HONG KONG — Australian researchers led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have discovered the mechanism whereby synaptic connections between brain cells are destroyed in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD), a key finding that clears the way for new research on urgently needed treatments for the currently incurable degenerative brain disease.
HONG KONG — A new gene conferring resistance to polymyxins, the last antibiotic defense against resistant microorganisms, has been found to be widespread in Enterobacteriaceae from pigs and patients in southern China, raising fears of emergence of strains of gram-negative bacteria with resistance to all currently available antibiotics.
HONG KONG – A new gene conferring resistance to polymyxins, the last antibiotic defense against resistant microorganisms, has been found to be widespread in Enterobacteriaceae from pigs and patients in southern China, raising fears of emergence of strains of gram-negative bacteria with resistance to all currently available antibiotics.
HONG KONG — Combining suppression of stemness with lineage-specific induction using a newly developed sequential treatment protocol leads to the successful conversion of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) into functioning neurons for potential use in regenerative medicine, a study by Korean researchers has found.
HONG KONG – Combining suppression of stemness with lineage-specific induction using a newly developed sequential treatment protocol leads to the successful conversion of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) into functioning neurons for potential use in regenerative medicine, a study by Korean researchers has found.
HONG KONG – A new collaborative study by the Riken Center for Life Science Technologies (CLST) in Japan and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research in Australia has identified multiple new genes that are up-regulated in different cancer types, opening the door for the development of new biomarker tests for early cancer detection and more effective new treatments.
HONG KONG – An Australian study has identified a critical molecular feedback loop that helps initiate and drive neuroblastoma, which may result in a badly needed new treatment strategy for the disease, Sydney Children's Hospital and University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers reported in the Nov. 4, 2015, issue of Science Translational Medicine.
HONG KONG – An Australian study has identified a critical molecular feedback loop that helps initiate and drive neuroblastoma, which may result in a badly needed new treatment strategy for the disease, Sydney Children’s Hospital and University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers reported in the Nov. 4, 2015, issue of Science Translational Medicine.
HONG KONG — Japanese neurobiologists have used a mouse model of spontaneous depression to demonstrate a link between depression and the paraventricular thalamus, a region of the brain not previously linked to depression, a finding that could lead to the development of new antidepressive therapies.
HONG KONG — Japanese neurobiologists have used a mouse model of spontaneous depression to demonstrate a link between depression and the paraventricular thalamus, a region of the brain not previously linked to depression, a finding that could lead to the development of new antidepressive therapies.
