A University of Adelaide-led study will become the first in the world to test unborn babies for type 1 diabetes after receiving an $8 million funding injection.
Category: Research
Laser beam compressed into thin filament
Scientists have been researching the process of laser pulse filamentation — the effect produced when a laser beam propagating in air focuses into a filament. The researchers discovered how this process influences the preliminary transition of a beam passing through quartz glass, which has applications in the field of nonlinear optics.
Students reveal gratitude to those who donate bodies to science
It was during an anatomy class as student Rachel Tymianski dissected a dead body that she discovered a gift no would-be surgeon should be without – steady hands.
Researchers help biomed company land FDA approval for Ebola detection
Researchers from LLNL and three other institutions have assisted a Bay Area biomedical company in advancing its Ebola virus detection test for use.
Mistakes in mismatch repair genes may accurately predict response to certain immunotherapy drugs
In a report of a proof-of-principle study of patients with colon and other cancers for whom standard therapies failed, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say that mistakes in so-called mismatch repair genes, first identified by Johns Hopkins and other scientists two decades ago, may accurately predict who will respond to certain immunotherapy drugs known as PD-1 inhibitors. Such drugs aim to disarm systems developed by cancer cells to evade detection and destruction by immune system cells.
Queensland becomes home to first all-Australian skeleton library
A university in Brisbane opens the first all-Australian skeleton library in the country allowing students to study a ‘typical Aussie’ skeleton.
HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study
HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human StudyAn experimental antibody significantly reduced HIV levels in infected people for as long as 28 days. The approach might help to combat a wide range of HIV strains.
Allergy Drug Treats Hepatitis C in Mice
Allergy Drug Treats Hepatitis C in MiceA common over-the-counter allergy drug lowered hepatitis C virus levels in infected mice. The drug is currently being tested in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Scientists Discover Antibiotic Mechanism
Scientists Discover Antibiotic MechanismA structural study revealed how an antibiotic called borrelidin stops bacterial growth. The findings may help researchers design improved drugs to fight infections.
Melanoma drug keeping patients alive, signals ‘significant time’ in cancer research
A new melanoma drug that tricks the body into destroying cancer cells is keeping patients alive for years longer than expected, with some researchers calling the breakthrough in immunotherapy a “penicillin moment” in cancer treatments.
Altered pain processing in patients with cognitive impairment
People with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment (CI) have altered responses to pain, with many conditions associated with increased pain sensitivity, concludes a new research review.