How does the immune system know friend from foe in gut bacteria?

15 Mar 2017 • 2 comments

In order to maintain health, the human immune system must distinguish between friend, or the tissues of the human body, and foe, or the invasive pathogens that cause disease. This challenge is...

Crohn's disease

Epigenetic enzyme found to be lacking in some patients with Crohn's disease

7 Mar 2017

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has found how a variant in an important epigenetic enzyme - previously associated by population-based genetic studies with Crohn's disease and...

Brain differences between men and women affect response to pain relief

7 Mar 2017

Results from a new study may explain why female patients often require higher doses of morphine - one of the primary drugs for the treatment of chronic or severe pain - than male patients to achieve...

Breast cancer

Breast cancer costs low-income women more jobs

1 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

Poor women undergoing breast cancer treatment are four times more likely to lose their jobs than their high-income peers, a new study suggests.The findings were consistent with stories Molly...

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Salmonella can help fight cancer, scientists discover

20 Feb 2017

Salmonella, the common food poisoning bug, can help fight cancer, according to scientists. The bacteria can infiltrate tumours and allow the body’s immune system to target cancer cells. Cancers are...

Multiple sclerosis

First blood biomarker discovered for the prognosis of multiple sclerosis: quick, accurate and soon to be available

7 Feb 2017

An international study, led by Macquarie University researchers Dr Edwin Lim and Professor Gilles Guillemin, has discovered the first blood biomarker – a chemical identifier in the blood – for...

Women's health

In women, age-related cognitive decline may start sooner than we think

26 Jan 2017 • 2 comments

With age, our cognitive abilities slowly begin to deteriorate. Age-related cognitive decline is a normal process that, as new research suggests, may start earlier than we previously thought. As...

Personality traits linked to differences in brain structure

26 Jan 2017

Our personality may be shaped by how our brain works, but in fact the shape of our brain can itself provide surprising clues about how we behave - and our risk of developing mental health disorders -...

Cancer

Cancer spread cut by 75% in tests

18 Jan 2017 • 2 comments

The deadly spread of cancer around the body has been cut by three-quarters in animal experiments, say scientists.Tumours can "seed" themselves elsewhere in the body and this process is behind 90% of...

Vomiting bug 'at high level this winter'

14 Dec 2016 • 2 comments

The number of people falling ill with the vomiting bug norovirus in England this winter is at higher than average levels, figures suggest.Lab testing has revealed there have been 1,704 cases so far -...

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New diabetes treatment could eliminate need for insulin injections

13 Dec 2016

Tested in mice, therapy involves a capsule of genetically engineered cells implanted under the skin that release insulin as required. A cell-based diabetes treatment has been developed by scientists...

Opioids Causing Concerns, Problems for Chronic Pain Patients

14 Oct 2016 • 42 comments

As a crackdown continues on opioid addiction, people with ailments like rheumatoid arthritis find it more difficult to get the pain medication they need. September was Rheumatic Disease Awareness...