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Health - Agronomy & Food Science - 11.01.2009
Scientists unlock secret to overeating
A collaboration of scientists led by Professor Jane Wardle (Director of Cancer Research UK's Health Behaviour Research Centre in UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) have published today in the 'International Journal of Obesity' new evidence that the tendency to overeat could be genetic. UCL researchers, who were funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, created a new experiment to see if eating when full was linked to a gene called FTO**.
Health - Pharmacology - 27.12.2008
Aminoglycosides can cause deafness
Antibiotics belonging to the aminoglycoside class of substances damage hearing and, in the worst case, can lead to deafness. Microbiologist Erik Böttger has now deciphered the mechanism behind this. This lays the foundation for the development of antibiotics without this side effect. Aminoglycosides are among the most widely used antibiotics.
Life Sciences - Health - 17.12.2008
A protein plays a messenger role
A research group from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva understands the activity of a messenger protein and confirms the interaction governing relationships between various cellular elements, while demonstrating the primordial role played by a protein .
Pedagogy - Health - 03.12.2008
Ersatzhaut aus dem Labor
Kinder mit Verbrennungen sollen künftig Ersatzhaut aus dem Labor erhalten. Dafür sorgt die Forschungsabteilung für molekulare Gewebebiologie der Chirurgischen Klinik am Kinderspital in Zürich.
Agronomy & Food Science - Health - 06.11.2008
A new weapon against obesity
A synthetic new chemical entity protects against diet-induced obesity, improves glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity and enhances exercise endurance by enhancing fat utilization in certain target tissues.
Agronomy & Food Science - Health - 28.10.2008
Regulateur de poids contre l’obésité
Augmentation pathologique de la masse graisseuse, l'obésité se caractérise par un surpoids qui engendre d'autres complications.
Health - Social Sciences - 21.10.2008
Wirksamkeit eines chinesischen Medikaments gezeigt
Forscher des Schweizerischen Tropeninstituts in Basel haben die Verträglichkeit und Wirksamkeit eines in China entwickelten Medikaments gegen Darmwürmer bestätigt.
Life Sciences - Health - 29.05.2008
Novel control element of the cellular regulation circuitry discovered
Modern global analysis tools have given an unprecedented insight into the genetic circuitry of living cells.
Health - Chemistry - 13.05.2008
Ce gras qui vous veut du bien
Comment administrer une substance thérapeutique trop vulnérable pour atteindre sa cible? Une étude récemment publiée dans la revue Nature Biotechnology montre le potentiel prometteur de l'approche médicale dite 'par interférence ARN.
Health - 09.05.2008
Hepatitis C: Interferon-Wirkung in den Leberzellen bestimmt Therapieerfolg
Nur die Hälfte der Patienten mit chronischer Hepatitis C kann mit der heute üblichen Interferon-Therapie geheilt werden.
Health - Life Sciences - 28.04.2008
Neue Strategie von Viren
Mit vielen Tricks und List verschaffen sich Viren Zugang zu Zellen.
Life Sciences - Health - 15.04.2008
Sida: les gènes comptent
Des chercheurs de l'université de Genève et de l'université de Lausanne montrent que la résistance au VIH relève du bagage génétique individuel.
Health - 09.04.2008
Viavac, le premier logiciel destiné à la gestion individualisée des vaccinations
Après des années d'efforts et d'innombrables essais, l'équipe de la prof. Claire-Anne Siegrist, de la chaire de vaccinologie de l'Université de Genève, vient de lancer Viavac, le premier logiciel, développé en Suisse, destiné à la gestion individualisée des vaccinations.
Health - Life Sciences - 20.03.2008
Les émotions du sommeil
Les scientifiques du Centre de neuroscience de l'Université de Genève viennent de franchir une étape importante dans la compréhension des mécanismes de la narcolepsie avec cataplexie.
Life Sciences - Health - 17.03.2008
Überlebensfaktor der T-Zellen entdeckt
Universität Basel - 17. Um einer Infektion wirkungsvoll zu begegnen, muss das Immunsystem auf einen Vorrat an naiven T-Zellen zurückgreifen können.
Health - Life Sciences - 29.02.2008
The fight against cancer, and more specifically against metastases, is intensifying.
Young Professor Jörg Huelsken will head the Debiopharm Chair at EPFL. His research will focus on the fundamental mechanisms that dictate the replication of certain cells involved in cancer.
Life Sciences - Mar 13
New DNA tools outperform traditional methods for detecting genetic risk in wildlife
New DNA tools outperform traditional methods for detecting genetic risk in wildlife

Health - Mar 13
Oxford and Serum Institute of India sign IP license agreement to advance NipahB vaccine candidate
Oxford and Serum Institute of India sign IP license agreement to advance NipahB vaccine candidate
Life Sciences - Mar 13
How the brain creates meaning: Martin Vinck investigates the key to thoughts, attention and consciousness
How the brain creates meaning: Martin Vinck investigates the key to thoughts, attention and consciousness
Career - Mar 12
Women often need stronger professional networks to climb corporate ladder, Western analysis shows
Women often need stronger professional networks to climb corporate ladder, Western analysis shows

Environment - Mar 12
Turning dairy emissions into opportunities: how climate finance can drive climate-smart dairy
Turning dairy emissions into opportunities: how climate finance can drive climate-smart dairy
Health - Mar 12
Longer pollen seasons set to make allergies a major public health issue in coming decades
Longer pollen seasons set to make allergies a major public health issue in coming decades

Health - Mar 12
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre on Primary Health Care
Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences designated as the WHO Collaborating Centre on Primary Health Care
Innovation - Mar 12
Secure communication for automated vehicles - Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität launches new research group
Secure communication for automated vehicles - Thüringer Innovationszentrum Mobilität launches new research group
Economics - Mar 12
Visions of the Brussels economy. An empirical analysis of convergences and divergences
Visions of the Brussels economy. An empirical analysis of convergences and divergences
History & Archeology - Mar 12
Record-breaking trove of information: Upper Egypt site has now yielded over 43,000 inscribed pot sherds
Record-breaking trove of information: Upper Egypt site has now yielded over 43,000 inscribed pot sherds




