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UCR study: Surgery associated with higher survival of patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancer

A student at the University of California, Riverside, presented research results at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, or AACR, in Atlanta showing that surgery is associated with higher survival rates for patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancer compared with those who did not undergo surgery.

3 Apr 2019

New strategy for potential treatment of HBV associated liver cancer

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore General Hospital and Lion TCR have demonstrated that they were able to engineer HBV-specific T cells, a type of immune cells found in the body, to treat Hepatocellular carcinoma, a commonly occurring liver cancer.

28 Mar 2019

New discovery may explain low testosterone levels in men with diabetes

Scientists have mapped out how the body transports testosterone, and their surprising findings may explain low testosterone levels seen in men with diabetes or patients on certain medications.

28 Mar 2019

Garvan researchers develop more accurate method to diagnose cancer subtypes

Developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, this potential diagnostic method screens a cancer sample for 'fusion genes', estimated to be linked to one in five cancers, and may provide a more accurate snapshot of rearranged DNA found in cancer.

28 Mar 2019

Women with undiagnosed diabetes in pregnancy more likely to experience stillbirths

Women who develop diabetes in pregnancy but are not diagnosed are much more likely to experience stillbirth than women without the condition, according to new research.

20 Mar 2019

UTSA professor helps train first responders to detect prescription opioid overdoses

James Bray, professor and chair of the UTSA Department of Psychology, is working on a research project with agencies in Houston to train first responders in how to detect prescription opioid overdoses and provide life-saving outreach services.

20 Mar 2019

New research aims to find how asthma symptoms are aggravated

America's 26 million asthmatics may be able to breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to Dr. Sailaja Paruchuri, a University of Akron researcher who has received a $1.9 million Research Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

19 Mar 2019

UTA nursing professor receives $6.575 million to attack musculoskeletal diseases

A University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation professor will use a series of grants totaling approximately $6.575 million during the next five years to attack a variety of debilitating musculoskeletal diseases.

18 Mar 2019

BU medical students receive award for study on eliminating transportation barriers for patients

Two medical students from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have received the Lancet Global Health Award for Best Student Poster for their presentation, "Uber Health: A Novel Method of Eliminating Transportation Barriers To Care Among Urban OBGYN Refugee Women."

15 Mar 2019

Patient monitoring technology helps mental health trust to reduce falls and save time

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust saw falls at night drop by a third on two wards that introduced the Oxehealth Digital Care Assistant technology, a clinical study has shown.

15 Mar 2019

Learning difficulties in children are not always associated with visual anomalies

Learning difficulties in schoolchildren are not always associated with visual problems, since they may be neurobiological or derived from other alterations such as dyslexia or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

14 Mar 2019

Columbia researchers explore molecular mechanisms of treatment-resistant depression

Major depressive disorder is a debilitating illness that affects more than 350 million people around the world.

14 Mar 2019

High levels of hygiene promote antibiotic resistance

The number of people who become ill and die from antibiotic-resistant germs is increasing worldwide. The World Health Organization WHO sees understanding the spread of antibiotic resistance and developing countermeasures as one of the most important global challenges.

12 Mar 2019

Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications

Physicists at Saarland University have developed magnetic field sensors that are breaking sensitivity records and opening up a whole range of potential new applications, from non-contact measurements of the electrical activity in the human heart or brain to detecting ore deposits or archaeological remains deep underground.

12 Mar 2019

Major trial of hospital cleaning practices reduces infections

A major trial of a bundle of hospital cleaning practices in 11 Australian hospitals has made significant reductions in healthcare-associated infections and demonstrated cost-benefits.

11 Mar 2019

Machine-learning based imaging and sorting solution aims to reduce Africa's tsetse population

The tsetse fly has wreaked devastation across large swaths of sub-Saharan Africa. About the size of a housefly, the insect transmits a parasite that can be lethal to both humans (sleeping sickness) and animals (nagana) - especially cattle.

11 Mar 2019

Olympus improves access to science education through BioBus collaboration

Olympus is proud to support the BioBus program, two mobile science laboratories that operate with a mission “to help minority, female, and low-income K–12 and college students in New York City discover, explore, and pursue science.”

From Evident Corporation - Life Sciences 6 Mar 2019

Diabetes' sworn enemy could also be a protective asset

Montreal research team unravels an adaptive mechanism involved in controlling insulin action, showing that glucagon plays a crucial part in it and can thus be a protective asset.

6 Mar 2019

Finding ways to solve old age care crisis in Germany

Germany is facing an old age care crisis. Old age care structures in this country have for too long been starved of cash and personnel, and there is still no evidence of improvement.

5 Mar 2019

Study: Awareness campaigns are not sufficient to tackle superbug crisis in developing countries

In a landmark study of health behaviors in developing countries, Global Sustainable Development research at the University of Warwick has found that awareness campaigns alone are not enough to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and, in fact, could risk making the superbug crisis worse.

26 Feb 2019

Research Project News and Research

UCR study: Surgery associated with higher survival of patients with HER2-positive stage 4 breast cancer

New strategy for potential treatment of HBV associated liver cancer

New discovery may explain low testosterone levels in men with diabetes

Garvan researchers develop more accurate method to diagnose cancer subtypes

Women with undiagnosed diabetes in pregnancy more likely to experience stillbirths

UTSA professor helps train first responders to detect prescription opioid overdoses

New research aims to find how asthma symptoms are aggravated

UTA nursing professor receives $6.575 million to attack musculoskeletal diseases

BU medical students receive award for study on eliminating transportation barriers for patients

Patient monitoring technology helps mental health trust to reduce falls and save time

Learning difficulties in children are not always associated with visual anomalies

Columbia researchers explore molecular mechanisms of treatment-resistant depression

High levels of hygiene promote antibiotic resistance

Researchers develop new magnetic field sensors for many practical applications

Major trial of hospital cleaning practices reduces infections

Machine-learning based imaging and sorting solution aims to reduce Africa's tsetse population

Olympus improves access to science education through BioBus collaboration

Diabetes' sworn enemy could also be a protective asset

Finding ways to solve old age care crisis in Germany

Study: Awareness campaigns are not sufficient to tackle superbug crisis in developing countries

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