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Kanazawa University researchers identify molecular mechanism that links liver disease and obesity

Kanazawa University researchers find similarities in the impeded signalling between central insulin activity and glucose production in the liver for both obese mice and mice that have had the vagus nerve removed.

16 Mar 2016

New study further supports link between Zika virus and microcephaly

New research, based on data from the 2013-14 Zika outbreak in French Polynesia, further supports the association between Zika virus and microcephaly.

16 Mar 2016

Scientists find evidence that amyloid fibrils adopt several distinct architectures in human, animal tissues

Formation of amyloid fibrils is a characteristic feature of neurogenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. As published in the journal Angewandte Chemie, German and American scientists have found evidence that these fibrils adopt several distinct three-dimensional architectures in real patient and animal tissues.

16 Mar 2016

Spectral Edge launches new way to enhance accessibility to content for colour-deficient viewers

Spectral Edge today launched a new way for operators to enhance accessibility for colour-blind and colour-deficient viewers, through a server-based version of its innovative Eyeteq technology.

16 Mar 2016

Research confirms potential use of iron oxide nanoparticles in biomedical applications

Iron oxides are widespread in nature and can be readily synthesized in the laboratory. Among them, hematite, magnetite and maghemite nanoparticles have particularly promising properties for biomedical applications.

16 Mar 2016

Neural stem cells from T cell-derived iPSCs provide neurological disease model

Researchers in Japan report that neural stem cells derived from readily available T cell-derived iPSCs provide a neurological disease model when cultured in a novel protocol developed by them. The findings are important for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and are published in Stem Cell Reports, March 2016.

16 Mar 2016

Fujitsu Laboratories develops new technology that accelerates database analyses of genomic information

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. announced the development of a technology that accelerates database analyses of the correlations between genomic variations and environmental information, such as disease and lifestyle habits. This technology speeds up the process by a factor of roughly 400 compared to existing methods.

16 Mar 2016

Report: English schoolgirls' happiness drops as they hit teenage years

English schoolgirls are less satisfied with their lives than boys and feel more pressure to succeed at school – a report authored by University of Hertfordshire researchers has revealed.

16 Mar 2016

Could prebiotics benefit early life brain development? An interview with Dr Phil Burnet

Galacto-oligosaccharides are essentially sugar or saccharide molecules that have been joined together into short polymer chains.

16 Mar 2016

Caloric restriction leads to fatale weakening of the immune system

It's already well known that a diet may have a life-extending effect. Researchers from Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute in Jena, Germany, now showed that besides improving the functionality of stem cells in mice, a caloric restriction also leads to a fatale weakening of their immune system - counteracting the life-lengthening effect of a diet.

16 Mar 2016

Many kidney transplant patients may benefit from lower-than-standard dose of CNIs

The kidney is the most commonly transplanted organ in the United States, with more than 17,000 transplants performed each year. Following kidney transplant, patients are routinely placed on a regimen of immunosuppressant medications to prevent organ rejection, which often includes calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) as the backbone medication of this regimen.

16 Mar 2016

Traumatic brain injury appears to be linked to increased risk of mild cognitive impairment

Traumatic brain injury appears to be related to both increased risk and earlier onset of mild cognitive impairment, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.

16 Mar 2016

Distinct brain networks support retrieval of old and recent memories

When we remember events which occurred recently, the hippocampus is activated. This area in the temporal lobe of the brain is a hub for learning and memory. But what happens, if we try to remember things that took place years or decades ago? Neuroscientists at the Ruhr-University Bochum and the Osaka University have been able to give some answers to this question.

16 Mar 2016

New research finds racial disparities in screening for lung cancer

New research from the Yale School of Public Health reveals that differences in smoking habits between African Americans and whites may lead to a disparity in screening for lung cancer.

16 Mar 2016

New method to harvest stem cells reduces side effects for donors

Australian scientists have developed a new method for harvesting stem cells, which is less invasive and reduces side effects for donors.

16 Mar 2016

Researchers explore problem of obesity from the inside out

In the last 40 years, obesity has more than doubled around the world. In the United States, the average American is more than 24 pounds heavier today than in 1960. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Washington are studying the problem of obesity from the inside out.

16 Mar 2016

Scientists synthesize novel selenohydantoins with anticancer and antioxidant activity

A group of scientists from Moscow universities led by Yan Ivanenkov, the head of Laboratory of Medical Chemistry and Bioinformatics in MIPT, has succeeded in synthesizing a set of novel selenohydantoins with anticancer and antioxidant activity.

16 Mar 2016

AMP disappointed as FDA takes enforcement action against physicians for Zika virus test

The Association for Molecular Pathology, the premier global, professional society serving molecular diagnostics professionals, is very concerned and disappointed to see the FDA taking enforcement action against the physicians at Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Methodist Hospital for their laboratory developed procedure (LDP) for Zika virus, which was designed to identify virus-specific RNA sequences in a large metropolitan area.

16 Mar 2016

Cell-based tests reveal no activity in cells exposed to vapour from Vype ePen

A series of cell-based tests developed to compare the biological impact of cigarette smoke with e-cigarette vapour revealed no activity in cells exposed to vapour from Vype ePen, a commercially available e-cigarette.

16 Mar 2016

Multiplex test could detect common sexually transmitted infections in 30 minutes

One test that could detect four of the most common sexually transmitted infections in 30 minutes and allow them to be rapidly treated, will be developed by St George's, University of London and diagnostics company Atlas Genetics.

16 Mar 2016

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Kanazawa University researchers identify molecular mechanism that links liver disease and obesity

New study further supports link between Zika virus and microcephaly

Scientists find evidence that amyloid fibrils adopt several distinct architectures in human, animal tissues

Spectral Edge launches new way to enhance accessibility to content for colour-deficient viewers

Research confirms potential use of iron oxide nanoparticles in biomedical applications

Neural stem cells from T cell-derived iPSCs provide neurological disease model

Fujitsu Laboratories develops new technology that accelerates database analyses of genomic information

Report: English schoolgirls' happiness drops as they hit teenage years

Could prebiotics benefit early life brain development? An interview with Dr Phil Burnet

Caloric restriction leads to fatale weakening of the immune system

Many kidney transplant patients may benefit from lower-than-standard dose of CNIs

Traumatic brain injury appears to be linked to increased risk of mild cognitive impairment

Distinct brain networks support retrieval of old and recent memories

New research finds racial disparities in screening for lung cancer

New method to harvest stem cells reduces side effects for donors

Researchers explore problem of obesity from the inside out

Scientists synthesize novel selenohydantoins with anticancer and antioxidant activity

AMP disappointed as FDA takes enforcement action against physicians for Zika virus test

Cell-based tests reveal no activity in cells exposed to vapour from Vype ePen

Multiplex test could detect common sexually transmitted infections in 30 minutes

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