News • HHV awaken via microRNA
Why herpes keeps coming back
Dormant herpesviruses induce their reactivation via a previously unknown cellular mechanism mediated by a viral microRNA, Würzburg researchers discovered.
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News • UV sterilization
Ultraviolet disinfection against Covid-19: Study gives new insights
UV radiation is one of the go-to methods for preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2. But what UV dosage kills the virus? What wavelength? How long? A new study answers many of those questions.
News • Dermatology tool
Skin cancer detection: handheld device as painless alternative to biopsy
A new handheld device has been developed to painlessly identify skin cancers using millimeter-wave imaging. This could slash the rate of unnecessary biopsies.
Article • Gender inequalities
Breaking the bias: a woman’s perspective of cancer research
In an online event to mark International Women’s Day, five women at various stages of their careers in cancer care discussed the hurdles they had to overcome – often because of their gender – and their determination to succeed.
News • Clinical trial
Prostate cancer: Researchers explore new radiotherapy approach
A different way of treating people with prostate cancer will be investigated by researchers at the University of Leeds in a new clinical trial funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research.
News • Companion treatment
Magnetic therapy to enhance breast cancer chemotherapy
A team of researchers from Singapore has developed a novel magnetic therapy that serves as an effective companion therapy to chemotherapy to enhance treatment outcome for breast cancer.
News • Cardiology research
Covid-19 vaccine technique could also save tissue after heart attack
A method for delivering genetic material to the body that has proven useful in Covid-19 vaccination is now being tested as a way to repair damaged heart muscle after a heart attack.
News • Measuring gases released from skin
Future wearables could open new way to monitor metabolic diseases
Scientists have taken the first step to creating the next generation of wearable health monitors, which could monitor the body’s health by detecting the gases released from a person’s skin.
News • Insights into atherosclerosis
How diseased blood vessels 'talk' to the brain
An international team has for the first time demonstrated that nerve signals are exchanged between clogged up arteries and the brain.
News • Neuroanatomy
Researchers create high-res 3D map of the brain
A team led by scientists from Amsterdam have combined MRI and microscopy to produce 3D images of two entire brains with a previously unmatched level of detail.
News • Customized to the patient
Organ-on-a-chip systems go 'plug and play'
A major advance demonstrates first multi-organ chip made of engineered human tissues linked by vascular flow for improved modeling of systemic diseases like cancer.
News • Cancer therapy side-effects
Researchers investigate link between chemotherapy and infertility
In order to better prevent and restore fertility and reduce the risk of sterility in cancer survivors, researchers investigate the mechanisms behind negative effects of chemotherapy.
News • The fatal signalling pathway
How liver fibrosis causes tissue scarring
An international research team has now found an approach to lower the activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and reduce the associated development of liver fibrosis.
News • Tumour plasticity
Why breast cancer metastases spread to the bone
A protein vital in determining the organs affected by metastasis has been identified by Swiss researchers. This could lead to the development of therapeutic approaches to suppress metastasis.
News • Global study finds increase in deaths
Why is Covid-19 more deadly on weekends?
A global analysis of nearly 6 million Covid-19 deaths finds an increase in mortality at weekends compared to weekdays. Bureaucratic and reporting delays alone do not explain this, researchers report.
News • Effective prevention
Covid-19 vaccination greatly reduces infectious viral load
By comparing the infectious viral load caused by ancestral SARS-CoV-2 as well as by the Delta and Omicron variants, scientists highlight the benefits of vaccination.
News • Covid-19 drug monitoring
Smart sensor to evaluate vaccine safety
A new study enables developers to determine vaccine safety via smart sensors that measure objective physiological parameters. This could end the reliance on subjective reports of study participants.
News • Workforce exodus
A third of GPs plan to jump ship within five years
Around 33% of GPs are likely to quit direct patient care within five years, according to a UK survey. The high percentage of young physicians is especially alarming.
News • Healing support
Bioprinting for bone repair improved with genes
An international team of engineers is bioprinting bone along with two growth factor encoding genes that help incorporate the cells and heal defects in the skulls of rats.
News • Cardiology research
Can't sleep? Why heart patients should take insomnia seriously
Sleep problems could hint at a heightened risk of heart disease, caution experts at the ESC Preventive Cardiology 2022 congress.
News • Connection between genes and disease severity
E. coli: How does an intestinal germ become a pathogen?
In the human intestine, Escherichia coli is mostly harmless, but in certain conditions causes bladder infections and even sepsis - but why? Researchers went to the bottom of this transformation.
News • miR-634 vs. OSCC
Anti-cancer "dream cream" to shrink oral tumors
Modern medicine offers “peel and stick” solutions like nicotine or contraceptive patches to put right on the skin without needing to visit a doctor for an injection or procedure. Now, researchers have found that applying a topical ointment containing anti-tumor factor can increase the effectiveness of cancer treatment.
News • 'Sweet' assistance
3D printed vascular models to help cancer therapy
3D-printed sugar models of dense and chaotic blood vessel networks near tumors could help future cancer treatments.
News • ATLL therapy approach
New gene targets for treating adult blood cancer
Scientists from Hokkaido University have identified new targets for treating Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), an aggressive form of blood cancer with existing drugs.
News • Metastasis research
How tumour cells ‘camouflage’ to avoid detection in the bloodstream
New insights in the metastasis process: tumour cells pass themselves off as platelets to go undetected in the bloodstream, researchers from Granada have discovered.
