Archive: 15/02/2018

Infection outbreaks at hospitals could be reduced by copper-coated uniforms

Doctors, nurses and healthcare professionals could soon be wearing uniforms brushed with tiny copper nanoparticles to reduce the spread of bacterial infections and viruses, such as Escherichia coli (E. coli), at hospitals.

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GP funding has unfair London bias, finds study

New research led by University of Manchester data scientists reveals that primary care funding in England is not distributed according to local health needs.

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MicroRNA could help treat cancer and asthma

A microRNA that regulates inflammation shows promise as a treatment for inflammatory diseases such as asthma and cancer, according to research published in Cell Reports.

Feb 15, 2018

Access to rare pigs could provide researchers a more effective way to develop treatments for diabetes

A unique breed of pig equipped with a heart that mimics a human's heart and has a special genetic mutation could provide researchers and scientists the key to a cure for diabetes and related complications.

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Caffeine as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease

Researchers at Juntendo University report in Neurology the potential use of blood levels of caffeine and its byproducts as biomarkers for Parkinson's disease. The finding is promising for the development of a method enabling ...

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Team paves the way to the use of immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumors

In a short space of time, immunotherapy against cancer cells has become a powerful approach to treat cancers such as melanoma and lung cancer. However, to date, most colon tumours appeared to be unresponsive to this kind ...

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Evidence for myelin sheath remodeling revealed by in vivo imaging

Nerve fibers are surrounded by a myelin sheath. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now made the first-ever "live" observations of how this protective layer is formed. The team discovered that the ...

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Scientists discover new link between bone cells and blood sugar level

Bone cells do not just form new bone, they also influence blood sugar levels. Leuven scientists have now discovered a new mechanism that controls this link. The metabolism of bone cells determines how much sugar they use; ...

Feb 15, 2018

Amyloid protein transmission through neurosurgery

Amyloid beta pathology - protein deposits in the brain - might have been transmitted by contaminated neurosurgical instruments, suggests a new UCL-led study.

Feb 15, 2018

The reasons that university students do sport

The University of Seville researcher Carolina Castañeda has carried out a study in which she analyses the relationship between university students and sport and physical activity. It reports the main reasons that students ...

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Archive: 15/02/2018

Infection outbreaks at hospitals could be reduced by copper-coated uniforms

GP funding has unfair London bias, finds study

MicroRNA could help treat cancer and asthma

Access to rare pigs could provide researchers a more effective way to develop treatments for diabetes

Caffeine as a biomarker for Parkinson's disease

Team paves the way to the use of immunotherapy to treat aggressive colon tumors

Evidence for myelin sheath remodeling revealed by in vivo imaging

Scientists discover new link between bone cells and blood sugar level

Amyloid protein transmission through neurosurgery

The reasons that university students do sport

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