Archive: 25/11/2015
NTDs disproportionately found in areas of poverty in Islamic Nations
The Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is an inter-governmental organisation of 57 Muslim-majority countries with a mission to promote human rights and advance science and technology development. In a new PLOS ...
Nov 25, 2015
Discovery could open door to frozen preservation of tissues, whole organs
Researchers in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University have discovered a new approach to "vitrification," or ice-free cryopreservation, that could ultimately allow a much wider use of extreme cold to preserve ...
Nov 25, 2015
Two-thirds of studies on 'psychosocial' treatments fail to declare conflicts of interest
Health services in many countries increasingly rely on prescribed 'psychosocial interventions': treatments that use counselling techniques to tackle mental health issues, behavioural problems such as substance abuse, and ...
Nov 25, 2015
Normalizing levels of MeCP2 in mouse model of MECP2 duplication syndrome restores neurological dysfunction
Gene duplications are a common cause of intellectual disabilities and autism as well as various other neurological disorders. In a new study that appears online in the journal Nature, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, professor of molecular ...
Nov 25, 2015