NLS Research

A joint Swedish-Finnish study published in the journal World Psychiatry shows that the use of certain drugs that affect the central nervous system may be associated with an increased risk of committing homicide. The greatest risk was noted  in the use of tranquillizing benzodiazepines and painkillers, while anti-depressants were associated with only a slightly elevated risk, according to information from the University […]

Symphogen, a biopharmaceutical company developing recombinant antibody mixtures, published two papers with new clinical data for its lead anti-EGFR antibody mixture, Sym004, in the journals Cancer Discovery and in Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. In addition, a paper in Clinical Cancer Research described preclinical findings relating to the company’s pan-HER product candidate, Sym013, a mixture of six antibodies targeting each of […]

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have discovered that too much vitamin A negatively effects the formation of blood cells during human embryonic development, suggesting that pregnant women should avoid foods high in the vitamin. The signal molecule, retinoic acid, is a product of vitamin A, which helps to instruct how different types of tissue […]

Researchers at Aalto University and University of Turku have discovered how altered opioid neurotransmission in the brain is connected to obesity. Scientists found that obesity was associated with a significantly lowered number of opioid receptors in the brain. No changes, though, were observed in the dopamine neurotransmitter system, which regulates motivational aspects of eating. It […]

A delay in clamping the umbilical cord of a newborn can have a positive affect on young children’s fine motor skills, especially boys, according to a study done at Uppsala University.  “If the cord is left in place for three minutes, the blood continues to flow into the newborn’s circulation. The baby receives about a […]

A recent study has demonstrated that people with chronic headaches who take too many painkillers only make their pain worse, and that can lead to depression and anxiety. “This is really important,” says associate professor and lead author Lars Bendtsen of the Department of Clinical Medicine at Copenhagen University and the Danish Headache Centre at […]