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Philosophy - Health - 11.01.2013
Health - Life Sciences - 11.01.2013
Life Sciences - Health - 11.01.2013
Life Sciences - Health - 11.01.2013 
Virus Caught in the Act of Infecting a Cell
AUSTIN, Texas — The detailed changes in the structure of a virus as it infects an E. coli bacterium have been observed for the first time, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health) Medical School this week in Science Express .
Health - Life Sciences - 10.01.2013
Health - 10.01.2013
Health - Life Sciences - 09.01.2013
Health - 09.01.2013
Health - Agronomy / Food Science - 09.01.2013
Health - 09.01.2013 
New study identifies significance of co-infection in disease control
Becoming infected with one parasite could change your chances of becoming infected with another according to new research from Cardiff University and the University of Bristol. The new study analyses data from school-aged children in Tanzania infected with the most common forms of worms. It was found that infection by one parasitic species actually changes the risk of catching another, over and above other risk factors.
Health - Administration - 09.01.2013 
Most effective treatment for common kidney disorder
The results of a pioneering UK-wide clinical trial that compared treatments for patients with a common type of kidney disease has found one to be significantly more effective. The results of the study, published online in The Lancet today [9 Jan], will be recommended to clinicians worldwide as the most effective approach to treating the condition.
Health - Life Sciences - 09.01.2013
Health - 08.01.2013
Health - 08.01.2013
Life Sciences - Health - 08.01.2013 
Stressed-out cells halt protein synthesis
Cells experience stress in multiple ways. Temperature shifts, mis-folded proteins and oxidative damage can all cause cellular stress. But whatever the form of the stress, all cells quickly stop making proteins when under pressure. A new Cornell study unravels how cells rapidly stall protein synthesis during stress and then resume their protein-making activities once the stress has passed.
Health - Life Sciences - 08.01.2013
Health - Life Sciences - 08.01.2013 
Gene testing asthmatic children could lead to better treatment
Testing asthmatic children for a specific gene could prevent their condition worsening, according to new research by scientists at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and the University of Dundee. There are two main treatments for asthma: 'preventers' and 'relievers'. The genotype is carried by one in seven sufferers and the research found their condition could be aggravated by the use of the reliever medicine, Salmeterol.
Life Sciences - Health - 08.01.2013 
Blood brothers (and sisters): U-M sibling study discovers genetic region linked to control of key blood-clotting protein
ANN ARBOR-In 2006, the lab of David Ginsburg at the Life Sciences Institute put a call out for siblings attending the University of Michigan to donate blood for a study of blood-clotting disorders. The samples were collected over three years and have now enabled the researchers to identify the specific parts of the genome responsible for levels of a key substance for blood clotting.
Health - Life Sciences - 08.01.2013
Health - Psychology - 08.01.2013 
Family thought to play part in reducing stress for young Mexicans, study shows
Marcela Raffaelli, a professor of human and community development at Illinois, is one of the co-authors on a study that found that families play a unique and powerful role in meeting the mental health needs of Mexican youth, especially during periods of stress. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill.
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Scholars call for new ethical guidelines to direct research on social networking
The unique data collection capabilities of social networking and online gaming websites require new ethical guidance from federal regulators concerning online research involving adolescent subjects, an ethics scholar from the Morgridge Institute for Research and a computer and learning sciences expert from Tufts University argue .
The unique data collection capabilities of social networking and online gaming websites require new ethical guidance from federal regulators concerning online research involving adolescent subjects, an ethics scholar from the Morgridge Institute for Research and a computer and learning sciences expert from Tufts University argue .
The secret sex life of the penicillin-producing fungus could make it more productive
New and more effective strains of the fungus used to produce penicillin could be developed after a team of international scientists unearthed the secret sex life of Sir Alexander Fleming's fungus Penicillium chrysogenum (P. chrysogenum). The scientists from The University of Nottingham , Ruhr-University Bochum, The University of Göttingen, and Sandoz GmbH have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of the fungus P. chrysogenum.
New and more effective strains of the fungus used to produce penicillin could be developed after a team of international scientists unearthed the secret sex life of Sir Alexander Fleming's fungus Penicillium chrysogenum (P. chrysogenum). The scientists from The University of Nottingham , Ruhr-University Bochum, The University of Göttingen, and Sandoz GmbH have announced a major breakthrough in our understanding of the sex life of the fungus P. chrysogenum.
