Archive: 08/05/2018

How the formation of myelin sheaths is regulated by protein molecules

According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (German Multiple Sclerosis Society), around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis (MS), a serious neurological condition that has no known cure. ...

May 8, 2018

Helping the terminally ill check travel off their bucket list

Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) have begun a research project into the challenges and benefits faced by terminally ill persons hoping to travel.

May 8, 2018

Moderate red wine consumption has a slightly protective effect against prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the commonest form of cancer in the Western world. Between 15 to 20 percent of men are affected by it at some time in their lives and 2.6 percent die from prostate cancer. That equates to 1,000 deaths a ...

May 8, 2018

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Physicists link specific iron forms to Alzheimer's

There have been indications for decades that there is a link between increased iron levels in the brain and Alzheimer's disease. Leiden physicists now report a distinction between different forms of iron, identifying specific ...

May 8, 2018

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Kidney cells from amniotic fluid obtained from cesarean section at delivery

Amniotic fluid can be routinely obtained without harming the mother or the fetus. Researchers have previously demonstrated that amniotic fluid contains mesenchymal stem cells with great differentiation and regenerative potential. ...

May 8, 2018

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Team invents universal antibody drug for HIV-1 prevention and immunotherapy

A research team led by scientists at AIDS Institute and Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) invents a universal antibody drug against HIV/AIDS. By engineering a ...

May 8, 2018

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New insights into blood vessel growth

How new blood vessels form in mammals, for example, during development or after injury, is imperfectly understood. Scientists at Goethe University have now shed light on this process, showing that single cells in the innermost ...

May 8, 2018

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Application of human induced pluripotent stem cells in precision medicine for hereditary diseases

Researchers at Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have successfully demonstrated the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) from patients' skin cells for therapeutic drug testing. ...

May 8, 2018