http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Dundee A DNA variant near a digestive enzyme does not only affect risk of developing diabetes but also affects the response to treatment, an international consortium of researchers including the University of Dundee has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-dna-variant-affects-diabetes-treatment.html Diabetes Fri, 17 May 2013 08:10:03 EST news287996295 (Medical Xpress)—Research at the University of Dundee has shown than an old, inexpensive anti-gout drug has benefits for heart disease sufferers and has the potential to one day help prevent heart disease, sudden deaths and strokes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-gout-drug-heart-disease-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:30:01 EST news281693598 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified a new way of killing cancer cells in patients with a certain kind of leukaemia, which could lead to the development of safer anti-leukaemic drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-leukaemia-cells.html Cancer Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:00:03 EST news281605203 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Scotland and Germany have discovered a molecular mechanism that shows promise for developing a cure for Huntington's Disease (HD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-reveals-huntington.html Neuroscience Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:47:12 EST news281180712 A major new centre to boost the development of drugs to tackle the foremost diseases of the developing world is to be created at the University of Dundee. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-tuberculosis-neglected-diseases-center.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:59:08 EST news279946732 A pioneering study in Tayside working with community nurses and terminally ill patients has produced a standardised care package which researchers say could be a valuable aid for the NHS and other health systems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-pathway-dignity-patients.html Health Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:27:53 EST news278929668 (Medical Xpress)—Testing asthmatic children for a specific gene could prevent their condition worsening, according to new research by scientists in Dundee and Brighton. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-gene-asthmatic-children-treatment.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:33:40 EST news276856410 A system of 'automated design' for new drugs could help develop the complex therapies needed for many medical conditions while also improving drug safety and efficiency, new research from the University of Dundee has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-automated-drug-discovery.html Medications Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:27 EST news274534514 (Medical Xpress)—A multinational research project led by the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow has identified a genetic determinant of hypertension (or high blood pressure), which could inform treatment of the condition for thousands of patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-genetic-hypertension.html Cardiology Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:20:01 EST news272795207 (Medical Xpress)—A new type of molecular switch can boost common chemotherapy drugs to destroy bowel cancer cells, according to research presented today (Monday) at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-molecular-volume-bowel-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:30:06 EST news271326585 (Medical Xpress)—A fundamental mechanism controlling cells of the human immune system could be key to helping fight inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, new research at the University of Dundee has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-immune-cells-inflammatory-diseases.html Inflammatory disorders Thu, 11 Oct 2012 07:34:27 EST news269159658 New clinical guidelines need to be developed to help doctors provide better care for people with more than one chronic illness, according to a research team led by the University of Dundee. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-guidelines-multimorbidity.html Other Tue, 09 Oct 2012 08:14:05 EST news268989239 (Medical Xpress)—Research carried out at the University of Dundee has raised hopes of developing a quicker and more reliable new method of detecting urinary bladder cancer at an earlier stage. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-possibility-effective-quick-reliable-bladder.html Cancer Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:11:12 EST news268470662 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) at the University of Dundee have found that a combination of blood tests could effectively pick up 'silent' heart disease in thousands of people. (1) http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-blood-early-silent-heart-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:04:39 EST news267696270 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Dundee have discovered that measuring how active a gene is could predict which women with ovarian cancer will benefit from platinum-based chemotherapy drugs - a common treatment for the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gene-ovarian-cancer-benefit-chemotherapy.html Cancer Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:39:15 EST news267259149