Archive: 27/04/2018

Alcohol adverts may be in breach of advertising code, study finds

A study of young drinkers' responses to alcohol advertising has found that not only are current advertisements highly appealing to young people, they appear to use actors who are perceived as being under the age of 25 – ...

Apr 27, 2018

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Molecular biomedical expert discusses the sensation of itch

Santosh Mishra is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences. He studies the neurological pathways involved in itch, in order to help us understand why and how we feel this sensation. He was ...

Apr 27, 2018

Spoonful of sugar helps infection detection

More than 500,000 devices such as prosthetic valves, pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators are implanted into cardiac patients every year in the United States. While providing clear benefits, these procedures ...

Apr 27, 2018

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Suicidal thoughts follow bad night's sleep in people with depression

A study by University of Manchester researchers has shown for the first time that a bad night's sleep is associated with suicidal thoughts the next day in people with depression.

Apr 27, 2018

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Another mosquito species may carry Zika

Another mosquito may carry the zika virus, but more research is needed to confirm the early lab tests, University of Florida scientists say. UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers detected zika in the ...

Apr 27, 2018

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Research reveals uncaptured genetic diversity within the South African population of Botswana

In one of the first data-driven, population-based genomic studies among African populations, an international team of researchers, co-led by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, have found significant diversity in ...

Apr 27, 2018

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Want to remember your dreams? Try taking vitamin B6

New research from the University of Adelaide has found that taking vitamin B6 could help people to recall their dreams.

Apr 27, 2018

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Zika virus eliminates advanced human tumor in central nervous system of rodents

A Brazilian study published April 26 in the journal Cancer Research shows for the first time in vivo that Zika virus can be used as a tool to treat aggressive human central nervous system (CNS) tumors.

Apr 27, 2018

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Researchers assassinate disease-causing bacteria with virus cocktail

New research from the Department of Food Science (FOOD) at the University of Copenhagen suggests that in the not-too-distant future, it might be possible to drink a cocktail of selective viruses (bacteriophages) that travel ...

Apr 27, 2018

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A biochemical process in plants is imitated to curb the reproduction of colon cancer tumor cells

A University of Cordoba research team has developed a tool to erase molecular tags that silence genes involved in tumor growth. Plants have provided a new avenue in curbing tumor growth. The results were obtained by the University ...

Apr 27, 2018

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