Queen's University Belfast

Study using stem cell therapy shows promise in fight against HIV

UC Davis Health System researchers are a step closer to launching human clinical trials involving the use of an innovative stem cell therapy to fight the virus that causes AIDS.

HIV & AIDS created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research makes significant cancer breakthrough

(Medical Xpress) -- A major breakthrough by scientists at Queen's University Belfast could lead to more effective treatments for throat and cervical cancer. The discovery could see the development of new therapies, which ...

Cancer created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune system molecule HD6 weaves cobweb-like nanonets to snag Salmonella, other intestinal microbes

A team of researchers led by UC Davis Health System has found that human alpha-defensin 6 (HD6) – a key component of the body's innate defense system – binds to microbial surfaces and forms "nanonets" ...

Medical research created Jun 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers create molecule that blocks pathway leading to Alzheimer's disease

UC Davis researchers have found novel compounds that disrupt the formation of amyloid, the clumps of protein in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease believed to be important in causing the disease's characteristic ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New plasma jet gives 'cold' shoulder to 'superbugs'

Scientists at Queen's University Belfast have developed a new technique which has the potential to kill off hospital superbugs like Pseudomonas aeruginosa, C. difficile and MRSA.

Medical research created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

African-American breast cancer survivors report inadequate information, options, support services

African-American breast cancer survivors were satisfied with their cancer treatment, but most were never offered clinical trials opportunities or support services during or after their treatment, according to a study by a ...

Cancer created May 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows that fever during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of autism or developmental delay

A team of UC Davis researchers has found that mothers who had fevers during their pregnancies were more than twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental delay than were mothers of typically developing children, ...

Autism spectrum disorders created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists find new role for P53 genetic mutation -- initiation of prostate cancer

A team of UC Davis investigators has found that a genetic mutation may play an important role in the development of prostate cancer. The mutation of the so-called p53 (or Tp53) gene was previously implicated in late disease ...

Cancer created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop 'magic bullet' nanomedicine for Acute Lung Injury

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have devised a 'magic bullet' nanomedicine which could become the first effective treatment for Acute Lung Injury or ALI, a condition affecting 20 per cent of all patients in intensive ...

Medical research created May 15, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0