Although the media often portray the Arctic as a new ‘Great Game’ ripe for conflict,…
Month: April 2015
New tactic targets brain tumors
Patients who are obese, diabetic or both have the highest incidence of brain tumors, and…
Putting the ‘education’ in ‘educational’ apps
New apps developed for children come online every day and many of them are marketed…
Childhood syndrome combining lung disease, arthritis identified
Using the latest genome sequencing techniques, a research team has identified a new autoimmune syndrome…
New pathway reveals how immune system is regulated, gives hope for chronic diseases
An important new way in which our immune systems are regulated has been uncovered by…
Global pandemic of fake medicines poses urgent risk, scientists say
Poor quality medicines are an urgent threat that could undermine decades of successful efforts to…
Pancreatic cancer loses viral defenses when talking with supporting cells
Researchers have unlocked a way to make pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to cancer-killing viruses,…
Two tested approaches to treating childhood obesity appear effective
A study of two protocols for the treatment of childhood obesity finds that both were…
Fake malaria drugs not as common as previously reported
A rigorous analysis of antimalarial drug quality conducted in Cambodia and Tanzania found no evidence…
A new path to English language learning
The growth in the number of English language learners in US schools is placing new…