Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the state of Texas, surpassing strokes, Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A massive number of these deaths are the result of uncontrolled bleeding. Researchers at Texas A&M University are developing a suite of injectable hemostatic bandages — biomedical materials that stop bleeding and promote blood to clot faster. Their research is specifically targeting deep internal bleeding where traditional methods like compression are not possible.

A novel method to manipulate the inner structure of cells connects several scientific fields and could represent a significant step in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

University of Missouri researchers have released the world’s largest collection of protein models with quality assessment — a groundbreaking new resource that could accelerate drug development for diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. The database, called PSBench, includes 1.4 million annotated protein structure models, all verified by independent experts. It gives scientists the reliable information they need to build more accurate artificial intelligence (AI) systems for assessing the quality of protein structure models, which is critical for developing future medical treatments.

People with greater exposure to air pollution face a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study by Yanling Deng of Emory University, U.S.A., and colleagues, published February 17^th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.