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European scientists target high-risk childhood cancer with liquid biopsy

Neuroblastoma mainly affects toddlers and young children - in the EU region there are 1500 new cases per year.

29 Jan 2024

UCL's neuro research to be supported by e-money venture Science Card

A UCL research team developing an artificial fiber technology to accelerate neurodegenerative disease clinical trials will be one of the first studies supported by e-money venture Science Card.

25 Jan 2024

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

Community engagement is important for developing research involving patients with mental illness, and funding agencies are increasingly requiring such engagement.

25 Jan 2024

How Spain's expertise-driven approach in COVID-19 testing helps public hospital labs thrive post-crisis

Researchers from INGENIO, a joint center of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), have recently published, together with two co-authors from the University of Sussex (UK), the results of a study on the organization of the laboratory network to perform Covid-19 PCR testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain and the UK and its subsequent implications.

25 Jan 2024

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn's disease before noticeable symptoms develop.

25 Jan 2024

Researchers secure $1.5 million grant to eliminate barriers from cervical cancer prevention

A research team from LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center has been awarded a $1.5 million grant to eliminate barriers from cervical cancer prevention. The five-year program combines a $1.2 million award from the American Cancer Society and $75,000 a year for five years investment from LSU Health New Orleans.

24 Jan 2024

Groundbreaking technology shows immense potential for treating ischemic retinopathy

A groundbreaking technology with immense potential in treating ischemic retinopathy in premature infants and diabetic patients has been developed by Professor Byoung Heon Kang and his research team in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST, in collaboration with Professor Dong Ho Park's team at Kyungpook National University Hospital. Ischemic retinopathy, characterized by the breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier and abnormal blood vessel growth, often leads to vision impairment and loss.

24 Jan 2024

Researchers propose a new model for classifying Parkinson's disease

An international research team led by Krembil Brain Institute Neurologist and Senior Scientist, Dr. Anthony Lang, has proposed a new model for classifying Parkinson's disease (PD).

23 Jan 2024

St. Jude announces $13 million investment to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital today announced a nearly $13 million investment toward a new research collaboration with scientists at Columbia University, Duke University and Stanford University to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR), which are vital proteins that impact human health and disease.

18 Jan 2024

New vaccine turns preexisting flu immunity into COVID-19 weapon

After COVID vaccination, it usually takes weeks for our bodies to develop protective antibody responses.

17 Jan 2024

Research uncovers why antibodies can boost snake venom

What makes a soldier switch sides? That is a really good question. Especially when the soldier is an antibody that is supposed to defend the body against one of the world's most dangerous snake venoms but instead ends up helping the venom kill the body.

16 Jan 2024

High fat mass in adolescence could worsen insulin resistance and obesity by young adulthood

High fat mass in adolescence causes insulin resistance, which can lead to a vicious cycle of worsening insulin resistance and obesity by young adulthood, a new study shows.

16 Jan 2024

€1.6M project aims to crack the code of degradation-resistant tumors

An international research project on the subject of "Understanding and targeting degradation-resistant tumors" has been granted funding of 1.655 million euros through the German-Israeli Project Cooperation (DIP) program.

11 Jan 2024

American Heart Association's merit award recipients announced

The AHA celebrates 100 years of lifesaving work by announcing the recipients of its prestigious Merit Award.

11 Jan 2024

IU researchers aim to develop a new therapy for glaucoma

Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine are using a novel approach to hopefully develop a new therapy for glaucoma, a complex disease that eventually leads to blindness, thanks to a new five-year, $2 million R01 grant from the National Eye Institute.

8 Jan 2024

New research project seeks to find innovative treatment pathways for Type 2 diabetes and obesity

A team of Virginia Tech researchers was awarded nearly $2 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health, to explore novel approaches for treating Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

3 Jan 2024

Research Project News and Research

European scientists target high-risk childhood cancer with liquid biopsy

UCL's neuro research to be supported by e-money venture Science Card

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

How Spain's expertise-driven approach in COVID-19 testing helps public hospital labs thrive post-crisis

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

Researchers secure $1.5 million grant to eliminate barriers from cervical cancer prevention

Groundbreaking technology shows immense potential for treating ischemic retinopathy

Researchers propose a new model for classifying Parkinson's disease

St. Jude announces $13 million investment to expand the understanding of G-protein coupled receptors

New vaccine turns preexisting flu immunity into COVID-19 weapon

Research uncovers why antibodies can boost snake venom

High fat mass in adolescence could worsen insulin resistance and obesity by young adulthood

€1.6M project aims to crack the code of degradation-resistant tumors

American Heart Association's merit award recipients announced

IU researchers aim to develop a new therapy for glaucoma

New research project seeks to find innovative treatment pathways for Type 2 diabetes and obesity

Novel exercise approach offers significant benefits for children with cerebral palsy

Shedding new light on the evolution of tuberculosis

Spatial profiling predicts recurrence of Hodgkin lymphoma after bone marrow transplant

Night owls at higher risk of coronary artery calcification

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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