Manipulating the Schmallemberg virus genome to understand how it causes disease
Scottish researchers have developed methods to synthesize and change the genome of a recently discovered virus, in a bid to understand how it induces disease among livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats. The research, led by Massimo Palmarini and Alain Kohl at the MRC Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow, has laid bare important ways by which the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes disease and has paved the way for future development of new vaccines.
Scottish researchers have developed methods to synthesize and change the genome of a recently discovered virus, in a bid to understand how it induces disease among livestock such as cattle, sheep and goats. The research, led by Massimo Palmarini and Alain Kohl at the MRC Centre for Virus Research at the University of Glasgow, has laid bare important ways by which the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) causes disease and has paved the way for future development of new vaccines.
AUSTIN, Texas — The detailed changes in the structure of a virus as it infects an E. coli bacterium have been observed for the first time, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health) Medical School this week in Science Express .
Nursing gerbils unravel benefit of multiple mothers in collective mammals
In mammals such as rodents that raise their young as a group, infants will nurse from their mother as well as other females, a dynamic known as allosuckling. Ecologists have long hypothesized that allosuckling lets newborns stockpile antibodies to various diseases, but the experimental proof has been lacking until now.
In mammals such as rodents that raise their young as a group, infants will nurse from their mother as well as other females, a dynamic known as allosuckling. Ecologists have long hypothesized that allosuckling lets newborns stockpile antibodies to various diseases, but the experimental proof has been lacking until now.
IUD best treatment for heavy periods, major trial shows
The hormone-releasing Mirena coil intrauterine device (IUD) is a better treatment for heavy menstrual periods than other conventional medical approaches, according to results of a major clinical trial led by scientists from the Universities of Nottingham and Birmingham. The findings of the ECLIPSE study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), published online today (10 January 2012) in the New England Journal of Medicine, are widely expected to change standard clinical practice.
The hormone-releasing Mirena coil intrauterine device (IUD) is a better treatment for heavy menstrual periods than other conventional medical approaches, according to results of a major clinical trial led by scientists from the Universities of Nottingham and Birmingham. The findings of the ECLIPSE study, funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), published online today (10 January 2012) in the New England Journal of Medicine, are widely expected to change standard clinical practice.
Co-infection and disease control
Becoming infected with one parasite could change your chances of becoming infected with another according to new University research. A new study led by the School of Biosciences analyses data from school-aged children in Tanzania infected with the most common forms of worms. It has found that infection by one parasitic species actually changes the risk of catching another, over and above other risk factors.
Becoming infected with one parasite could change your chances of becoming infected with another according to new University research. A new study led by the School of Biosciences analyses data from school-aged children in Tanzania infected with the most common forms of worms. It has found that infection by one parasitic species actually changes the risk of catching another, over and above other risk factors.
Protective communities may reduce risk of drinking in teens
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to Penn State researchers studying substance abuse patterns. The researchers evaluated how seven different categories of risk and protective factors predicted teen alcohol use.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Living in a caring community may help curb teenage alcohol use, while hanging out with antisocial peers can have the opposite effect, according to Penn State researchers studying substance abuse patterns. The researchers evaluated how seven different categories of risk and protective factors predicted teen alcohol use.
Medical Center Research May Explain Why Obese People Have Higher Rates of Asthma
Findings suggest that therapies that increase leptin-signaling may relieve asthma in obese people New York, NY - A new study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in energy metabolism, fertility, and bone mass, also regulates airway diameter.
Findings suggest that therapies that increase leptin-signaling may relieve asthma in obese people New York, NY - A new study led by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers has found that leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in energy metabolism, fertility, and bone mass, also regulates airway diameter.
Becoming infected with one parasite could change your chances of becoming infected with another according to new research from Cardiff University and the University of Bristol. The new study analyses data from school-aged children in Tanzania infected with the most common forms of worms. It was found that infection by one parasitic species actually changes the risk of catching another, over and above other risk factors.
The results of a pioneering UK-wide clinical trial that compared treatments for patients with a common type of kidney disease has found one to be significantly more effective. The results of the study, published online in The Lancet today [9 Jan], will be recommended to clinicians worldwide as the most effective approach to treating the condition.
