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World’s largest proteomics centre accelerates biomarker discoveries to improve people’s lives

Opened in 2016, Manchester’s Stoller Biomarker Discovery Centre (SBDC) is a globally renowned, multi-million-pound precision medicine research facility.

30 Nov 2020

Researchers study how people at risk for cancer react to feedback of genetic findings

Researchers at the Estonian Genome Center at the University of Tartu studied how people at high risk for breast, ovarian or prostate cancer respond to the feedback of genetic findings.

26 Nov 2020

High-protein total diet replacements may be a promising strategy to combat obesity

According to the World Health Organization, obesity has nearly tripled worldwide since 1975. In 2016, for example, more than 1.9 billion adults were categorized as overweight. Of these, more than 650 million had obesity.

19 Nov 2020

English rivers are extensively contaminate with neurotoxic pesticides used in veterinary flea products

Researchers at the University of Sussex have found widespread contamination of English rivers with two neurotoxic pesticides commonly used in veterinary flea products: fipronil and the neonicotinoid imidacloprid. The concentrations found often far exceeded accepted safe limits.

17 Nov 2020

Study: 95.5% of current entries in GISAID lack relevant COVID-19 patient information

A new study led by Australia's national science agency CSIRO, has found 95.5 per cent of current entries in GISAID, the world's largest novel coronavirus genome database, do not contain relevant patient information -- a critical piece of the puzzle to understand the virus and how it is evolving.

17 Nov 2020

New way to predict who will respond to cancer therapies that block Wnt production

Scientists have identified possible means to prognosticate who will respond to cancer therapies that inhibit Wnt production.

16 Nov 2020

Interleukin 10 levels could warn about the progression of COVID-19

Immunology experts have collaborated to use their groundbreaking research techniques to put people’s response to COVID-19 disease under the microscope.

16 Nov 2020

Artificial olfactory system assesses the freshness of meat more accurately

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has invented an artificial olfactory system that mimics the mammalian nose to assess the freshness of meat accurately.

11 Nov 2020

New report covers challenges and opportunities in gene therapies

Gene therapies are being approved for use in Canada but could strain healthcare budgets and exacerbate existing treatment inequities across the country.

4 Nov 2020

Different microbial enzymes show promise for practical application

At Kazan Federal University, the Laboratory of Enzyme Biosynthesis and Bioengineering is involved in many projects in applied and fundamental fields of medicine and biology.

2 Nov 2020

BMA: Most hospital trusts do not have a policy to reduce consumption of single-use plastics

Almost six out of ten hospital trusts don’t have plans in place to manage or reduce their consumption of single-use plastics, according to BMA research on climate change

2 Nov 2020

Researchers find genetic correlations between inflammatory bowel disease and stress, depression

Using sophisticated 3D genomic mapping and integrating with public data resulting from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found significant genetic correlations between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and stress and depression.

30 Oct 2020

Healthcare News and Research

World’s largest proteomics centre accelerates biomarker discoveries to improve people’s lives

Researchers study how people at risk for cancer react to feedback of genetic findings

High-protein total diet replacements may be a promising strategy to combat obesity

English rivers are extensively contaminate with neurotoxic pesticides used in veterinary flea products

Study: 95.5% of current entries in GISAID lack relevant COVID-19 patient information

New way to predict who will respond to cancer therapies that block Wnt production

Interleukin 10 levels could warn about the progression of COVID-19

Artificial olfactory system assesses the freshness of meat more accurately

New report covers challenges and opportunities in gene therapies

Different microbial enzymes show promise for practical application

BMA: Most hospital trusts do not have a policy to reduce consumption of single-use plastics

Researchers find genetic correlations between inflammatory bowel disease and stress, depression

Affordable health care can reduce illegal logging, preserve biodiverse carbon sinks

Cell nucleus may enable the cells to evade crowded environments

Researchers develop new approach that uses DNA-synthesizing biological enzyme

Study shows cocaine use in mice leads to formation of synapses

Scientists shed light on immune evasion strategy used by malaria-causing parasite

Study confirms genetic link in cerebral palsy

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Women treated with fertility-sparing surgery for ovarian tumors could have children

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