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Monash University researchers provide novel pathways to develop treatments for diseases

Monash University researchers have gained new insight into the early stages of our immune response, providing novel pathways to develop treatments for diseases from multiple sclerosis to cancer.

22 Jul 2013

Gladstone-led study finds underlying mechanisms behind Huntington's disease

Alzheimer's, Huntington's, Parkinson's. Names forever linked to what they represent: diseases that ravage the brain's neurons and leave entire regions to wither and die. These and other so-called neurodegenerative diseases are often associated with the buildup of toxic proteins that lead to the death of neurons.

22 Jul 2013

Quickly clearing out damaged proteins may help prevent neurodegenerative disorders: Study

Recycling is not only good for the environment, it's good for the brain. A study using rat cells indicates that quickly clearing out defective proteins in the brain may prevent loss of brain cells.

22 Jul 2013

Sir Michael Stratton, Thijn Brummelkamp and Anne Glover to speak at The EMBO Meeting 2013

Predisposition to cancer and other diseases, genetic testing, infectious proteins and ubiquitin signalling -- these are some of the topics internationally renowned speakers will tackle at The EMBO Meeting 2013 to be held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 21-24 September 2013.

22 Jul 2013

Study sheds light on how cells regenerate protective sheaths around nerve fibres in the brain

Multiple sclerosis treatments that repair damage to the brain could be developed thanks to new research.

22 Jul 2013

Study reveals correlation between premature death and mental illness in people with epilepsy

People with epilepsy are ten times more likely to die early, before their mid-fifties, compared with the general population, according to a 41 year study in Sweden published today in the Lancet and part-funded by the Wellcome Trust.

22 Jul 2013

University of Florida receives RPB Sanders Construction grant

Research to Prevent Blindness has awarded a prestigious, one-time laboratory grant of $600,000 to the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida, College of Medicine. The newly created laboratory will be permanently named the RPB Mildred Krahmer Sanders and William Clifford Sanders Laboratory for Vision Research.

20 Jul 2013

New research project has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance

The sounds of success are ringing at Kansas State University through a research project that has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance.

20 Jul 2013

Vegetation may not protect people from ozone pollution, says new research

During heat waves - when ozone production rises - plants' ozone absorption is curtailed, leaving more pollution in the air, and costing an estimated 460 lives in the UK in the hot summer of 2006.

20 Jul 2013

Scientists to explore student-driven research model for Distributed Drug Discovery

Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will host scientists from around the world next week for the first-ever workshop devoted to Distributed Drug Discovery, an innovative, student-driven research program quickly becoming a high-impact, low-cost teaching model.

20 Jul 2013

Children with unilateral hearing loss are more likely to struggle in school

Children born with a complete absence of the external ear canal, even if only one ear is affected, are more likely than their peers to struggle in school, according to new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

20 Jul 2013

Structural properties have changed across bacterial families without putting limits on antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been emerging at an alarming rate. In some of the scariest of these pathogens, the mechanism responsible for the bacteria's ability to defeat antibiotics is a complex protein molecule embedded in the bacterial cell wall -- the enzyme β-lactamase.

20 Jul 2013

Listen-and-repeat singing method can improve foreign language learning

Singing in a foreign language can significantly improve learning how to speak it, according to a new study.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers visualize live cell-to-cell communication pathways in bacteria

Most bacteria are able to communicate with each other by secreting signaling molecules. Once the concentration of signals has reached a critical density (-the Quorum), the bacteria are able to coordinate their behavior

20 Jul 2013

Family caregivers of older adults with dementia willing to stop cancer screening: Research

Research from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research has found that many family caregivers of older adults with dementia are willing to consider stopping cancer screening of the elderly individual; they are also relieved when the older adult's physician brings it up.

20 Jul 2013

Brigham and Women's Hospital study examines sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers

If you were working on something at your computer and a gorilla floated across your computer screen, would you notice it? You would like to think yes, however, research shows that people often miss such events when engaged in a difficult task.

20 Jul 2013

Infants who spend nights away from caregivers have more insecure attachments

Babies have an innate biological need to be attached to caregivers, usually their parents. But what happens when babies spend a night or more per week away from a primary caregiver, as increasingly happens in cases where the parents share custody, but do not live together?

20 Jul 2013

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Monash University researchers provide novel pathways to develop treatments for diseases

Gladstone-led study finds underlying mechanisms behind Huntington's disease

Quickly clearing out damaged proteins may help prevent neurodegenerative disorders: Study

Sir Michael Stratton, Thijn Brummelkamp and Anne Glover to speak at The EMBO Meeting 2013

Study sheds light on how cells regenerate protective sheaths around nerve fibres in the brain

Study reveals correlation between premature death and mental illness in people with epilepsy

University of Florida receives RPB Sanders Construction grant

New research project has potential to treat human deafness and loss of balance

Vegetation may not protect people from ozone pollution, says new research

Scientists to explore student-driven research model for Distributed Drug Discovery

Children with unilateral hearing loss are more likely to struggle in school

Structural properties have changed across bacterial families without putting limits on antibiotic resistance

Listen-and-repeat singing method can improve foreign language learning

Researchers visualize live cell-to-cell communication pathways in bacteria

Family caregivers of older adults with dementia willing to stop cancer screening: Research

Brigham and Women's Hospital study examines sustained inattentional blindness in expert observers

Infants who spend nights away from caregivers have more insecure attachments

Researchers study neural-biological processes associated with cultural differences

EU-funded project examines dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition

Almost 70% of New Yorkers with disability are obese

Exploring electron microscopy for plant and microbial imaging at the John Innes Centre

Extending the reach of Amperia™

Modular cleanrooms: Enhancing flexibility and compliance

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