Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Diabetes as a consequence of COVID-19

The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the coronavirus disease COVID-19, can penetrate many different body cells. This has been shown in multiple research papers published in recent weeks. Thus, not only can the function ...

Oncology & Cancer

Tumor gene test could help to predict ovarian cancer prognosis

A tumor test could help to identify ovarian cancer patients with predicted poor survival, and down the track inform new therapeutical approaches, the results of a major international collaboration have shown.

Medical research

CRISPR helps identify potential Alzheimer's-related protein

Experts at the University of Tokyo have identified a new protein in the pathway that leads to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers used the "molecular scissors" of CRISPR/Cas9 to search for new genes related to the neurodegenerative ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Research shows the sexes have equal spatial cognition skills

Men are not better than women at spatial cognition—such as map reading—is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by researchers at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, hosted at ...

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