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Negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with long-term outcomes

Can early-stage prostate cancer "vanish" during follow-up? More likely the cancer is just "hidden"--either way, negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with excellent long-term outcomes, reports a study in The Journal of Urology®.

18 Nov 2020

LOX plays a number of key roles in promoting skin and organ fibrosis in scleroderma

A team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has found that the molecule lysyl oxidase (LOX) plays a number of important roles in promoting skin and organ fibrosis in scleroderma, a connective tissue disorder.

17 Nov 2020

Increasing long-term well-being during the pandemic with interventions

Interventions increase the chances of succeeding in changing and maintaining a new behavior in the long run. This is showed in a recently published study from CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.

17 Nov 2020

Existing UV light technology has potential to be effective against Covid-19

A recent study has shown that a UV light technology already used to prevent the spread of other airborne diseases in buildings has the potential to be effective against Covid-19.

17 Nov 2020

UV light induces new types of DNA damage that may cause malignant melanoma

Studies conducted in yeast show that exposure to ultraviolet light (UV) induces new types of DNA damage that may cause the deadliest form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma.

17 Nov 2020

Extensive dataset helps track public health government responses to COVID-19

Are our political institutions up for the task of managing the COVID-19 pandemic and any possible future similar threats?.

17 Nov 2020

Researchers investigate impact of standing desks on classroom behavior

Providing a standing desk to every primary school child in a UK classroom can reduce sitting time throughout most of the academic year, according to a new study.

17 Nov 2020

New platform launched to advance worldwide antibiotic research and discovery

A network established by staff at the University of Plymouth has launched a new platform to push forward with worldwide antibiotic research and discovery.

16 Nov 2020

COVID-19 loneliness study reveals significant depressive symptoms in 80% of young adults

A new national survey, looking at how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted young US adults' loneliness, reveals "significant depressive symptoms" in 80% of participants.

16 Nov 2020

New 'Vienna Model' for assessment of bilingual children with suspected language impairment

Around 45% of children in Austrian day nurseries have a first language other than German. Those who our experiencing difficulty in learning the second language are often diagnosed as having a suspected "impairment of language acquisition".

16 Nov 2020

Strategizing pediatric healthcare preparedness for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

The paper, put together by a team of scientists based in the United Kingdom and Italy, also underscored the need for healthcare policies to account for the very real possibility of inadequate protective personal equipment (PPE), staff and hospital capacity, aggravated by the increased number of pediatric infections.

15 Nov 2020

MIT researchers unravel the molecular structure of key coronavirus protein

MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This protein, called the envelope protein E, forms a cation-selective channel and plays a key role in the virus's ability to replicate itself and stimulate the host cell's inflammation response.

12 Nov 2020

students News and Research

Negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with long-term outcomes

LOX plays a number of key roles in promoting skin and organ fibrosis in scleroderma

Increasing long-term well-being during the pandemic with interventions

Existing UV light technology has potential to be effective against Covid-19

UV light induces new types of DNA damage that may cause malignant melanoma

Extensive dataset helps track public health government responses to COVID-19

Researchers investigate impact of standing desks on classroom behavior

New platform launched to advance worldwide antibiotic research and discovery

COVID-19 loneliness study reveals significant depressive symptoms in 80% of young adults

New 'Vienna Model' for assessment of bilingual children with suspected language impairment

Strategizing pediatric healthcare preparedness for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

MIT researchers unravel the molecular structure of key coronavirus protein

Study reveals a previously undetected repertoire of cancer driver genes

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Transition interrupted

Return of mice to home cage evokes significant rise in dopamine release, shows study

New Cambridge Centre aims to transform precision medicine and biomedical discoveries

Coventry University professor develops new medical simulator for delivering blood glucose training

National study reveals incidents of avoidable harm in primary care

Simple cloth mask significantly reduces the spread of COVID-19 respiratory droplets

A detailed review of plant natural products to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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