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Researchers harness Zika virus vaccine under development to target glioblastoma

Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have successfully harnessed a Zika virus vaccine under development to target and kill the brain cancer known as glioblastoma.

19 Sep 2018

Henry Ford Health System receives $600k grant to study genetic makeup of gliomas

Henry Ford Health System's Department of Neurosurgery was awarded a $600,000 grant by the Department of Defense to study the genetic makeup of gliomas, a type of brain cancer, in hope of identifying new therapies.

19 Sep 2018

Penn researchers find common thread linking almost all TNR expansion diseases

In a class of roughly 30 neurological disorders that includes ALS, Huntington's Disease and Fragile X Syndrome, the relevant mutant gene features sections of repeating base pair sequences known as short tandem repeats, or STRs. Healthy people have STRs of normal lengths distributed across their DNA.

19 Sep 2018

Three research projects from UNIST selected as the 2018 Basic Research Projects

Three research projects proposed by UNIST researchers in the first half of this year have been selected as the 2018 Basic Research Projects in Science and Engineering.

19 Sep 2018

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

More than 80 percent of strokes are caused when a blood vessel to the brain becomes blocked, called an ischemic stroke.

19 Sep 2018

Study finds higher readmission rates in for-profit hospitals

Patients who receive care in a for-profit hospital are more likely to be readmitted than those who receive care in nonprofit or public hospitals, according to a new study published by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.

19 Sep 2018

Sandalwood mimicking odorant could stimulate hair growth in humans

A chemical that mimics sandalwood has been found to have the ability to stimulate hair growth among humans finds a new study. This brings hope for people losing hair worldwide.

18 Sep 2018

Potential drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases garner $3 million grant

A new four-year, $3 million grant will enable Scripps Research scientists to advance compounds that may protect neurons in diseases caused by toxic protein accumulation, including Parkinson's, ALS, Alzheimer's and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

18 Sep 2018

Excess pregnancy weight gain affects cardiometabolic risk in offspring

Pregnant mothers have been advised to eat for two for centuries. A professional body for midwives now has come up with recommendations that this belief is a myth and pregnant women should be advised how to better manage their body weights.

18 Sep 2018

Air pollution increases risk of dementia

A new study has shown that air pollution raises the risk of dementia. The risk remains among people of all ages find researchers.

18 Sep 2018

Macaque brain study provides insight into emotion of envy when others are rewarded

A study on macaques by researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences has identified part of the brain that specifically registers when another macaque receives a reward, showing that this affects the subjective value placed on one's own resources and rewards, providing insight into the emotion of envy.

18 Sep 2018

First gut bacteria in newborns may have lasting effect on ability to ward off chronic diseases

New research showing that the first bacteria introduced into the gut have a lasting impact may one day allow science to adjust microbiomes--the one-of-a-kind microbial communities that live in our gastrointestinal tracts--to help ward off serious chronic diseases.

18 Sep 2018

Use of transcranial electrical stimulation to bolster creativity has far-reaching implications

What is creativity, and can it be enhanced -- safely -- in a person who needs a boost of imagination? Georgetown experts debate the growing use of electrical devices that stimulate brain tissue, and conclude there is potential value in the technique. However, use of these machines also raises neuro-ethical, legal, and social issues that must now be addressed.

18 Sep 2018

Scientists find alterations in blood flow in response to body position change

For the first time ever, an international research group detected alterations in capillary blood flow around the face caused by body position change.

18 Sep 2018

Aluminum inclusions help enhance adsorption of chemo drugs onto active carbon delivery capsule

The efficacy of chemotherapy treatment depends on how effectively it reaches cancerous cells. Increasing targeted delivery could mean decreasing side effects.

18 Sep 2018

Biomedical review finds failure rates in some surgical mesh treatments to be unacceptably high

Failure rates in some treatments using surgical mesh are unacceptably high according to a newly published comprehensive biomedical review that considers the findings from peer-reviewed scientific articles assessing its use.

18 Sep 2018

Microbiota in the intestines and cell stress cause colon cancer

"With our study we originally wanted to study the role of bacteria in the intestines in the development of intestinal inflammation," explains Professor Dirk Haller from the Department of Nutrition and Immunology at the Weihenstephan Science Centre of the TUM.

18 Sep 2018

UCSF awarded $20 million grant to study impacts of new, emerging tobacco products

UC San Francisco has been awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to study the impacts of new and emerging tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, which heat tobacco without combustion.

18 Sep 2018

Human brains may be wired to prefer lying on the couch, suggests research

If getting to the gym seems like a struggle, a University of British Columbia researcher wants you to know this: the struggle is real, and it's happening inside your brain.

18 Sep 2018

Digital games for CVD-related self-management improve exercise capacity and energy expenditure

A scoping review of studies on game interventions for cardiovascular diseaseself-management found that the use of digital games improved exercise capacity and energy expenditure significantly.

18 Sep 2018

Medical Research News

Researchers harness Zika virus vaccine under development to target glioblastoma

Henry Ford Health System receives $600k grant to study genetic makeup of gliomas

Penn researchers find common thread linking almost all TNR expansion diseases

Three research projects from UNIST selected as the 2018 Basic Research Projects

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

Study finds higher readmission rates in for-profit hospitals

Sandalwood mimicking odorant could stimulate hair growth in humans

Potential drugs to treat neurodegenerative diseases garner $3 million grant

Excess pregnancy weight gain affects cardiometabolic risk in offspring

Air pollution increases risk of dementia

Macaque brain study provides insight into emotion of envy when others are rewarded

First gut bacteria in newborns may have lasting effect on ability to ward off chronic diseases

Use of transcranial electrical stimulation to bolster creativity has far-reaching implications

Scientists find alterations in blood flow in response to body position change

Aluminum inclusions help enhance adsorption of chemo drugs onto active carbon delivery capsule

Biomedical review finds failure rates in some surgical mesh treatments to be unacceptably high

Microbiota in the intestines and cell stress cause colon cancer

UCSF awarded $20 million grant to study impacts of new, emerging tobacco products

Human brains may be wired to prefer lying on the couch, suggests research

Digital games for CVD-related self-management improve exercise capacity and energy expenditure

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

Data management challenges in scientific research

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