Archive: 25/05/2015

Researchers developing ground-breaking therapeutic cancer vaccine

A novel way of treating cancer using immunotherapy has been discovered in a joint research venture between Victoria University and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, and is on track to being tested on cancer patients.

May 25, 2015

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Study examines increase in calls to emergency services

As calls to emergency services increase, there is an urgent need for a reliable and consistent method of measuring whether or not these calls are appropriate. These are the findings from a University of Bristol study, published ...

May 25, 2015

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How a risk gene for schizophrenia affects the brain

Scientists have for the first time shown how the disruption of a key gene involved in mental illness impacts on the brain.

May 25, 2015

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Aspirin to improve leg ulcers

Researchers are looking at whether aspirin can improve the healing rates of leg ulcers in older adults.

May 25, 2015

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High altitude may boost babies' risks for SIDS deaths, study finds

Lofty living may make babies vulnerable to sudden infant death syndrome, according to a Colorado study that found higher risks above 8,000 feet (2,400 meters).

May 25, 2015

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Sierra Leone marks grim Ebola anniversary

On May 24 last year a pregnant woman and an older housewife staggered into Kenema hospital in eastern Sierra Leone and were diagnosed within a day as the country's first Ebola cases.

May 25, 2015

Can you see what I hear? Blind human echolocators use visual areas of the brain

Certain blind individuals have the ability to use echoes from tongue or finger clicks to recognize objects in the distance, and some use echolocation as a replacement for vision. Research done by Dr. Mel Goodale, from the ...

May 25, 2015

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In study, new swab reveals one-third of babies with severe diarrhea had undiagnosed, treatable infection

With Canadian government funding, medical scientists have created and demonstrated a new tool that could dramatically lower the tragic annual toll of 760,000 infants and children killed, and millions more stunted, due to ...

May 25, 2015

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