The non-randomised phase II trial, published in the online journal ecancermedicalscience, investigated the combination of thalidomide and temozolomide. It is…
The gene was localized using cutting edge technologies for examining the whole human genome at the Helmholtz Zentrum München.The newly discovered FCER1A gene…
A new journal, SMARTT (Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation, Therapy and Technology) has been established to facilitate the rapid transmission of…
According to Dolores Malaspina from NYU School of Medicine and lead author of the study, “The stresses in question are those that would be experienced in a…
For the first time the methodological possibilities are available to map the entire spectrum of lipids in cells, tissues and whole organisms. Europe has so far…
The research, published online in the journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, shows that clinically obese people (those who have a body mass index (BMI) of…
The current revolution in lipid analysis, however, promises change. For the first time the methodological possibilities are available to map the entire…
Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Northwestern University and Lilly Research Laboratories report on a randomized,…
Lab-on-a-chip systems bring the laboratory to the patient instead of the other way around: a blood sample will no longer have to go to the laboratory and the…
A team of scientists from Aston’s Ophthalmic Research Group (ORG) are looking for healthy 20-65 year olds to take part in a free health check – results of…
For a long time, the main obstacle to creating an AIDS vaccine has been the high genetic variability of the HIV virus. Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy and his team from…
A second Phase I AIDS vaccine clinical trial in India was successfully completed, the Indian Council of Medical Research, the National AIDS Control…
The long-term prognosis of patients infected with West Nile virus is good, according to a new study appearing in the August 19, 2008, issue of Annals of…
But preventing white blood cells' circulation by trapping them in the lymph nodes can help mice get rid of a chronic viral infection, researchers at Yerkes…
One in five European workers are involved in some form of shift work. Health problems associated with shift work include sleep disturbances, fatigue, digestive…
Infants aged 5 months react very differently to a fearful face than those aged 7 months. “At the age of 7 months babies will watch a fearful face for longer…