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University of Freiburg offers infrastructure and data services to support life science research

The University of Freiburg has set up infrastructure and services to support researchers across Europe in the fields of biology, medicine, and pharmacy with the analysis of very large data sets.

30 Jan 2017

Orthopaedic research helps nurse recover from knee injury

Working as a bedside nurse requires extensive physical effort — pushing wheelchairs and beds, twisting and lifting, and long periods on your feet.

28 Jan 2017

Psychosomatic research findings may provide insights into unexplained and difficult to treat disorders

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Dr. Giovanni A. Fava and collaborators describe research findings that may shed new light on unexplained and difficult to treat medical disorders.

28 Jan 2017

Delays in availability of new treatments and incomprehensible price rises disadvantage cancer patients

Cancer patients are living longer and in many cases the disease is becoming chronic rather than acute. Access to drugs that help extend life and improve quality of life, and fair prices for those drugs are therefore essential for more and more people.

28 Jan 2017

UTHealth study finds that 78% of employees at Houston hospitals are obese or overweight

Seventy-eight percent of employees at Houston hospitals are overweight or obese, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health.

28 Jan 2017

Johns Hopkins scientists reveal extra centrosomes can promote tumor formation in mice

When a cell is dividing, two identical structures, called centrosomes, move to opposite sides of the cell to help separate its chromosomes into the new cells.

28 Jan 2017

Hypoxia in primary tumors influences dormant DTCs that evade cancer therapy, study shows

In a first of its kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have discovered the conditions by which specific signals in primary tumors of head and neck and breast cancers, pre-program cancer cells to become dormant and evade chemotherapy after spreading.

28 Jan 2017

Study finds wide disparities between self-reported eye symptoms and electronic medical record

Compare a patient's self-reported eye symptoms to their electronic medical record, and clear discrepancies can be seen.

28 Jan 2017

GUMC researchers describe lab technique to fill gaps in clinical care and research

Researchers who developed and tested a revolutionary laboratory technique that allows for the endless growth of normal and diseased cells in a laboratory are publicly sharing how the technique works.

28 Jan 2017

Supportive friends, family linked to less risk-taking among adolescents with food allergies

More support from friends, family and school was linked to less risk-taking among adolescents and young adults with food allergies, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. Fatal food-induced allergic reactions are most common in adolescents and young adults, with nearly 70 percent of food allergy-related deaths occurring in this age group.

28 Jan 2017

Tissue engineering advance can be important step towards preventing heart failure after heart attack

Researchers have grown heart tissue by seeding a mix of human cells onto a 1-micron-resolution scaffold made with a 3-D printer.

28 Jan 2017

Researchers compile list of toxins and medicinal compounds produced by amphibian family

As human diseases become alarmingly antibiotic resistant, identification of new pharmaceuticals is critical.

28 Jan 2017

Studies show prevalence of multi-drug resistant bacteria in China

The mcr-1 gene--a gene that makes bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort, and that is transferrable between bacteria--has been found in a wide variety of strains of Escherichia coli in China following widespread use of colistin in agriculture.

28 Jan 2017

Single-molecule compounds may become basis for new antioxidant therapies

Treated particles of graphene derived from carbon nanotubes have demonstrated remarkable potential as life-saving antioxidants, but as small as they are, something even smaller had to be created to figure out why they work so well.

28 Jan 2017

New computer program helps discover 1000 new mutations in blood group genes

1000 new mutations in the blood group genes: that is what physician and former programmer Mattias Möller found in his research study in which he developed new software and investigated blood group genes in 2504 people.

28 Jan 2017

Interventions that change the brain may promote resilience and improved mental health

In an article published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic Dr. Bruce McEwen (Rockefeller University) analyzes promising outlooks that interventions that affect brain may have on health.

28 Jan 2017

Oral devices improve sleep in OSA patients but may not reduce key heart disease risk factors

In patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), oral appliances that treat the condition by moving the lower jaw forward appear to improve sleep but not reduce key risk factors for developing heart and other cardiovascular disease, according to new research published online, ahead of print in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

28 Jan 2017

Hemodialysis patients do not wish to receive treatment for depression, study shows

Many patients with kidney failure who are receiving chronic hemodialysis have depressive symptoms but do not wish to receive aggressive treatment to alleviate them, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

28 Jan 2017

Young and middle-aged adults may be over-treated for colon cancer, study suggests

Young and middle-aged patients with colon cancer are nearly two to eight times more likely to receive postoperative chemotherapy than older patients, yet there seems to be no added survival benefits for these patients, according to a study published today in JAMA Surgery by researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

28 Jan 2017

Virginia Tech researchers find new strategy to prevent inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer

Could inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer be prevented by changing the shape of a single protein?There is an intimate link between uncontrolled inflammation in the gut associated with inflammatory bowel disease and the eventual development of colon cancer.

27 Jan 2017

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University of Freiburg offers infrastructure and data services to support life science research

Orthopaedic research helps nurse recover from knee injury

Psychosomatic research findings may provide insights into unexplained and difficult to treat disorders

Delays in availability of new treatments and incomprehensible price rises disadvantage cancer patients

UTHealth study finds that 78% of employees at Houston hospitals are obese or overweight

Johns Hopkins scientists reveal extra centrosomes can promote tumor formation in mice

Hypoxia in primary tumors influences dormant DTCs that evade cancer therapy, study shows

Study finds wide disparities between self-reported eye symptoms and electronic medical record

GUMC researchers describe lab technique to fill gaps in clinical care and research

Supportive friends, family linked to less risk-taking among adolescents with food allergies

Tissue engineering advance can be important step towards preventing heart failure after heart attack

Researchers compile list of toxins and medicinal compounds produced by amphibian family

Studies show prevalence of multi-drug resistant bacteria in China

Single-molecule compounds may become basis for new antioxidant therapies

New computer program helps discover 1000 new mutations in blood group genes

Interventions that change the brain may promote resilience and improved mental health

Oral devices improve sleep in OSA patients but may not reduce key heart disease risk factors

Hemodialysis patients do not wish to receive treatment for depression, study shows

Young and middle-aged adults may be over-treated for colon cancer, study suggests

Virginia Tech researchers find new strategy to prevent inflammatory bowel disease, colon cancer

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