by Iliyah | Jun 5, 2018 | Health and Medicine
Globally, health systems are struggling to meet the rising demands from an ageing population and lifestyle-associated diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. To tackle this challenge, Professor Stephen Leeder, at the University of Sydney, Australia, and the...
by Iliyah | May 23, 2018 | Biology, Health and Medicine
Located in Irvine, California, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation supports researchers and non-profit research institutions in making the next generation of breakthroughs in chemistry and the life sciences. Founded in 1978 by philanthropists Arnold and Mabel...
by Iliyah | May 22, 2018 | Health and Medicine, Social Sciences
We often hear how impairments in learning can have a negative impact on peoples’ lives but what about problems with forgetting? The inability to forget the association between everyday cues and previous traumatic events underlies anxiety-related disorders, such as...
by Iliyah | May 15, 2018 | Biology, Health and Medicine
Professor Michael Schrader and his team at the University of Exeter are working to decipher how specialised compartments within cells called peroxisomes are formed and function to perform vital roles in processing the lipids that coat nerve cells and in defending the...
by Iliyah | May 14, 2018 | Biology, Health and Medicine
Cancer and viral infections are two of the leading causes of death worldwide. It goes without saying that there is a need for more effective treatment options. Dr Chris Meier from the University of Hamburg’s Department of Chemistry has been working on exactly that....
by Iliyah | May 8, 2018 | Health and Medicine
Preeclampsia is a common but serious complication of pregnancy that can harm both mother and baby. Recent research has identified vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for developing preeclampsia and also the beneficial effects of vitamin D supplementation on this...
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