£8.6m awarded for global health research
(Queen Mary University of London) Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have secured new awards totaling £8.6m to deliver medical research that will...
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Study discovers anticoagulant drugs are being prescribed against safety advice
(University of Birmingham) The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £7 million to the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh and Warwick to establish a...
Not all muscle building supplements are equal
Credit: University of Stirling Popular muscle building supplements, known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are ineffective when taken in isolation, according to new research from...
The last survivors on Earth
The world's most indestructible species, the tardigrade, an eight-legged micro-animal, also known as the water bear, will survive until the Sun dies, according to a...
Synchrotron light used to show human domestication of seeds from 2000 BC
Credit: Diamond Light Source Scientists from UCL have used the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to document for the first time the rate of...
Bacterium actively drives colorectal cancer tumor cell growth
Credit: Kumar R, et al. (2017) A subspecies of the bacterium Streptococcus gallolyticus appears to actively promote the development of colorectal cancer, according to new...
Antibody against carcinogenic substance deciphered
Summertime is barbecue time. However, when fat reacts with glowing coal, a substance chemists call benzopyrene is created. It is a widespread environmental toxin that...
New study sheds light on disease-busting ‘recycling bins’ in our cells
Credit: Sharon Tooze Scientists have made an important step in understanding how cells keep themselves clean and healthy - a finding that may have implications...
ASHG honors John Mulvihill with Mentorship Award
Credit: OUHSC BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named John J. Mulvihill, MD, Children's Hospital Foundation--Kimberly V. Talley Chair in...
Side effects not a major problem for new class of breast cancer drugs
A ground-breaking new class of oral drugs for treating breast cancer, known as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, are generally well-tolerated, with a manageable toxicity profile...
Tall men and obese men at higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Men who are tall and obese are at increased risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death, according to a study published in...
Internists reaffirm ‘strongest opposition possible’ to revised BRCA
Washington (July 13, 2017)--On behalf of the American College of Physicians (ACP), today ACP wrote Senate leaders to reaffirm our strongest possible opposition to the...
Singapore scientists pave way for better juvenile arthritis diagnosis & treatment outcome prediction
Singapore, 14 July 2017 - A team of scientists and doctors from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has uncovered a new group of...
Top international award for UNSW Sydney climate scientist
Credit: UNSW The prestigious Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for 2017 has been awarded to (University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)...
Research as Art Awards 2017: Fifteen extraordinary images shed light on the beauty and diversity of research
Credit: Ruth Callaway, Swansea University Fifteen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them -- such as how a barn owl's pellets reveal which animals...
