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CUSAT find ways to recycle used medical masks as engineering products February 10, 2021 × Plastic fibres separated from the used medical face masks could be blended with rubber to make polymer compounds and manufacture engineering products. Disposal of face masks in these pandemic times has turned out to be a challenge for many. The researchers at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) have developed an innovative method to recycle these used medical face masks as engineering products. Prasanth Raghavan and P. M. Sabura Begum faculties at CUSAT, who jointly guided the resear...

Pregnant mum’s sleeping position can cut oxygen flow to her unborn child, research shows Friday, January 15, 2021 IWK Bureau   Women who go to sleep on their back in late pregnancy are more likely to have stillbirths. Now, research from a University of Auckland-U.K. collaboration helps to explain why, showing a decreased supply of oxygen to the fetus. “Sleep on side when baby’s inside,” is New Zealand’s official advice to women in late pregnancy, based largely on University of Auckland research that helped to spread that message around the world over the ...

Friday, 15 January 2021, 10:20 am Women who go to sleep on their back in late pregnancy are more likely to have stillbirths. Now, research from a University of Auckland-U.K. collaboration helps to explain why, showing a decreased supply of oxygen to the fetus. “Sleep on side when baby’s inside,” is New Zealand’s official advice to women in late pregnancy, based largely on University of Auckland research that helped to spread that message around the world over the past decade. In the latest study, women with healthy pregnancies underwent MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans at Auckla...

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Researchers identify adenovirus gene therapy for placental insufficiency A new study identified an adenovirus gene therapy vector carrying a VEGF isoform. It can improve uterine blood flow in placental insufficiency, as reported in the peer-reviewed journal Human Gene Therapy. Reduced uterine blood flow and lack of bioavailable VEGF due to placental insufficiency is a major cause of severe fetal growth restriction (FGR). This is untreatable and causes serious neonatal morbidity and death. Anna David, UCL Institute for Women's Health, and colleagues tested different VEGF isoforms on endotheli...