A case of ‘kiss and tell’: Chromosomal kissing gets less elusive
Credit: Luft Lab, MDC How are chromosomes arranged in the cell nucleus? Is it possible that they communicate with one another by "touching" each other?...
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Towards personalised medicine: One type of data is not enough
Credit: EMBL-EBI 19 June, Heidelberg, Hinxton - EMBL researchers have designed a computational method to jointly analyse multiple types of molecular data from patients in...
Having a meal activates the functioning of human brown fat
The importance of the human brown adipose tissue (BAT) has become clearer during the past ten years. Using positron emission tomography, PET, it was shown...
$10-million gift for brain research, young researchers and faster patient results
A transformative gift of $10 million from the Irving Ludmer Family Foundation in support of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health will expand...
Weight loss reverses heart condition in obesity sufferers
Australian research shows for the first time that obese people who are suffering from atrial fibrillation can reduce or reverse the effects of the condition...
A dual-therapy approach to boost motor recovery after a stroke
Paralysis of an arm and/or leg is one of the most common effects of a stroke. But thanks to research carried out by scientists at...
Alcohol and marijuana use may increase risk of condomless sex in young adults
Young persons who use alcohol and/or marijuana experience heightened likelihood of condomless sex, according to a new study published in The American Journal on Addictions....
Non-dairy drinks can be dangerous for infants
A brief report published in Acta Paediatrica points to the dangers of replacing breast milk or infant formula with a non-dairy drink before one year...
Can older adults safely donate kidneys?
With increasing organ demand, living kidney donation from older donors has become more common. A new Clinical Transplantation study indicates that kidney donation among carefully-selected...
The role of vitamin D in a healthy pregnancy
For a pregnancy to proceed to term, early modulation of the immunologic response is required to induce tolerance to the fetus. Growing evidence suggests that...
Should pharmacists be allowed to write prescriptions?
Prescribing of medications has traditionally been restricted to physicians, but there is growing support to allow pharmacists to do so as well. A British Journal...
Parent-child therapy helps young children with depression
Credit: Matt Miller Children as young as 3 can be clinically depressed, and often that depression recurs as kids get older and go to school....
Surgery in space
With renewed public interest in manned space exploration comes the potential need to diagnose and treat medical issues encountered by future space travellers. A new...
Guidelines address self-management of hospitalized diabetes patients
It is important that patients with diabetes be involved in decisions concerning the management of their condition while they are hospitalized. New guidelines published in...
Substance in hair may be a marker for alcohol consumption
A new Drug Testing & Analysis study reveals that measuring levels of ethyl sulphate (EtS), a metabolite of ethanol, in the hair can be used...