First Alzheimer’s case has full diagnosis 106 years later
More than a hundred years after Alois Alzheimer identified Alzheimer's disease in a patient an analysis of that original patient's brain has revealed the genetic origin of their condition. The brain specimen tested was discovered in a university basement late last century after a search by rival teams of academics.
More than a hundred years after Alois Alzheimer identified Alzheimer's disease in a patient an analysis of that original patient's brain has revealed the genetic origin of their condition. The brain specimen tested was discovered in a university basement late last century after a search by rival teams of academics.
High salt intake linked to social inequalities
People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by Warwick Medical School publishedin the BMJ Open journal. The research was carried out by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nutrition, based in the Division of Mental Health & Wellbeing of Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick.
People from low socio-economic positions in Britain eat more salt than the well off, irrespective of where they live, states a paper led by Warwick Medical School publishedin the BMJ Open journal. The research was carried out by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nutrition, based in the Division of Mental Health & Wellbeing of Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick.
New drug for bipolar disorder may offer fewer side effects
A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium's toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified by Oxford University researchers in a study in mice. A drug that mimics the effect of lithium but without its side-effects would be a great improvement for patients, and has long been sought after.
A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium's toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified by Oxford University researchers in a study in mice. A drug that mimics the effect of lithium but without its side-effects would be a great improvement for patients, and has long been sought after.
Cells experience stress in multiple ways. Temperature shifts, mis-folded proteins and oxidative damage can all cause cellular stress. But whatever the form of the stress, all cells quickly stop making proteins when under pressure. A new Cornell study unravels how cells rapidly stall protein synthesis during stress and then resume their protein-making activities once the stress has passed.
McGill launches major study on prevention of HPV
A new study by McGill University's Division of Cancer Epidemiology will test a revolutionary way of preventing the transmission of the human papillomavirus (HPV) through the use of a topical gel applied during sexual activity. The study - called CATCH, an acronym for Carrageenan-gel Against Transmission of Cervical HPV - is a double-blind randomized controlled trial involving over 450 women, each of whom will receive either an active gel containing a specific type of sea algae extract commonly referred to as carrageenan or a placebo gel.
A new study by McGill University's Division of Cancer Epidemiology will test a revolutionary way of preventing the transmission of the human papillomavirus (HPV) through the use of a topical gel applied during sexual activity. The study - called CATCH, an acronym for Carrageenan-gel Against Transmission of Cervical HPV - is a double-blind randomized controlled trial involving over 450 women, each of whom will receive either an active gel containing a specific type of sea algae extract commonly referred to as carrageenan or a placebo gel.
Testing asthmatic children for a specific gene could prevent their condition worsening, according to new research by scientists at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and the University of Dundee. There are two main treatments for asthma: 'preventers' and 'relievers'. The genotype is carried by one in seven sufferers and the research found their condition could be aggravated by the use of the reliever medicine, Salmeterol.
ANN ARBOR-In 2006, the lab of David Ginsburg at the Life Sciences Institute put a call out for siblings attending the University of Michigan to donate blood for a study of blood-clotting disorders. The samples were collected over three years and have now enabled the researchers to identify the specific parts of the genome responsible for levels of a key substance for blood clotting.
Tiny tools help advance medical discoveries
MIT researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale. With the recent launch of MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science , MIT News examines research with the potential to reshape medicine and health care through new scientific knowledge, novel treatments and products, better management of medical data, and improvements in health-care delivery.
MIT researchers are designing tools to analyze cells at the microscale. With the recent launch of MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science , MIT News examines research with the potential to reshape medicine and health care through new scientific knowledge, novel treatments and products, better management of medical data, and improvements in health-care delivery.
Marcela Raffaelli, a professor of human and community development at Illinois, is one of the co-authors on a study that found that families play a unique and powerful role in meeting the mental health needs of Mexican youth, especially during periods of stress. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill.
Health - Jun 7
Manchester leads on research to reduce the risk of serious side-effects of cancer treatment
Manchester leads on research to reduce the risk of serious side-effects of cancer treatment
Campus VUB - Jun 7
State secretary for Asylum and Migration praises active VUB policy on inclusion and diversity
State secretary for Asylum and Migration praises active VUB policy on inclusion and diversity
Law - Jun 7
University of Glasgow researcher co-authors report on privacy intrusion and national security
University of Glasgow researcher co-authors report on privacy intrusion and national security