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St. Jude's researchers receive ACGT grant to tackle challenges of pediatric sarcomas

An innovative approach to tackling the challenges of pediatric sarcomas is being pursued by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (Memphis, Tennessee) with a new grant from Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy.

9 Feb 2020

New strategies needed to reduce pneumococcal meningitis rates

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine have been highly effective in reducing pneumonia and other invasive infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria.

9 Feb 2020

Researchers identify involvement of certain cortical areas in the loss of control over food intake

Researchers at UPF, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Mainz (Germany), the Center for Genomic Regulation, Instituto Cajal, Johannes Gutenberg University (Germany), the Autonomous University Barcelona and Hospital del Mar have identified for the first time the involvement of certain cortical areas in the brain in the loss of control over food intake.

9 Feb 2020

Study: It is hard to determine women’s menopausal age

Is it possible to investigate menopausal age, or not? In more than one in three women aged 50, the body provides no clear answer about the menopause, a University of Gothenburg study shows. Increased use of hormonal intrauterine devices and contraceptive pills are the cause.

9 Feb 2020

Developing new approaches to fight against multi-resistant pathogens

Developing fundamentally new approaches against multi-resistant germs: This is the goal of the new Bavarian research network bayresq.net which started in January 2020.

9 Feb 2020

Children with ADHD from poorest areas more likely to receive medications

Children with ADHD from the poorest areas are significantly more likely to receive medication as children with ADHD from the most affluent areas, according to the first UK study of its kind.

9 Feb 2020

Burrowing mayfly’s decline offers an early warning system for changes in our ecosystems

Mayflies have long been indicators of the ecological health of the lakes, rivers, and streams. The more mayflies present in water, the better the water quality.

9 Feb 2020

Understanding the genetic background of idiopathic ketotic hypoglycemia

Lisa is two years old. She often gets uneasy--shaking and sweating--especially in the morning. She vomits and refuses to eat. Her mother, Karoline, knows she has to act before Lisa starts to deteriorate.

9 Feb 2020

Princeton's Bonnie Bassler awarded the 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize

The 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize is being awarded to geneticist Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D. of Princeton University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for her groundbreaking work on how bacteria "talk" to each other using molecular "languages."

9 Feb 2020

More people and dwindling fish stocks create supply gap in omega-3 fatty acids

Everyone knows that eating fish is good for you, in part because of the healthy omega-3 fatty acids that it contains.

9 Feb 2020

Powerful vaccine could boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Supercharging the mutation rate in cancer cells can create a powerful vaccine that is able to boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy, a major new study reports.

9 Feb 2020

Acute Cardiovascular Care 2020 will highlight novel research on recovery from heart emergencies

Innovative research in the diagnosis and treatment of heart emergencies will be revealed at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

9 Feb 2020

Novel method to monitor residual disease after treatment in high-risk neuroblastoma patients

A research group led by Professor NISHIMURA Noriyuki (Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe University) has developed a new method to monitor the residual disease after treatment in high-risk neuroblastoma patients.

9 Feb 2020

New strategy uses iPSCs to regulate immune reaction to transplanted tissues

Scientists suggest a new strategy that uses induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to regulate immune reaction to transplanted tissues.

9 Feb 2020

Scientists identify new biomarker for identifying individuals at risk of depression

Chronic pain, or inflammation, is believed to be one of the major factors in the onset of major depressive disorder.

8 Feb 2020

Researchers offer new hope for diagnosis, treatment of age-related macular degeneration

Researchers have identified a new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that could offer new hope for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, which affects over 1.5 million people in the UK alone.

8 Feb 2020

Fly model could help lay the foundation for new therapies to fight 'difficult' pathogen

The Clostridium difficile pathogen takes its name from the French word for "difficult." A bacterium that is known to cause symptoms ranging from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, C. difficile is part of a growing epidemic of concern for the elderly and patients on antibiotics.

8 Feb 2020

Research News and Research

St. Jude's researchers receive ACGT grant to tackle challenges of pediatric sarcomas

New strategies needed to reduce pneumococcal meningitis rates

Researchers identify involvement of certain cortical areas in the loss of control over food intake

Study: It is hard to determine women’s menopausal age

Developing new approaches to fight against multi-resistant pathogens

Children with ADHD from poorest areas more likely to receive medications

Burrowing mayfly’s decline offers an early warning system for changes in our ecosystems

Understanding the genetic background of idiopathic ketotic hypoglycemia

Princeton's Bonnie Bassler awarded the 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize

More people and dwindling fish stocks create supply gap in omega-3 fatty acids

Powerful vaccine could boost the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy

Acute Cardiovascular Care 2020 will highlight novel research on recovery from heart emergencies

Novel method to monitor residual disease after treatment in high-risk neuroblastoma patients

New strategy uses iPSCs to regulate immune reaction to transplanted tissues

Scientists identify new biomarker for identifying individuals at risk of depression

Researchers offer new hope for diagnosis, treatment of age-related macular degeneration

Fly model could help lay the foundation for new therapies to fight 'difficult' pathogen

Centenary Institute’s cancer researcher offers sage advice for aspiring female scientists

ASP experts share details on preventing spread of coronavirus from contaminated medical devices

Study: Smartphone apps for skin cancer diagnosis are poorly regulated and unreliable

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