Archive: 03/12/2014
Deconstructing Ebola to find its weakness and defeat it
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has pushed the decades-long search for a treatment to a frenetic pace. Somewhere in the virus' deceptively simple structure is a key to taming it. To find that key, scientists are undertaking ...
Dec 3, 2014
EU's Ebola czar focused on medical boots on the ground
Europe must send more medical boots to West Africa and help rebuild local health systems to help tackle the outbreak of Ebola, the EU's Ebola coordinator said in an interview.
Dec 3, 2014
Potato and rapeseed – sources of future cardio-vascular health?
Potato and rapeseed industry produce vast amounts of protein-rich by-products, which could be utilized in the production of high-quality foodstuffs.
Dec 3, 2014
Miracle toddler survives severe hypothermia in Poland
A two-year-old Polish boy who nearly froze to death after spending a night in subzero weather wearing nothing but pyjamas is improving, his doctor said Wednesday.
Dec 3, 2014
People conceived during the Dutch famine have altered regulation of growth genes
Individuals conceived in the severe Dutch Famine, also called the Hunger Winter, may have adjusted to this horrendous period of World War II by making adaptations to how active their DNA is. Genes involved in growth and development ...
Dec 3, 2014
Maths shows that treating AIDS and hepatitis C simultaneously is more effective
A Spanish researcher has collaborated on a mathematical analysis, recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, which concludes that joint therapy to counter HIV in patients who also have hepatitis C increases ...
Dec 3, 2014
Brain research reveals new hope for patients with anorexia nervosa
Researchers from the Translational Developmental Neuroscience Lab led by Professor Stefan Ehrlich at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the ...
Dec 3, 2014