Uncategorized - September 7, 2017
Spying on malaria parasites
By combining two microscope techniques, a team of scientists led by Sergey Kapishnikov from the Niels Bohr Institute has managed to obtain new information about the mode of operation applied by malaria parasites when attacking their victims. “In the lab we infected human red blood cells with malaria parasites. We then ultimately placed the infected […]
Uncategorized - September 6, 2017
Predicting the effects of cancer treatment
An international research team has developed a mathematical model that predicts the side effects of a chemotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. Around 10-20 percent of patients have adverse side effects from the standard treatment with the chemotherapy drug docetaxel that forces them to discontinue the treatment. In the Prostate Cancer DREAM 9.5 Challenge, international researcher […]
Uncategorized - August 15, 2017
New method for determining antibiotic resistance
Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method for rapidly determining whether infection-causing bacteria are resistant or susceptible to antibiotics. The researchers have, for the first time, developed an antibiotic resistance test that is fast enough to enable a patient to take the right antibiotic home from the health centre straight after the first […]
Uncategorized - August 10, 2017
Receptor dynamics provide new potential
The dynamics among certain so-called G protein-coupled receptors, of vital importance for the function of cells in the body, are different than previously believed, reports researchers from Karolinska Institutet in the journal Nature Communications. The researchers has shown that a specific G protein-coupled receptor named Frizzled 6 (FZD6) can switch between acting in pairs and as […]
Global report - July 6, 2017
Trump’s first Presidency: Impact on U.S. Life Sciences
Proposed drastic cuts to U.S. science agencies and departments by President Donald Trump have life science researchers on edge about the fate of current and future projects, not to mention the nation’s standing in the scientific community.
Uncategorized - June 28, 2017
Important clue to tumor regression in neuroblastoma found
The presence of the protein KIF1Bβ can play a central role for the outcome of a neuroblastoma diagnosis. A high percentage of KIF1Bβ means a greater chance of the tumour spontaneously regressing and disappearing. These are the results of a study by Karolinska Institutet and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. The study is published […]
