Archive: 25/11/2015

Antibody-drug compounds and immunotherapy to treat breast cancer

To more efficiently treat breast cancer, scientists have been researching molecules that selectively bind to cancer cells and deliver a substance that can kill the tumor cells, for several years. Researchers from the University ...

Nov 25, 2015

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Low sugar diet makes foods taste sweeter but does not change preferred level of sweetness, study finds

A new study from scientists at the Monell Center and collaborators reveals that while foods such as vanilla pudding taste sweeter following three months on a low-sugar diet, the level of sweetness most preferred in foods ...

Nov 25, 2015

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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

New strategy for treating arthritis discovered

Arthritis patients could one day benefit from a novel form of medicine, according to researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Their early study indicates that arthritic cartilage, previously thought to be impenetrable ...

Nov 25, 2015

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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

Lower availability of omega-3 fatty acids associated with bipolar disorder

People with bipolar disorder have lower levels of certain omega-3 fatty acids that cross the blood-brain barrier than people who do not, according to researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and the National Institutes ...

Nov 25, 2015

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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