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  • Novel Maneuver Helps Malaria Parasite Dodge the Immune System

    Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered how a parasite that causes malaria when transmitted through a mosquito bite can hide from the body’s immune system, sometimes for years. It turns out that the parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, can shut down a key set of genes, rendering itself immunologically invisible.
  • New molecular movie reveals how antibiotic resistance to fusidic acid works
    In a new article published in Nature communications, researchers from Uppsala Antibiotic Center, Uppsala University and SciLifeLab describe a fundamental mechanism of antibiotic resistance. What happens in a bacterium that is resistant to the antibiotic fusidic acid? With a stop-motion movie at the atomic level, they can show that the resistance protein FusB works nearly like a crowbar.
  • Researchers develop a potential new drug for Alzheimer’s and pain treatment
    A study published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry presents a new family of candidate compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and pain, which have shown promising effects in animal models.
  • New Hope Against Superbugs : Promising Antibiotic Candidate Discovered
    An international team of researchers, led by the University of Vienna and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, has discovered saarvienin A, a new type of glycopeptide antibiotic.
  • Black tea and berries could contribute to healthier ageing
    Higher intakes of black tea, berries, citrus fruits and apples could help to promote healthy ageing, new research has found. This study conducted by researchers from Edith Cowan University, Queen's University Belfast and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that foods rich in flavonoids could help to lower the risk of key components of unhealthy ageing, including frailty, impaired physical function and poor mental health.
  • AI could help improve early detection of interval breast cancers
    A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect interval breast cancers — those that develop between routine screenings — before they become more advanced and harder to treat. This could potentially lead to better screening practices, earlier treatment and improved patient outcomes.
  • Antivenom neutralizes the neurotoxins of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakes
    By using antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced hyper-immunity to snake venom, scientists have developed the most broadly effective antivenom to date, which is protective against the likes of the black mamba, king cobra, and tiger snakes in mouse trials.
  • Super strong antibodies developed by scientists for new cancer treatment

    Cancer scientists say they have engineered a new type of super-strong antibody which could be used to boost the immune systems of patients fighting the disease.

  • Largest Osteoarthritis Genetic Study Uncovers Pathways to New Therapies and Repurposed Drugs
    Researchers have uncovered multiple new genes and genetic pathways that could lead to repurposing hundreds of existing drugs for osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis. The research, which analyzed data from nearly 2 million people in diverse populations worldwide, was recently published in Nature. It represents an extensive genetic exploration of osteoarthritis, a condition affecting over 600 million people globally.
  • Long-term survival rates of some Acute Myeloid Leukaemia patients could double with sensitive bone marrow test
    A highly sensitive bone marrow test could double survival rates for some groups of younger adults with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia by helping doctors identify if they might relapse up to three months earlier. The patient-specific molecular test can detect low levels of leukaemia cells in the body, known as minimal residual disease, which when left untreated causes the disease to relapse.
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