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Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation awards 1.5 million euros to support breast cancer study

1.5 million euros funding supports a new investigator-initiated breast cancer clinical trial in Finland that takes on MYC.

11 Jun 2020

Researchers investigate the mechanisms underlying Saccadic Suppression of Displacement

We move our eyes several times per second. These fast eye movements, called saccades, create large image shifts on the retina - making our visual system work hard to maintain a stable perceptual world.

11 Jun 2020

Federal help falters as nursing homes run short of protective equipment

Around the country, nursing homes trying to protect their residents from the coronavirus eagerly await boxes of masks, eyewear and gowns promised by the federal government. But all too often the packages deliver disappointment — if they arrive at all.

11 Jun 2020

Camelina sativa oil and fatty fish have major beneficial effect on lipid metabolism

Camelina sativa oil and fatty fish are rich in polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids, but their health benefits seem to differ.

11 Jun 2020

Wine-Profiling™ 4.0 from Bruker proves product authenticity to safeguard brand reputation

New Wine-Profiling™ module from Bruker assures origin, variety and authenticity to protect winemakers, associations, distributors and regulators

From Bruker BioSpin Group 11 Jun 2020

A family with five doctors — and two COVID deaths

On the morning of April 1, Dr. Priya Khanna inched her way from the bedroom to the front door, using walls, doors and railings to hold herself up long enough to get to the stretcher waiting outside. She had been battling COVID-19 for five days and was struggling to breathe.

11 Jun 2020

Overactive enzyme causes an inherited form of high blood pressure

A Turkish family from a village near the Black Sea first caught the attention of medical researchers in the early 1970s.

11 Jun 2020

Using stories to mentally survive as a COVID-19 clinician

Dr. Christopher Travis, an intern in obstetrics-gynecology, has cared for patients with COVID-19 and performed surgery on women suspected of having the coronavirus. But the patient who arrived for a routine prenatal visit in two masks and gloves had a problem that wasn’t physiological.

11 Jun 2020

Rapid point-of-care testing using screen-printed electrodes from Metrohm DropSens

Point-of-care testing with screen-printed electrodes allows rapid testing of populations for viral outbreaks – at affordable costs, without the need for trained specialists and/or complicated equipment.

From Metrohm USA Inc. 11 Jun 2020

Turning autoimmunity drugs into anti-cancer treatments

Professor Mark Cragg speaks to News-Medical about his research which involves turning autoimmunity drugs into anti-cancer treatments.

11 Jun 2020

Advancements in the Optimization of Medical Accelerators

Radiotherapy is a way of treating cancer by means of radiation. In principle, that can be all different types of radiation. The commonly known types are X-rays or electron beams, which find very widespread application.

11 Jun 2020

Hydroxychloroquine suppresses 'trained immunity'

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in June 2020 shows that the drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) suppresses a form of immunity called ‘trained immunity,’ with repercussions for its potential use to treat COVID-19.

11 Jun 2020

Engineers create new system for high-density EEG imaging of the brain's elusive networks

Understanding the source and network of signals as the brain functions is a central goal of brain research. Now, Carnegie Mellon engineers have created a system for high-density EEG imaging of the origin and path of normal and abnormal brain signals.

11 Jun 2020

Novel fungal compound can turn on p53 gene in cancer cells

Cancers cells use a special technique to propagate; they delete their "programmed death" gene through mutation, "forget" to die when their lifetime is over, and continue to grow instead.

11 Jun 2020

Co-existing non-communicable diseases linked to higher risk of illness and death from COVID-19

The interaction of COVID-19 with co-existing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a perfect storm, particularly for communities of poverty, according to a new opinion piece published by Columbia Mailman School of Public Health researchers in the journal British Medical Journal.

11 Jun 2020

Computational approach to design peptide-based vaccine against SARS-Cov-2

There are currently no licensed vaccines available for COVID-19. While several antiviral drugs have been tested, none has proved to be completely effective against the disease.

11 Jun 2020

Study: Better data on marijuana use is needed to support critical public health research

Better data on marijuana use in the U.S. is needed to support critical public health research, according to a review of relevant surveys conducted by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers.

11 Jun 2020

Article calls for international governance system to oversee access to Covid-19 vaccines, treatments

Human challenge trials to test the efficacy of vaccine candidates against SARS? CoV? 2, the novel coronavirus behind COVID? 19, could save considerable time and many lives.

11 Jun 2020

New methods to study the impacts of puberty suppression in brains of transgender youth

A new set of expert consensus-based recommendations lays out how best to study possible neurodevelopmental impacts of pubertal suppression treatment in transgender youth.

11 Jun 2020

Researchers investigate risk perception of Ebola virus disease in rural areas of West Africa

A study led by the University of Kent's Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found significant differences in disease risk perception and channels of information about Ebola virus disease (EVD) in rural areas and urban centers of Guinea, West Africa.

11 Jun 2020

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Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation awards 1.5 million euros to support breast cancer study

Researchers investigate the mechanisms underlying Saccadic Suppression of Displacement

Federal help falters as nursing homes run short of protective equipment

Camelina sativa oil and fatty fish have major beneficial effect on lipid metabolism

Wine-Profiling™ 4.0 from Bruker proves product authenticity to safeguard brand reputation

A family with five doctors — and two COVID deaths

Overactive enzyme causes an inherited form of high blood pressure

Using stories to mentally survive as a COVID-19 clinician

Rapid point-of-care testing using screen-printed electrodes from Metrohm DropSens

Turning autoimmunity drugs into anti-cancer treatments

Advancements in the Optimization of Medical Accelerators

Hydroxychloroquine suppresses 'trained immunity'

Engineers create new system for high-density EEG imaging of the brain's elusive networks

Novel fungal compound can turn on p53 gene in cancer cells

Co-existing non-communicable diseases linked to higher risk of illness and death from COVID-19

Computational approach to design peptide-based vaccine against SARS-Cov-2

Study: Better data on marijuana use is needed to support critical public health research

Article calls for international governance system to oversee access to Covid-19 vaccines, treatments

New methods to study the impacts of puberty suppression in brains of transgender youth

Researchers investigate risk perception of Ebola virus disease in rural areas of West Africa

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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