Why some people don’t get Covid
Scientists have discovered novel immune responses that help explain how some individuals avoid getting COVID-19.
Using single-cell sequencing, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London (UCL), Imperial College London, the Netherlands Cancer Institute...
Vibrating glove helps stroke patients control spasms
After a stroke, survivors often experience uncontrollable spasms that can twist their arms and hands into perpetual fists. The only treatments are expensive, frequently painful injections of botulinum toxin or oral medications so strong...
When do brains grow up?
Research shows mouse and primate brains mature at the same pace, writes Kristen Mally Dean.
A study from Argonne National Laboratory reveals that short-lived mice and longer-living primates develop brain synapses on the exact same...
Promising first human trial for ‘wonder’ material
A revolutionary nanomaterial with potential to tackle multiple global challenges could be developed further without acute risk to human health, research suggests.
Carefully controlled inhalation of a specific type of graphene – the world’s thinnest,...
UK firm plans state-of-the-art precision medicine centre in California
Working with local partners, BIOS Health, of Cambridge, will create a cutting-edge research and clinical trials center for neural digital therapies. The centre will be built around BIOS’s real-time insights into the nervous system,...
Improved radionuclide supply can transform nuclear medicine
Targeted Alpha Therapy (TAT) is a promising cancer treatment in nuclear medicine, but the supply of alpha-emitting radionuclides - which the treatment relies on - is very limited. A lack of alpha-emitting radionuclides in...
Growing microtumours in a dish hailed as ‘rapid way to identify tumour genes’
Researchers have identified a new way to screen genes that cause several different types of cancers to grow, identifying particularly promising targets for precision oncology in oral and esophageal squamous cancers.
The study, published in...
Key gene blocks the ‘spillover’ of avian flu to humans
Understanding the genetic make-up of currently circulating avian flu strains may offer one of the best lines of defence against widespread human transmission.
This is according to new research which has found a key human...
Depression up, Covid-19 down in disease study list
Depression is now one of the top five most studied disease areas in clinical development, according to new global analysis by Phesi.
The mid-year analysis of all this year’s trials to date reveals that Covid-19...
New ‘Clinical Trial in a Dish’ for Alzheimer’s Disease
An extensive panel of consented patient samples and iPSC technology will advance AD drug development and patient stratification.
Pluripotent stem cell technology provider for drug discovery, Axol Bioscience Ltd (Axol), has signed an exclusive agreement...
1 in 6 children ‘neurodivergent’ as autism numbers quadruple
The number of children diagnosed with Attention-deficit /hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders classifying them as ‘neurodivergent’, has rocketed in both the UK and US.
“Now, one in six children in the US...
Antibiotic resistance widespread among bacteria
Genes that make bacteria resistant to antibiotics are much more widespread in our environment than previously known.
A study, from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, shows that bacteria in...
Herpes study sheds light on viral reinfections
A new study on herpes infections of the eye helps shed light on the question of viral reinfections by identifying a key protein involved in viral reinfections that could be targeted by antiviral drugs.
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An old scientific controversy is resolved… plants do make sounds!
For the first time ever, researchers at Tel Aviv University have recorded and analysed distinct sounds from plants.
The click-like sounds, similar to the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume similar to human...
How the brain’s ‘internal compass’ works
New study reveals how the brain makes sense of changing environmental cues.
Scientists have gained new insights into the part of the brain that gives us a sense of direction, by tracking neural activity with...
Highly targeted ‘light-activated’ cancer treatment on horizon
Scientists at the University of East Anglia are a step closer to creating a new generation of light-activated cancer treatments.
The futuristic sounding treatment would work by switching on LED lights embedded close to a...