UCL announces 2nd phase of CAP-COVID study: How has the pandemic impacted pregnant women in their 1st Trimester? The CAP-COVID study, designed by healthcare professionals at University College London (UCL), launched on 25 May 2020. Since then over 5,000 women across the U.K. have taken part in the online survey, sharing their experiences during the […]
World-first skin cancer treatment aims to help transplant patients: A new medication which can be applied to the skin could help prevent organ transplant recipients from developing harmful skin cancers. The world-first treatment being developed at The University of Queensland is the only drug of its type that could prevent the incidence of skin cancers […]
Read More… from Skin cancer treatment to help transplant patients
Prostate cancer: µ-crystallin CRYM protein inhibits tumour growth: Prostate cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed forms of cancer in men and affects around 5,600 men in Austria each year. Hormone therapy is one of the core treatment strategies, but it is only effective for a certain period of time. It has been known […]
Read More… from Prostate cancer: µ-crystallin CRYM protein inhibits tumour growth
Routine testing for COVID-19 can make surgery safer according to a study led by the University of Birmingham: Using nasal swab tests before surgery to detect COVID-19 in patients with no symptoms linked to lower rate of serious breathing complications; Routine pre-operative swab testing should be part of a broader strategy to reduce COVID-19 exposure […]
Skills development in Physical AI could give birth to lifelike intelligent robots. New research suggests combining educational topics and research disciplines to help researchers breathe life into lifelike intelligent robots. The research suggests that teaching materials science, mechanical engineering, computer science, biology and chemistry as a combined discipline could help students develop the skills they […]
Read More… from Skills development in Physical AI could give birth to lifelike intelligent robots
The NHS could improve patients’ access to new cancer treatments by paying different prices for drugs depending on the disease they are used to treat, concludes a group of experts from across academia and industry. The consensus panel, representing 16 leading academic institutions, charities, stakeholder groups and pharmaceutical companies, also called for the Government to […]
Looking through the door of meth labs: Methamphetamine ‘cooks’ in domestic labs are most likely to be male, Caucasian and about 30 years’ old, according to University of Queensland researchers. Their study included 125 cooks from 24 countries, providing some insight into the illicit activity characterised in the popular television series Breaking Bad. Dr Cheneal Puljević from […]
Gene therapy research regenerates optic nerve, bringing hope for future glaucoma treatment: Researchers have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged optic nerve fibres in a discovery that could help treat glaucoma, one of the world’s leading causes of blindness. The pre-clinical study, led by Professor Keith Martin from the Centre for Eye Research Australia and […]
Read More… from Glaucoma: gene therapy regenerates optic nerve
Vitamin A boosts fat burning in cold conditions: A recent study conducted by a research team led by Florian Kiefer from MedUni Vienna’s Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that cold ambient temperatures increase vitamin A levels in humans and mice. This helps convert “bad” white adipose tissue into “good” brown adipose tissue which stimulates […]
Read More… from Vitamin A boosts fat burning in cold conditions
Families of children with severe epilepsy and charities are pleading with the UK government to act on its promises for easier access to cannabis-based medicines. The call comes two years after the government legalised access to them following the high-profile campaigns by the families of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, two boys with intractable epilepsy, […]
Read More… from Calls for medicinal cannabis for severe epilepsy