Better equipped in the fight against lung cancer
Lung cancer is the third most common type of cancer in Germany and the disease affects both men and women....
EuroPCR 2018 Abstracts — A key to what’s of interest today in interventional cardiology
Paris, France, May 2018. The EuroPCR Scientific Abstracts, now available online, play an essential role in keeping abreast of developments...
Nanomedicine — Targeting cancer cells with sugars
In the treatment of cancer, there are still several limitations. Especially the delivery of sufficient amounts of active chemotherapeutic drug...
Study picks out children with incurable brain cancer who could benefit from adult therapy
Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as...
Molecule that acts on human cells might provide hope for ‘irresistible’ cold cure
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have lab-tested a molecule that can combat the common cold virus by preventing it from...
News from the Journal of Lipid Research
Healthy octogenarians have high cholesterol efflux capacity Many scores designed to help doctors predict whether a patient is at risk...
Scientists discover a variation of the genome predisposing to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: IDIBELL An article published in Nature Medicine with the collaboration of the research group of Dr. Manel Esteller, director...
Very obese women should lose weight during pregnancy for a healthy baby
Credit: Elsevier, Heliyon London, May 14, 2018 -- Very obese women should actually lose weight during pregnancy in order to...
62 life scientists elected as EMBO Members
Heidelberg, 14 May 2018 - EMBO announces today that 62 outstanding life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining...
Leonid Sazanov elected member of EMBO
Credit: IST Austria The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) promotes excellence in the life sciences. Today it announced the election...
Lignin — A supergreen fuel for fuel cells
Credit: Linköping University Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses...
Ecological systems research: What do disturbances in the system result in?
Credit: André Künzelmann/UFZ A single disruptive factor rarely appears in isolation. Usually, a number of them, such as climatic extremes,...
Measuring the hardness of living tissues without damage
Credit: Yohei Kondo During development, when a fertilized egg transforms its shape dramatically into an animal's body, cell populations forming...
Health challenges for migrants and ethnic minorities tackled at global conference
Global experts are gathering in Edinburgh to tackle health disadvantages associated with migration, ethnicity and race. Around 700 experts from...
Rhino horn used to comfort the terminally ill in Vietnam
From treating cancer and erectile dysfunction to managing hangovers, the horns of endangered wild rhinoceros are widely used as a...
Researchers uncover up to 100 potential drug targets for cancer
In a new study based on mouse cells internationally leading protein researchers have identified several new potential targets using state-of-the-art...
Otago study shows ‘giant’ problem looms for ageing population
Urgent attention needs to be paid to frail older New Zealanders' oral health, a University of Otago study has highlighted....
ECDC: First cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea threaten future treatment
Credit: ECDC; With more than 75 000 reported cases in 2016, gonorrhoea is the second most commonly notified sexually transmitted...
Scientists in Russia and Singapore investigate inorganic biomaterials with antimicrobial properties
A team of scientists from the Lobachevsky University Department of Solid State Chemistry under Dr. Evgeny Bulanov has developed a...
New method of marine alkaloid synthesis has discovered by FEFU scientists
Maria Sidorova, a female graduate student of Far East Federal University (FEFU), has developed a new way of synthesizing marine...
