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Experts at the University of Nottingham will investigate possible treatments for cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer) as part of a new collaboration with the AMMF, the UK’s only cholangiocarcinoma charity.
Cholangiocarcinoma, is a particularly deadly disease with limited treatment options, and so new treatments are urgently needed. As part of a new collaboration, AMMF will support PhD student Grace Martin from the University’s School of Medicine, along with her supervisor Dr Sheela Jayaraman, to investigate new treatments for the disease.
The project is based on the finding that specific proteins known as transcription factors are higher in cholangiocarcinoma and are responsible for driving tumour growth and tumour invasion. As part of the new research, Grace will explore new ways to decrease the amount of these proteins in the tumour.
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Research collaboration addresses COVID-19 myths in African communities
Western Sydney University academics, Associate Professor Kingsley Agho and Research Fellow Dr Levi U Osuagwu, have led an international research collaboration assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the world’s African communities.
According to Associate Professor Agho from the University’s School of Health Sciences and Translational Health Research Institute, the African Translation Research group, was formed to measure and respond to misinformation, misconceptions and myths that spread during lockdown periods among African communities.
“This research group came together out of necessity during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Associate Professor Agho.
High-powered MRI detects subtle differences in the hippocampus of people with Down syndrome
Using ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to map the brains of people with Down syndrome (DS), researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and other institutions detected subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus a region of the brain tied to memory and learning.
Such detailed mapping, made possible by the high-powered MRI, is significant because it allowed the research team to better understand how each subregion of the hippocampus in people with DS is functionally connected to other parts of the brain.
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