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Researchers identify genetic mechanisms that produce radioresistance in cancer cells

Cancer stem cells are a cell type that was previously little known. They are resistant to irradiation and prevent the effective treatment of many types of cancer. A research group from Innsbruck has now identified two genetic mechanisms that produce this radioresistance.

26 May 2020

New project uses SMART-TRIAL to gather data on Iceland's wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic

A large COVID-19 research project uses SMART-TRIAL to gather data on Iceland's wellbeing during the Coronavirus pandemic

26 May 2020

‘We miss them all so much’: Grandparents ache as the COVID exile grinds on

Back home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Richard and Denise Victor would get to see their four grandchildren almost every day.

26 May 2020

Higher spirituality linked to better quality of life for stroke survivors and their caregivers

Higher spirituality among stroke survivors was strongly linked to better quality of life for them and their caregivers who may also feel depressed, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

26 May 2020

Bringing ‘Poogie’ home: Hospice in the time of COVID-19

After she landed in the hospital with a broken hip, Parkinson’s disease and the coronavirus, 84-year-old Dorothy “Poogie” Wyatt Shields made a request of her children: “Bring me home.”

26 May 2020

TissueGnostics achieves milestone in research community

TissueGnostics is pleased to announce achieving a new level of confidence within the international biomedical research community. As of May 2020, TissueGnostics has been referenced in over 1,500 individual research publications. High impact research made possible by TissueGnostics, emerging from 59 countries on 6 continents, results in a sum impact factor of 8,700.

From TissueGnostics 26 May 2020

Alexandra Knauer awarded as a female entrepreneur role model

Alexandra Knauer, managing director and owner of the Berlin-based laboratory instrumentation manufacturer KNAUER, has been recognized by the jury of the "Frauen unternehmen" initiative ("Women entrepreneuring") to be a role model female entrepreneur.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 26 May 2020

Genes associated with dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19

Having a faulty gene linked to dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to a large-scale study.

26 May 2020

North Atlantic Microplastic Centre established to gain a better understanding of microplastics

Invisible microplastics are everywhere - in the air you breathe, the water you drink and in the food, you eat.

26 May 2020

Researchers identify 29 genetic variants linked to problematic drinking

A genome-wide analysis of more than 435,000 people has identified 29 genetic variants linked to problematic drinking, researchers at Yale University School of Medicine, and colleagues report May 25 in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

26 May 2020

Advanced MRI picks out even small tumors from normal tissue

Researchers at the University of California, Davis offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick out even very small tumors from normal tissue.

26 May 2020

Cloth masks may reduce transmission of COVID-19

The evidence shows that cloth masks, particularly those with several layers of cotton cloth, block droplet and aerosol contamination of the environment, which may reduce transmission of COVID-19.

26 May 2020

New genomic method helps obtain high-resolution maps of DNA in the cell nucleus

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new sequencing method that makes it possible to map how DNA is spatially organised in the cell nucleus - revealing which genomic regions are at higher risk of mutation and DNA damage.

26 May 2020

Researchers find a 'skinny' gene

Some people may have trouble losing weight, while others find it hard to gain weight. Now, a team of scientists may have found the answer to why some people remain thin despite eating without restriction.

26 May 2020

New design strategy marks a potential advance in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

Researchers have found a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells - a potential advance in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

26 May 2020

Heart failure patients who experience low health literacy have higher risk of death of hospitalization, mortality

Patients with heart failure who experience low health literacy are at an increased risk of hospitalization and mortality.

26 May 2020

Study: Gene mutation disrupts sexual behavior in zebrafish

When University of Ottawa biologists Kim Mitchell and Vance Trudeau began studying the effects of gene mutations in zebrafish, they uncovered new functions that regulate how males and females interact while mating.

26 May 2020

Preterm birth rates during COVID-19 in Denmark

The current COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic in March 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO). This led to the enforcement of a lockdown on an almost global scale with wide-ranging consequences. Now, a new Danish study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in May 2020 reveals the impact on preterm birth rates.

26 May 2020

Inherited genetic variations can alter progression of melanoma, indicates study

Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasizes, spreading to new locations in the body. It has long been suspected that genetic mutations arising inside tumor cells drive this potentially devastating turn of events.

26 May 2020

Occupational risk for COVID-19

Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in May 2020 examines the risk of COVID-19 disease in various occupations, showing that as expected, health workers and those in social care occupation are at the highest risk. This should help guide policies to protect and support these occupations during this trying period.

25 May 2020

Research News and Research

Researchers identify genetic mechanisms that produce radioresistance in cancer cells

New project uses SMART-TRIAL to gather data on Iceland's wellbeing during COVID-19 pandemic

‘We miss them all so much’: Grandparents ache as the COVID exile grinds on

Higher spirituality linked to better quality of life for stroke survivors and their caregivers

Bringing ‘Poogie’ home: Hospice in the time of COVID-19

TissueGnostics achieves milestone in research community

Alexandra Knauer awarded as a female entrepreneur role model

Genes associated with dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19

North Atlantic Microplastic Centre established to gain a better understanding of microplastics

Researchers identify 29 genetic variants linked to problematic drinking

Advanced MRI picks out even small tumors from normal tissue

Cloth masks may reduce transmission of COVID-19

New genomic method helps obtain high-resolution maps of DNA in the cell nucleus

Researchers find a 'skinny' gene

New design strategy marks a potential advance in the fight against Alzheimer's disease

Heart failure patients who experience low health literacy have higher risk of death of hospitalization, mortality

Study: Gene mutation disrupts sexual behavior in zebrafish

Preterm birth rates during COVID-19 in Denmark

Inherited genetic variations can alter progression of melanoma, indicates study

Occupational risk for COVID-19

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