Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease?
Credit: Lancaster University Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease? A diabetes drug could one day be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases...
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What cancer research can learn from military strategy
When David Gisselsson Nord, a cancer researcher at Lund University in Sweden, read a history book last summer, he was struck by the similarities between...
Gastrointestinal cancer: Physical exercise helps during chemo
FRANKFURT. Walking or jogging helps patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer to cope better with the side effects of chemotherapy. This has now been shown by...
$50 million endowment establishes the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington The University of Washington took an ambitious step today to assert its leadership in computer science education, research and entrepreneurial...
NTU Singapore and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences strengthen research ties
Credit: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and China's University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) are strengthening res..
NASA, ASU collaboration develops 3-D tissue culture models to mimic human gut infections
Credit: Jennifer Barrila, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Vaccines and antimicrobials have done more to transform medicine and extend the average human lifespan than any...
Cebit 2017: Computational biologists predict antibiotic resistances using biotech
Credit: Curetis The researchers will be presenting their rapid test procedures, and their outlook for the future, at Stand E28 at the Cebit computer trade...
Biodegradable packages will keep your food fresh
Credit: KTU On average a European country citizen produces around 160 kilos of packaging waste; around 19 percent of which is plastic. "Food packaging is...
Floods and hurricanes predicted with social media
Social media can warn us about extreme weather events before they happen - such as hurricanes, storms and floods - according to new research by...
CNIC coordinates an EU project to foster partnership between researchers in academia and industry
Credit: CNIC The 4DHeart project (4D Analysis of Heart Development and Regeneration Using Advanced Light Microscopy) was launched on January 1 2017. This European Commission...
Why the discovery of a bevy of quasars will boost efforts to understand galaxies’ origins
Late last year, an international team including researchers from the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University announced the discovery of more...
Single molecule switch
Credit: Prof. Fabian Pauly, University of Konstanz The theoretical physicists Junior Professor Fabian Pauly and his postdoc Dr. Safa G. Bahoosh now succeeded in a...
New research shows promise in disabling cancer’s defences
Credit: University of Ottawa Recent study out of the University of Ottawa opens door for new disease therapies in cancer, ALS, Fragile X Syndrome and...
Carbon-based approaches for saving rainforests should include biodiversity studies
Credit: Miguel Leal New York (March 9, 2017) - Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth forests containing great stores of...
Combination immunotherapy effective for advanced prostate cancer
Advanced prostate cancer resistant to castration therapy appears to respond well to a combination of immune checkpoint blockades and treatments that target certain immune-busting cells...
