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Doctors often struggle to distinguish early dementia with Lewy bodies from early Parkinson's disease.

Towards shorter hospital stays: researchers explore options for outpatient stem cell therapy Multiple myeloma is a cancer in which plasma cells, which normally produce antibodies, multiply uncontrollably in the bone marrow.

In the architectural blueprint of our DNA, even a small repeating error can compromise the entire system. In Huntington's disease, a specific DNA sequence expands uncontrollably, triggering progressive neurodegeneration.

Research from The Australian National University (ANU) and The University of Sydney (USYD) reveals cervical cancer among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will not be eliminated without urgent and targeted action until 2047 - 12 years later than the federal government's target of 2035.

Like the males of many animal species, male Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies, a commonly studied lab animal, are aggressive toward one another and even fight when competing for resources such as food and females.

In Ghana, Pakistan, Rwanda, and South Africa over half of seriously injured patients fail to reach medical care within an hour of injury.

Scientists from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital have created the first lab grown oesophagus - the food pipe - shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and restore normal function, including swallowing, in a growing animal without the need for immunosuppression. This is a major leap towards personalised regenerative treatments for children born with life threatening oesophageal conditions and could pave the way for translation to other disease areas.

Oxford University spinout Dark Blue Therapeutics has been acquired by global biotechnology company Amgen in a deal worth up to US$840 million, marking a major milestone for Oxford-led cancer research and innovation.

The study reveals novel insights into the behaviour of Cockapoos, Cavapoos and Labradoodles which can support owners considering which type of dog to purchase A new study from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has revealed that three popular designer Poodle-crossbreeds (often generically called Doodles), Cockapoos, Labradoodles and Cavapoos, often display higher levels of undesirable behaviour than their purebred parent breeds.

Dr Lucy van Dorp (UCL Genetics Institute), along with a colleague, explains in an article for The Conversation how illnesses contracted by toddlers at nursery can help strengthen their immune systems in the long term. There's no nice way to put it: small children are snotty. A research study  that tested children for multiple respiratory viruses every week for a year found that under-fives are carrying one or more viruses 50% of the time.

Based on EEG data and heart rate, the system adjusts the intensity of the exposure to the anxiety level of the participants.

In the same way Spiderman shoots his web to ensnarl his enemies, scientists have discovered a way in which our cells defend our bodies from the early stages of viral infection by synthesising a sticky 'web' to trap viral genomes.

The key health and social indicators needed for a new global system to monitor people's health before pregnancy have been identified for the first time by researchers at University College London and the University of Southampton. As more women are becoming pregnant with health conditions that can complicate pregnancy and childbirth, such as obesity, diabetes and mental illness, pre-pregnancy health has been thrown into the spotlight.

Young children who attend nursery get sick more often than those who don't, but they will go on to have fewer illnesses during early school years, finds a new review of evidence by a group of parent-scientists involving UCL researchers. All five authors of the new Clinical Microbiology Reviews paper are parents of young children, who are also researchers or clinicians at UCL, the University of Cambridge, Cornell University and North Middlesex University Hospital.

People with limited English are significantly more likely to understand the true aim of cancer treatment when given a bilingual consent form, with understanding rising from 35% to 60%, a new study finds.

The Host-Microbiota Dynamics laboratory at the Institute for Translational Research (EOC-USI), led by Professor Giandomenica Iezzi, has published a new study in the scientific journal Cell Host & Microbe .

The modern workplace demands that our brains perform at their best every day. A campaign offers information and advice for work and daily life to help maintain a healthy mind and memory.

UCalgary researchers co-lead study with the community to find out what adolescents and young adults want scientists working on Researchers at the University of Calgary have developed 10 priorities for working with young people facing cancer.

Western and London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute investigate mechanism that may protect against tumour formation For decades, large portions of the human genome were labelled "junk DNA-.

AI AI-powered clinical documentation was meant to streamline work at Danish hospitals.

Two international studies, a clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and University of Utrecht, and a qualitative study led by the University of Oxford and University of Antwerp, report that point-of-care diagnostic testing, when used alone is unlikely to reduce antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care.

In 2020, the ICRC, ETH Zurich and EPFL launched Engineering for Humanitarian Action (EHA), an initiative that uses innovative tech and scientific expertise to help those in need.

As dangerous microbes grow harder to control, researchers are exploring new ways to neutralise them using light-activated nanomaterials. Wick and his lab have been grappling with questions of this nature for more than two decades. As a lecturer - and, as of 2023, adjunct professor - at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, he maintains strong ties to ETH Zurich.

Researchers from Trinity recently launched new universal design guidelines to enhance quality of life, sustainability, and resilience in long-term residential care settings for older people in Ireland.

The University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SII), a Cyrus Poonawalla Group company and the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, have signed an Intellectual Property license agreement to advance the development and manufacture of the ChAdOx1 NipahB vaccine candidate.

A lack of vitamin B2 makes tumour cells more susceptible to a unique form of cell death. This was discovered by researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Centre at the University of Würzburg.

The UK's first comprehensive evaluation of the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in breast cancer screening found that it can increase breast cancer detection by 10.4% and has the potential to reduce the workload of healthcare workers by more than 30% compared to the current clinical process.

Leading personalised mRNA vaccine trials and planning for future near-patient bio-manufacturing facilities in Birmingham.

For more than a decade, Waterloo co-op students have brought curiosity, compassion and leading-edge skills to Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital.