Oncology & Cancer
New targeted drugs could treat drug-resistant skin cancer
Clinical trials to test the new drugs in patients should begin as early as 2015.
Dec 11, 2014
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Wellcome Trust
HIV & AIDS
Research suggests ability of HIV to cause AIDS is slowing
The rapid evolution of HIV, which has allowed the virus to develop resistance to patients' natural immunity, is at the same time slowing the virus's ability to cause AIDS, according to new research funded by the Wellcome ...
Dec 1, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why do resistant bacteria succeed?
(Medical Xpress)—In two new studies, scientists use genome sequencing of worldwide samples to show that bacteria can take very different routes to becoming a successful disease. Researchers can use these large-scale approaches ...
Aug 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Drug-resistant malaria has spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia
Drug-resistant malaria parasites have spread to critical border regions of Southeast Asia, seriously threatening global malaria control and elimination programmes, according to a study published in the New England Journal ...
Jul 30, 2014
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Neuroscience
New research explains how we use the GPS inside our brain to navigate
The way we navigate from A to B is controlled by two brain regions which track the distance to our destination, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published in Current Biology.
Jun 5, 2014
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Genetics
New genomics technique could improve treatment and control of malaria
Single-cell genomics could provide new insight into the biology of Malaria parasites, including their virulence and levels of drug resistance, to ultimately improve treatment and control of the disease, according to new research ...
May 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Team uncovers mechanism, and possible treatment, for immune suppression in liver disease
The mechanism which underlies the susceptibility of liver disease patients to life-threatening infection has been uncovered by Wellcome Trust-funded medical scientists, who have also suggested a possible treatment to reverse ...
Apr 13, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
First biological marker for major depression could enable better diagnosis and treatment
Teenage boys who show a combination of depressive symptoms and elevated levels of the 'stress hormone' cortisol are up to fourteen times more likely to develop major depression than those who show neither trait, according ...
Feb 17, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Infections damage our ability to form spatial memories
Increased inflammation following an infection impairs the brain's ability to form spatial memories – according to new research. The impairment results from a decrease in glucose metabolism in the brain's memory centre, ...
Jan 24, 2014
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Health
One in six men and women feel that their health affects their sex life
A new study, published in The Lancet as part of the third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal), systematically assesses the association between individuals' general health and their sex lives, finding ...
Dec 17, 2013
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