 Emergency Medicine Match was an unprecedented year that took many of us in the education community by surprise. There were 132 (46%) EM residency programs with at least one unfilled PGY-1 position, and there were 554 (18.4%) overall unfilled EM positions. Dr. Sara Krzyzaniak (EM program director at Stanford) hosts this important [+] The post EM Match Advice 40: Program Directors Reflect on the 2023 Match appeared first on ALiEM.

 Los divertículos son pequeñas bolsas que sobresalen a través del colon o intestino grueso.Si tiene estas bolsas, tiene una condición llamada diverticulosis. Estos se vuelven más comunes a medida que las personas envejecen, aproximadamente la mitad de todas las personas mayores de 60 años lo tienen y su causa principal es una dieta baja en fibra.Crédito: Medicina Apasionante#MSP: El lugar donde...

COL (Ret) Ethan Miles MD joins Dennis to discuss the nuances of…