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 E-Mail IMAGE: The spatial organisation of the C. elegans brain is modular. The image shows the different brain regions that process information to direct behaviours such as navigation, avoidance and feeding. The... view more  Credit: University of Leeds Researchers have mapped the physical organization of the brain of a microscopic soil-living nematode worm called Caenorhabditis elegans, creating a new model for the architecture of the animals brain and how it processes information....

(AUSTIN, Texas) — NEWS: Pure Transplant Solutions, LLC (PTS), a collaboration driven biotechnology company focused on the development of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-based diagnostics and therapeutics within the field of transplantation, is proud to announce that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with King’s College London, a leading university providing world-class teaching and cutting-edge research, to support the Phase IIa GAMECHANgER-1 clinical trial. The trial aims to det...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones, whereas high-income mothers masculinize their children, a major study based on finger length, led by a Swansea University... view more  Credit: John Manning, Swansea University Low-income mothers feminize their children in the womb by adjusting their hormones, whereas high-income mothers masculinize their children, a major study based on finger length, led by a Swansea University expert,...

New research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed for the first time the extent to which frailty increases the risk of mortality in COVID-19 patients.

 E-Mail Dramatic changes were seen in the delivery of radiotherapy treatments for cancer during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in England. Much shorter radiotherapy courses were delivered, treatments were delayed where it was safe to do so and some increases were seen in order to compensate for reduced surgical capacity. Experts believe the changes reflect an impressive adaption of services by the NHS, and that the overall impact on cancer outcomes is likely to be modest. The new r...

 E-Mail A brain pressure disorder that especially affects women, causing severe headaches and sometimes permanent sight loss, has risen six-fold in 15 years, and is linked to obesity and deprivation, a new study by Swansea University researchers has shown. Rates of emergency hospital admissions in Wales for people with the disorder were also five times higher than for those without. The condition is called idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). It causes increased pressure in the fluid ...

 E-Mail Scientists have created a highly detailed map of skin, which reveals that cellular processes from development are re-activated in cells from patients with inflammatory skin disease. The researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Newcastle University and Kings College London, discovered that skin from eczema and psoriasis patients share many of the same molecular pathways as developing skin cells. This offers potential new drug targets for treating these painful skin diseases. Publ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Time series graph showing daily hospital admissions from sample hospitals in England for patients with heart attack and acute heart failure. The graph also shows key dates in the COVID-19... view more  Credit: University of Leeds Data analysis is revealing a second sharp drop in the number of people admitted to hospital in England with acute heart failure or a heart attack. The decline began in October as the numbers of COVID-19 infections began to surge ahead of the s...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Professor Sheena Radford FRS, Director of the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds view more  Credit: University of Leeds The UKs leading scientific academy - the Royal Society - has awarded one of its most prestigious research professorships to an academic at the University of Leeds, to develop new ways of seeing the unseen - the way that proteins interact to shape or to destroy memories. The award will allow Professor Sheena Radford FR...

Scientists claim to have found the missing link in the process that leads to an ice age on Earth.