The way we navigate from A to B is controlled by two brain regions which track the distance to our destination, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published in Current Biology.
Jun 5, 2014
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More than 5 million people in the UK suffer from asthma, and we still don’t know what causes it. Researchers have drawn up a long list of possible risk factors but findings are frequently contradictory. There is ...
Sep 21, 2011
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The final participant in a clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of a new vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) has been vaccinated.
May 4, 2011
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Researchers in South East Asia have identified two genetic variants associated with increased susceptibility to severe dengue. The study, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research, ...
Oct 16, 2011
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A new suite of malaria maps has revealed in unprecedented detail the current global pattern of the disease, allowing researchers to see how malaria has changed over a number of years.
Jan 23, 2012
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The discovery of a gene that causes a form of hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) may provide scientists with an important insight into what causes axons, the stems of our nerve cells, to degenerate in conditions such as ...
Jan 9, 2012
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New research in mice reveals why the body is so slow to recover from jet-lag and identifies a target for the development of drugs that could help us to adjust faster to changes in time zone.
Aug 29, 2013
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It is commonplace for people to hold very firm views about the nature and causes of mental illness, based on hunch, ideological perspective and anecdote. For example, some believe all mental illness is explained by adverse ...
Jul 12, 2011
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers led by the Institute of Cancer Research, London, have found that rare mutations in a gene called PPM1D are linked to an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The mutations are ...
Dec 17, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- Neuroscientists are exploring the structural changes in the brain’s white and grey matter that underlie learning. Understanding the precise cellular nature of those changes may improve diagnosis of ...
Dec 6, 2011
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