Archive: 02/10/2018

Age-related changes in skin structure and lymphatic system promote melanoma metastasis

Changes in the structure of the skin and the lymphatic system that occur with the natural aging process create permissive conditions for melanoma metastasis, according to two studies by The Wistar Institute. These changes ...

Oct 2, 2018

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Children and smokers face pesticide danger

Pesticides used in food, tobacco and marijuana production are placing children and smokers in potential risk, a study has found.

Oct 2, 2018

Studies show connection between diet, cognitive function

We've all experienced a "gut feeling"—when we know deep down inside that something is true. That phenomenon and others, aptly describe what scientists have now demonstrated: that the gut and the brain are more closely connected ...

Oct 2, 2018

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The immune system of the alpaca reveals a potential treatment for cancer

The natural world often provides the answer to unsolved medical problems. On this occasion, the solution to a challenge posed by cancer has come about from the immune system of camelids. A study headed by the Institute for ...

Oct 2, 2018

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A diagnostic tool to save lives and prevent brain damage

A new study confirms the efficacy of a new diagnostic tool that utilises ultrasound to measure intracranial pressure following accidents. The technology will now be provided with artificial intelligence so that ambulance ...

Oct 2, 2018

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Why vitamin E effect is often a matter of luck

Vitamin E's positive effects often fail to manifest themselves as strongly as expected, but sometimes administering vitamin E actually has detrimental effects. An international team has now found a possible cause for this. ...

Oct 2, 2018

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Antibiotic effective in breast cancer clinical trial

Scientists fighting cancer have carried out the first successful trial of the effects of the antibiotic Doxycycline on cancer recurrence in patients after surgery.

Oct 2, 2018

New knowledge on how neurons talk to muscles

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new way in which nerve cells can control movement. In a study on zebrafish published in the journal PNAS they show that the contact between neurons and muscles ...

Oct 2, 2018

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Human hair cells from a test tube

Researchers from the University of Bern and Bern University Hospital have managed for the first time to differentiate human inner ear cells in a laboratory from somatic progenitors and to investigate their origin. This will ...

Oct 2, 2018

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Phantosmia—when you smell smells that aren't there

Have you ever smelled odours other people can't smell? If you have, you may have experienced phantosmia – the medical name for a smell hallucination.

Oct 2, 2018

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