Emerging evidence suggests that particular drugs may benefit people from one ethnic group more than others, because of differences in their genetic makeup….
According to a study in Respirology published by Wiley-Blackwell, treatments with oral Bosentan reduces resistance in blood flow – allowing the heart and lungs…
The exciting potential of so-called 'negative allosteric modulators' will be put under the microscope at a special symposium at The Federation of European…
A systematic literature review conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut, the Hispanic Health Council (Hartford), and the…
Addressing an audience that will include senior figures from the pharmaceutical industry, Thomas Pogge, Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at…
The discovery marks the first genetic risk factor for HIV found only in people of African descent, and sheds light on the differences in genetic makeup that…
The findings by the Institute of Liver Studies at King’s College Hospital, London, are based on the 50 living related liver transplants (LRLT) carried out on…
ASPD is a mental disorder characterised by several psychological and behavioural phenomena, including a lack of empathy and remorse, a low tolerance for…
In a study led by Dr Saverio Stranges, Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology at Warwick Medical School, the team looked at levels of oxidative…
Hence operations carried out at night require a further operation more than twice as often as other operations. Moreover, the risk of premature failure of the…
Although patients with early stage, small, breast tumours have an excellent short term prognosis, more than 15 to 20 per cent of them will eventually develop…
The study, the first of its kind to report the relationship between low dose ionising radiation from diagnostic procedures and the risk of prostate cancer, was…
Contrary to past studies — which have suggested a link between low-sodium diets and improved asthma control — a new study by researchers at The University of…
The novel cell line, described in the July 16 issue of PLoS ONE, will allow pharmaceutical companies to effectively test new drug candidates or possible…
Migraine headaches are severely painful and usually occur with other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and painful sensitivity to light. Cluster headaches…
Biological Psychiatry is particularly proud to announce the publication of an issue dedicated to the product of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)…