FutureNeuro partners with UCB to give clinicians insights into epilepsy treatments
Dublin, 4 March 2019 - FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases, based at RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons Ireland), has...
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Researchers find window of opportunity for treatment of early cystic fibrosis lung infections
New research from DTU Biosustain and Rigshospitalet suggests that disease-causing microbes in young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients change rapidly within two to three years after...
‘Zungenmaus’ project begins at TU Dresden
Minister of Health Barbara Klepsch presents funding approvalCredit: Christoph Wagner The Institute of Acoustics and Speech Communication at TU Dresden and the Linguwerk GmbH are...
Gut immune cells play by their own rules
Revealing the gut's B-cell training program may point to new means of developing oral vaccines Only a few vaccines - for example, against polio and...
UA researcher seeks to prevent heart failure after a heart attack
Credit: Adam Brooks, UA College of Medicine - Phoenix. Heart attack survivors are at greater risk of developing heart failure, a chronic condition in which...
Exercise can improve non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Researchers review evidence of the effect of exercise on non-motor symptoms of PD in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease Amsterdam, NL, March 4, 2019 -...
Sensory stimuli improves brain damage in mouse models of preterm birth
Credit: UAB A research conducted by the INc-UAB shows that the same perinatal brain injury caused by hypoxia and ischemia have differentiated effects on each...
BU’s Julie White receives prestigious continuing medical education award
(Boston)--Julie White, MS, CHCP, director of the Barry M. Manuel Continuing Medical Education (CME)/Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Office at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM),...
Chemists ‘print’ sensors for nano-objects
Young scientists from ITMO University proposed a new type of optical nano-sensors. Their operating principle is based on the interaction of light in thin films:...
Scientists provide first evidence of diphtheria-like infectious agent in hedgehogs
Credit: Photo: Juliane Seet As cultural successors, hedgehogs reside in close proximity to humans. Close contacts, however, are not only beneficial but also bear risks...
Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region
Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international team led...
A quick path to antimalarial resistance
P. falciparum parasites can develop drug resistance by epigenetic changes in clag3 gene expressionCredit: Mira et al, 2019 Resistance to antimalarial drugs is thought to...
World-first program uncovers errors in biomedical research results
New fact-checker ensures scientists cook with the right ingredients Cancer researcher Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney is hoping to change this with...
Small ‘microdoses’ of psychedelic drugs could treat depression and anxiety
Lava lamps, tambourines and, of course, psychedelic drugs were hallmarks of the 1960s. Psychedelic drugs can make people euphoric, though users can also become extremely...
WVU researchers pursue blood test for colorectal cancer
Credit: WVU Researchers at the West Virginia University Cancer Institute are evaluating a first-of-its-kind blood test for detecting colorectal cancer. Their findings may help propel...
