‘Killer’ T cells fight back the tumours of transplant patients
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Approximately 10% of patients may develop cancer in the first years following an organ transplant, and around 50% of these will die even with standard treatment.
Saving lives of drug users with the help of methadone
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Around 1% of young adults in UK inject heroin. This is associated with an increased risk of death and illness, mainly as a result of overdose or bloodborne infection, such as HIV and Hepatitis C.
It’s a Dogslife
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Researchers at The Roslin Institute and The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies are teaming up to find out how diet and exercise can influence a dogs susceptibility to illness.
From stem cells to blood – Highlights of Festival of Science and Arts in London
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »The Festival of Science and Arts, in its 5 years history, has arisen to more than 30,000 expected visitors and 27 displays. This year, Edinburgh University’s exhibit highlights a £2.9 million research project that is focused on turning stem cells into red blood cells.
Flights over forest give scientists aerial view of climate change
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »A team from the GeoSciences department at The University of Edinburgh, lead by Dr Caroline Nichol, has launched a programme to assess how much carbon dioxide boreal forests are absorbing. These are located around the Arctic Circle and their size is comparable to Amazon rainforests.
Mysteries of dark matter set to be exposed
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »A new telescope wielding the world’s most powerful digital camera promises to reveal the secrets of the Universe as it begins its observations of the night sky.
‘Let’s get connected.’ – Networking of yeast proteins
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »A large scale study of yeast proteins has revealed the complex interactions between them, with the screening of proteins and statistical analysis enabling the identification of almost 2000 connections.
Governments could do more to tackle obesity
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Collaboration between a University of Edinburgh scientist and a Professor at Massey University, Auckland, has show that the environments we live in greatly alter the food choices we make.
Local green space benefits men, but not women
Monday, June 21st, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »Green space affects men’s and women’s health differently, researchers have recently reported.
Promising developments for Sleeping Sickness
Friday, June 18th, 2010 Posted in News | No Comments »New findings about the parasite T.Brucei, which causes sleeping sickness, may lead to novel paths for research into treatment of the disease.
