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Danya Carroll is a postdoctoral associate in epidemiology and biostatistics at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry.

An international research team led by Würzburg has identified another gene whose functional failure leads to Fanconi anaemia. Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a rare hereditary disease whose symptoms include congenital malformations and progressive bone marrow failure. It also leads to an increased risk of cancer, particularly cancers of the blood and mucous membranes.

Zoonotic diseases The infectious and multi-resistant cattle disease Salmonella Dublin can be fatal to both humans and animals and causes significant losses for farmers.

Researchers found European cough medicine Ambroxol may reduce psychiatric symptoms, improve cognitive performance About half of those diagnosed with Parkinson's develop dementia within 10 years, profoundly affecting patients, families and the health care system.

These scientists can 3D-print living cells - a first step to printing our own organs. Back in 2015, chemist Professor Adam Perriman was hacking 3D plastic printers with his team at the University of Bristol, UK, looking for a way to print biological materials.

Supplementation with krill oil during an alternate day fasting diet helps to reduce the decline in both muscle mass and muscle strength. The fundings, from a new study led by the University of Glasgow and published in the journal Obesity, are the first of their kind to investigate the effects of krill oil on muscle mass and strength during diet-induced weight loss.

A Caltech-led team has developed a safe, effective, and painless breast imaging technique that incorporates machine learning</a> to help differentiate between suspicious and healthy tissue. The method has now been tested on patients and performs as well as or better than other conventional breast imaging techniques.</p> <p >For decades, X-ray mammography has been the gold standard of breast imaging for the early detection of breast cancer.

RVC research highlights the potential gains from early conversations and treatment for newly diagnosed cats with diabetes New research from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has shed new light on the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes for cats diagnosed with diabetes mellitus in the UK.

Cancer is costly for patients and the NHS - but it also has a significant impact on the UK economy, according to research led by the University of Leeds. The UK could save billions of pounds per year by focusing on cancer prevention, as well as finding and treating cancer earlier, according to the Cost of Cancer report , commissioned by Cancer Research UK.

A teenager who has lost family members including her mother because of a rare genetic hereditary illness has become the first patient in the UK and Europe to have a new treatment developed by Cambridge researchers and approved for use on the NHS.

VUB researchers contribute to European information platform aiming to lower barriers to mental health care Refugees and migrants are at an increased risk of mental health disorders such as post-traum

Four Trinity researchers have secured awards worth a combined total of €2.57 million under Research Ireland's Pathway funding programme.

Four excellent researchers from SDU have been awarded DKK 6 million from Independent Research Fund Denmark for groundbreaking research in quantum technology, solar cells, heart disease and the deep sea.

A new type of cruciate ligament graft reduces complications and shortens rehabilitation period. It's every top athlete's worst nightmare: an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

Boyd English will be 76 years old in July and is looking forward to riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle this summer, thanks to researchers at the Cumming School of Medicine.

Women with acute coronary syndrome (heart attack) suffer more frequently from bleeding complications - often due to inappropriate medication dosages or high-risk access routes during catheter interventions.

Pandemics have been a significant part of human history, playing a crucial role in shaping the story of our species.

New network launched to establish best practices for wastewater surveillance of pathogens with potential to cause a pandemic.

Study on flour beetles shows that insect-specific "immune priming" affects the evolution of pathogenic bacteria Like all vertebrates, humans have two types of immune memory: the memory of the acquired (adaptive) immune system, which is highly specific to certain pathogens and long-lasting and makes vaccinations possible, and that of the innate immune system - a "trained immunity" - which reacts quickly but less specifically.

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioural traits that have made human societies able to thrive and expand, according to a new hypothesis proposed by researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford.

Greater well-being may help reduce the risk of memory loss in middle age, according to a study published in the journal Aging & Mental Health , based on a follow-up of more than 10,000 people over the age of 50 over a 16-year period.

Researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and partners have discovered a new parasitic worm species named Trichuris incognita in Côte d'Ivoire during a Swiss TPH-led clinical trial.

Radioactive iodine treatment after thyroid cancer surgery usually means side effects like nausea and time in hospital isolated from loved ones. But new clinical trial results from researchers at UCL mean patients worldwide could now safely be spared this treatment. Globally, around 820,000 people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer each year.

Altum Sequencing, a start-up supported by the C3N-IA Science Park at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and specialized in oncology, has developed a tool to monitor treatment response in patients with solid tumours from a simple blood sample.

University of Manchester scientists studying invasive aspergillosis are both the world's most cited and the most prolific on the topic, according to an analysis published by Guangxi university in the journal Medicine.

University of Birmingham-s Department of Applied Health Sciences designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Integrated Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care.

A leading Leeds researcher who played an important role in Britain's response to the pandemic has collaborated on a major new report highlighting growing evidence of health risks from air pollution.

For the first time in Austria, the interdisciplinary heart team at MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna has succeeded in performing a minimally invasive total mitral valve replacement via the inguinal vein in two patients with severe mitral valve insufficiency.