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Researchers work together to solve mystery of motor neuron death in ALS patients

As the old adage goes, 'two heads are better than one'. With the development of new technologies and increasingly specialist expertise, ground-breaking science needs to be a team effort.

25 May 2018

Exercise alters brain's dopamine system to help treat addiction, study finds

New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how aerobic exercise can help impact the brain in ways that may support treatment - and even prevention strategies - for addiction.

25 May 2018

Lung-on-a-chip technology could streamline drug-testing for pulmonary fibrosis

Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not easy.

25 May 2018

Snail's eye inspires new type of RIOCATH urinary catheter

The Czech company Riocath Global developed and patented in collaboration with the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences a world-wide unique technology applicable to tubular medical devices. One of the first clinically significant applications is a new form of urinary catheter.

25 May 2018

Researchers reveal potent new mechanism of action for treatment of IBD

Professor Akiyoshi Fukamizu's research group of Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, University of Tsukuba, Eisai Co., Ltd. and its gastrointestinal business subsidiary EA Pharma Co., Ltd. have revealed a mechanism in which an analogue (ER-464195-01) of Eisai's in-house discovered E6007 inhibits integrin activation by dissociating interaction between calreticulin (CRT) and integrin α 4 (ITGA4), suppressing adhesion and infiltration of leukocytes overall.

25 May 2018

Mobile health intervention for people with serious mental illness as effective as clinic-based treatment

A mobile health intervention was found to be as effective as a clinic-based group intervention for people with serious mental illness in a new study published online today in Psychiatric Services.

25 May 2018

Researchers build 3-D printer that offers sweet solution to making detailed structures

University of Illinois engineers built a 3-D printer that offers a sweet solution to making detailed structures that commercial 3-D printers can't: Rather than a layer-upon-layer solid shell, it produces a delicate network of thin ribbons of hardened isomalt, the type of sugar alcohol used to make throat lozenges.

25 May 2018

Study shows lack of follow-up care for patients with concussion

Millions of Americans suffer concussions each year, and many endure symptoms for months or years afterward. A new study shows that a majority of patients with a concussion receive no follow-up care within three months of discharge from the hospital.

25 May 2018

Research suggests link between faulty gene, alcohol, and heart failure

The researchers investigated faulty versions of a gene called titin which are carried by one in 100 people or 600,000 people in the UK.

25 May 2018

New findings could help fine-tune treatment for cancer patients

Cancer therapies that cut off blood supply to a tumor could be more effective in combination with existing chemotherapeutic drugs - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

25 May 2018

Study finds early antibiotic initiation for majority of premature infants

Most premature infants, who are at risk for sepsis but who may not have a culture confirmation of infection, continue to receive early antibiotics in the first few days of life, a finding that suggests neonatal antibiotic stewardship efforts are needed to help clinicians identify infants at lowest risk for infection to avoid unnecessary antibiotic exposure.

25 May 2018

Dementia patients tend to wander and become lost

The tendency of people with dementia to wander and become lost has led QUT researchers to recommend a 'Silver Alert' system, similar to Amber Alerts for missing children, be activated when someone with the diagnosis of dementia is reported lost.

25 May 2018

Researchers identify neurons that play key role in aggressive behavior

High activity in a relatively poorly studied group of brain cells can be linked to aggressive behaviour in mice, a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows.

25 May 2018

Study establishes the importance of haploid cells

A new study has found that when the cell replication process exceeds or has less than a pair of chromosome set (a genome), destabilization occurs.

25 May 2018

Researchers identify novel epigenetic mutations as cause of neurodevelopmental, congenital disorders

Researchers have identified a type of genetic aberration to be the cause of certain neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital diseases, such as autism and congenital heart disease, which are undetectable by conventional genetic testing.

25 May 2018

Delivery of standardized diabetes care could help achieve equitable health outcomes for all patients

Although kidney problems related to type 2 diabetes disproportionately affect blacks, when black and white individuals received comparable diabetes care within the context of a clinical trial, black race was not associated with faster development or progression of chronic kidney disease.

25 May 2018

UT Southwestern-led researchers find new way to determine prognosis of invasive kidney cancer

The nationally recognized Kidney Cancer Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center led a team of investigators who identified a new way to help doctors determine the prognosis for patients with stage 3 kidney cancer, which has important implications for decisions about surgery and inclusion in clinical trials.

25 May 2018

Students propose revision of listeriosis guidelines for safer pregnancy

In an effort to sustain and educate the next generation of food safety experts in the United States, Dr. Bob Buchanan of the University of Maryland has served as a scientific mentor to a pair of academically accelerated high school students who are challenging the current food avoidance recommendations for pregnant women as established by the CDC and ACOG.

25 May 2018

Data from past epidemic could help improve response to future Ebola outbreaks

Data from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at two Sierra Leone facilities reveal daily usage rates for disinfectant and personal protective equipment, informing future outbreaks, according to a study published May 24, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Michaela Mallow of International Medical Corps in Los Angeles, CA, and colleagues.

25 May 2018

Lunaphore and Vitro announce partnership to develop ISH protocols for RNA, DNA targets

Lunaphore Technologies SA, a next generation tissue diagnostics company, and Vitro SA, a manufacturer in the field of Pathology and Biomedical Research, announce today a collaboration agreement to develop In Situ Hybridization protocols for RNA and DNA targets in tissue using reagents provided by Vitro on Lunaphore’s rapid autostaining platform.

25 May 2018

Research News and Research

Researchers work together to solve mystery of motor neuron death in ALS patients

Exercise alters brain's dopamine system to help treat addiction, study finds

Lung-on-a-chip technology could streamline drug-testing for pulmonary fibrosis

Snail's eye inspires new type of RIOCATH urinary catheter

Researchers reveal potent new mechanism of action for treatment of IBD

Mobile health intervention for people with serious mental illness as effective as clinic-based treatment

Researchers build 3-D printer that offers sweet solution to making detailed structures

Study shows lack of follow-up care for patients with concussion

Research suggests link between faulty gene, alcohol, and heart failure

New findings could help fine-tune treatment for cancer patients

Study finds early antibiotic initiation for majority of premature infants

Dementia patients tend to wander and become lost

Researchers identify neurons that play key role in aggressive behavior

Study establishes the importance of haploid cells

Researchers identify novel epigenetic mutations as cause of neurodevelopmental, congenital disorders

Delivery of standardized diabetes care could help achieve equitable health outcomes for all patients

UT Southwestern-led researchers find new way to determine prognosis of invasive kidney cancer

Students propose revision of listeriosis guidelines for safer pregnancy

Data from past epidemic could help improve response to future Ebola outbreaks

Lunaphore and Vitro announce partnership to develop ISH protocols for RNA, DNA targets

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