Sodium valproate – which is marketed as the anti-seizure drug Epilim – has been shown by scientists at the University of Leeds to reactivate the body’s own…

To help scientists working in this area two leading funding bodies in the UK and US have joined forces to fund a programme of collaborative transatlantic…

The metal, osmium, is closely related to platinum, which is widely used to treat cancers in the form of the drug cisplatin. Most famously, the cyclist Lance…

The research suggests that diabetes and higher than normal blood sugar levels could partly be tackled by treating sleep problems, say the researchers, from…

The findings are detailed in the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias.“Most of the research on dementia and most of the dollars up until…

Several hundred species of lupin exist. Lupin seed, rich in protein and fibre, has formed part of the diet of some southern European and south American…

Kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy, develops progressively in patients with type 2 diabetes. Early development of kidney disease is assessed by a high…

To fight the driving force of the tumor – the tumor stem cells – scientists have been trying to initiate apoptosis in these cells. However, Dr. Ana…

To get to the root of this complicated relationship, researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies for the very first time established a human…

Groove-like tracks on the ocean floor made by giant deep-sea single-celled organisms could lead to new insights into the evolutionary origin of animals. Biologist Mikhail “Misha” Matz from The University of Texas at Austin and his colleagues, including Dr. Tamara Frank with the Center for Ocean Exploration and Deep-Sea Research, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI) at Florida Atlantic University, recently discovered grape-sized protists and their complex tracks on the ocean floor near the Bahamas. This is the first time a single-celled organism has been shown to make such animal-like traces. The team’s discovery was recently published online in Current Biology and will also appear in the journal’s December 9 print issue. …

Yet the expeditions, which included surveys at unexplored depths, have revealed disturbing declines in sea-life populations and evidence that human impacts…

Research published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal Genome Biology shows how a list of SNPs in genes that are repeatedly implicated across many…

Yes, at least it does so in rat experiments at the Division of Neurosurgery, Lund University, in Sweden. Henrietta Nittby studied rats that were exposed to…

Sergio Baldassin, from the ABC Regional Medical School, Brazil, led a team of researchers who carried out a study on 481 medical students in the private…

LOH is a clinical and biochemical syndrome associated with advancing age and characterized by typical symptoms and a deficiency in serum testosterone levels. Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) is caused by a decline in gonadal production of androgens in males that occurs with aging. Data indicate that a significant percentage of men over age 60 have serum testosterone levels that are below the lower limits of young adult men (i.e., those age 20–30 yr). Sexual dysfunction—including erectile dysfunction (ED), decreased libido, difficulty achieving orgasm, and decreased penile sensation—is usually the presenting complaint, although fatigue, depressed mood, and decreased muscle mass are other common symptoms….

The team is now working closely with Warwick Ventures, the University’s technology transfer office, to find a suitable partner to help commercialise the…