Research
People who say living a natural life is morally important to them are more likely to reject lab-grown meat – also known as cultured or cultivated meat – than those who do not, a new study has found. The study found that those who reported caring more about the moral value of purity were less [...]
The stroke data team at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital reveal their ambition and drive to spread the benefits of CaptureStroke across the whole unit, improving care quality for patients. The most immediate and obvious reason for an NHS trust to invest in a digital clinical pathway for stroke care might be to help it [...]
Women with severe endometriosis are 10 times more likely to get ovarian cancer, compared to women who do not have the disease, new research has revealed. Previous studies have shown a causal connection between endometriosis and ovarian cancer. But in using the Utah Population Database—a repository of linked health records housed at Huntsman Cancer Institute—investigators were able to [...]
The largest study of CTE to date has found a new link between playing contact sports, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the development of a movement disorder known as parkinsonism. The study of 481 deceased athletes by researchers at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare reveals that most individuals [...]
A study of a COPD digital supported self-management service delivered in Hull has achieved a 50 per cent reduction in A&E attendances and admissions for patients, and resulted in significant savings for the local NHS Trust. The study team evaluating the Lenus Treat: COPD Supported Self-Management Service have released early evaluation data and an economic [...]
Researchers at University of California San Diego have found that the most common form of liver cancer — one with a high mortality rate — can be better targeted and treated using an innovative new stem cell-derived therapy. The treatment, not yet studied in patients, involves the lab engineering of natural killer (NK) cells — [...]
Drugs developed to fight blood and other cancers could also help improve the efficiency of radiotherapy in the most commonly diagnosed low-grade brain tumour in adults, a new study has found. Meningioma account for approximately 36 per cent of all primary brain tumours. The majority are successfully treated by surgery, but some which can’t easily [...]
Almost half (45 per cent) of all NHS nurses surveyed by the RCNi (Royal College of Nursing’s Information and Learning subsidiary) and SPS have said the administrative burden is the primary reason for wanting to leave their jobs. These non-clinical tasks include ordering transport, responding to complaints and answering general enquiries – none of which [...]
Scientists from The University of Manchester have uncovered a more efficient and sustainable way to make peptide-based medicines, showing promising effectiveness in combating cancers. The researchers discovered a new family of ligase enzymes – a type of molecular glue that can help assemble short peptide sequences more simply and robustly, yielding significantly higher quantities of [...]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed nanorobots that kill cancer cells in mice. The robot’s weapon is hidden in a nanostructure and is exposed only in the tumour microenvironment, sparing healthy cells. The research group at Karolinska Institutet has previously developed structures that can organise so-called death receptors on the surface of cells, [...]
