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New Diagnostic Method Finds Aggressive Tumours
NewsResearchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a new cheap method that can identify highly heterogeneous tumours that tend to be very aggressive, and therefore need to be treated more aggressively.
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"Missing" Virus Detected in Children With Polio-like Paralysis
News Oct 22, 2019Study is first to find clear signs of enterovirus in the nervous system of AFM patients, providing the strongest evidence to date that the disease is viral.
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Triple-negative Breast Cancer Influenced by Dual Action of Genes and RNA
News Oct 22, 2019Women with triple-negative breast cancer could be differentiated from a more common form of the disease by a panel of 17 small RNA molecules.
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Genes Linked to Sex Ratio Associated With Infertility
News Oct 21, 2019"Is it a boy or girl?". It's presumed that there's a 50-50 chance you'd have one or the other. However, a new study of the sex chromosomes suggest they genes which, at least in mice, skew that assumed ratio to favor one sex, could have major implications for male infertility.
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International Alliance Aims To Detect the (Almost) Undetectable
News Oct 21, 2019A new transatlantic research alliance aims to develop radical new strategies and technologies to detect cancer at its earliest stage.
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Better Together - Quest Towards Open Access Publication
News Oct 18, 2019Not-for-profit Jisc and the Microbiology Society announce a pilot transitional open access agreement. The "Publish and Read" deal will allow researchers at participating institutions to publish an unlimited number of open-access articles, as well as access to the society’s full portfolio in return for a cost neutral fixed fee.
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Limitations of Health Reports From Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests Are Identified
News Oct 17, 2019According to study findings presented at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2019 Annual Meeting, health reports from direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests that adopt a limited variant screening approach are producing clinically false-negative results.
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Time To Say Goodbye… to the “Household Measure” BMI?
News Oct 17, 2019A new study published in PLOS Biology sees an international collaboration of academia and industry experts introduce a novel "revolutionary" approach towards personalized and precision biomedicine, moving away from the "classic" morphometric BMI.
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A Third "Short Sleep" Gene Has Been Discovered – And It Prevents Memory Deficits
News Oct 17, 2019In a new study, scientists have discovered a third "short sleep" gene. It is the first gene to be identified that prevents the memory deficits typically associated with sleep deprivation.
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Protein Misfolding Could Be Alzheimer's Risk Marker, 14 Years Pre-diagnosis
News Oct 17, 2019Researchers have developed a technique which can identify misfolded amyloid proteins in the blood – years before a clinical diagnosis.
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Cheap Detection of Iron Levels in Fortified Foods With Paper-based Tech
News Oct 17, 2019Many low-income countries have turned to mass food fortification programs to address nutrient deficiencies in their populations but lack the resources to monitor the amounts in food products. Now an affordable, reliable paper-based sensor that works with a cellphone app could help.
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