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Excessive suppression of GSK3 enzyme can trigger renal failure, finds study

Scientists have identified an enzyme that is a "master regulator" of kidney function that if excessively suppressed, can trigger renal failure. Their findings have implications for the use of existing drugs and the development of new pharmaceuticals.

24 Jan 2019

Researchers reveal important signaling pathway in breast cancer

Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America that a particular signaling pathway in breast-cancer tumors causes cancer cells to divide symmetrically, expanding the tumor. Inhibiting the pathway by drugs could become a strategy for eliminating the cancer cells.

24 Jan 2019

Clinical Design launches world’s only hygienic digital urine test at Arab Health 2019

The world’s only hygienic, easy-to-use and accurate digital point-of-care urine test is being launched at Arab Health 2019 by UK company, Clinical Design.

24 Jan 2019

African scientists to build research capacity in African countries, develop ongoing scientific partnerships

Ten African scientists have been selected for training at the National Institutes of Health as part of a new fellowship program to build research capacity in African countries and develop ongoing scientific partnerships.

24 Jan 2019

Zinc deficiency may play critical role in hypertension

Lower-than-normal zinc levels may contribute to high blood pressure (hypertension) by altering the way the kidneys handle sodium. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology--Renal Physiology.

24 Jan 2019

CMV vaccine provides a new way to fight malaria

Early research on a new approach to protecting against malaria is offering promising, potentially long-lasting results against the persistent parasite that sickens hundreds of millions people each year.

24 Jan 2019

Study: Long-term spaceflights could adversely affect astronauts' immune systems

NASA hopes to send humans to Mars by 2030 on a round-trip mission that could take up to three years - far longer than any human has ever traveled in space.

24 Jan 2019

Study reveals cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in preventing HCV transmission

Providing clean injecting equipment through needle and syringe programmes is a highly cost-effective way of preventing hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs and could save millions of pounds in infection treatment costs in the UK, according to research led by the University of Bristol and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

24 Jan 2019

Myelin-producing cells are altered in multiple sclerosis, shows study

Subpopulations of oligodendrocytes, myelin-producing cells in the brain that are targeted by the immune system in multiple sclerosis (MS), are altered in MS and might therefore have additional roles in the disease than previously described.

23 Jan 2019

Researchers design interleukin protein to balance overshooting immune response

Small infections can be fatal: Millions of people die each year from sepsis, an overreaction of the immune system.

23 Jan 2019

Clinical testing begins for temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine

Vaccinations have begun in a Phase 1 human clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable formulation of an experimental tuberculosis vaccine candidate.

23 Jan 2019

Researchers use modified type of flu virus to develop new therapies for prostate cancer

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have received a grant from leading men's health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, as London continues to lead the way in advanced prostate cancer research.

23 Jan 2019

Scientists discover new blood vessels in bone

Researchers have discovered new blood vessels in the long bones of mice and similar new vessels in human long bones that could be used to further our understanding of osteoporosis.

23 Jan 2019

Cardiovascular disease risk begins even before birth

Heart disease is the greatest killer in the world today, and it is widely accepted that our genes interact with traditional lifestyle risk factors, such as smoking, obesity and/or a sedentary life to promote an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

23 Jan 2019

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop peripheral artery disease

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely than those who don't smoke to develop peripheral artery disease, according to new research in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.

23 Jan 2019

Blood News and Research

Excessive suppression of GSK3 enzyme can trigger renal failure, finds study

Researchers reveal important signaling pathway in breast cancer

Clinical Design launches world’s only hygienic digital urine test at Arab Health 2019

African scientists to build research capacity in African countries, develop ongoing scientific partnerships

Zinc deficiency may play critical role in hypertension

CMV vaccine provides a new way to fight malaria

Study: Long-term spaceflights could adversely affect astronauts' immune systems

Study reveals cost-effectiveness of needle and syringe programs in preventing HCV transmission

Myelin-producing cells are altered in multiple sclerosis, shows study

Researchers design interleukin protein to balance overshooting immune response

Clinical testing begins for temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis vaccine

Researchers use modified type of flu virus to develop new therapies for prostate cancer

Scientists discover new blood vessels in bone

Cardiovascular disease risk begins even before birth

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely to develop peripheral artery disease

Cancer Research UK announces £60 million funding to tackle global cancer challenges

Maternal shift work can result in reduced fetal growth and longer pregnancies

Study: Prior dengue immunity in children may be protective against symptomatic Zika

Study: Only a minority of patients in the U.S. with type 1 diabetes achieve treatment goals

Low-sugar diet leads to significant improvement in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in boys

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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