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Life Sciences - Health - 25.11.2024
Differences in brain pathology between paediatric and adult patients following traumatic brain injury
A study led by the University of Glasgow has revealed differences in the brains of paediatric and adult patients' that might explain the sometimes catastrophic outcomes seen in children following a traumatic brain injury. In findings published in the journal JAMA Network Open, the researchers found first pathological evidence that the pattern of damage to blood vessels after a severe brain injury appears to be age-dependant.

Health - 25.11.2024
Intimidation tactics against researchers in tobacco, ultra-processed food and alcohol sectors
New research reveals public discreditation is the most common tactic used across all three sectors to intimidate researchers New research from the University of Bath shows researchers in the tobacco, ultra-processed food (UPF) and alcohol sectors are frequently targeted with identical intimidation tactics.

Health - Life Sciences - 22.11.2024
Genetic clues explain why children develop rare post-COVID condition
Genetic clues explain why children develop rare post-COVID condition
An Imperial-led study has highlighted how rare variants of a gene regulating the gut lining may increase the risk of MIS-C by up to four times. Scientists have uncovered genetic variants which help to explain why some children with mild COVID-19 go on to develop a severe inflammatory condition weeks after their infection.

Health - Social Sciences - 21.11.2024
Global trends for menstrual tracking app use
A new study by researchers in the UK and Denmark, published in Digital Health , provides the first publicly accessible analysis of global downloads for menstrual tracking apps. While the market for menstrual tracking apps is rapidly growing, there have been no large-scale analyses about why users download these apps, and particularly few studies on their use in the Global South.

Health - Social Sciences - 21.11.2024
Study of menstrual tracking app usage highlights potential role in improving access to reproductive health services
A new study by researchers in the UK and Denmark, published in Digital Health , provides the first publicly accessible analysis of global downloads for menstrual tracking apps. While the market for menstrual tracking apps is rapidly growing, there have been no large-scale analyses about why users download these apps, and particularly few studies on their use in the Global South.

Psychology - Health - 21.11.2024
Poor mental health linked to browsing negative content online
Poor mental health linked to browsing negative content online
People with poorer mental health are more prone to browsing negative content online, which further exacerbates their symptoms, finds a study led by UCL researchers. The relationship between mental health and web-browsing is causal and bi-directional, according to the study published in Nature Human Behaviour .

Health - Life Sciences - 21.11.2024
New genetic explanation for heart condition revealed
New genetic explanation for heart condition revealed
A potentially life-changing heart condition, dilated cardiomyopathy, can be caused by the cumulative influence of hundreds or thousands of genes and not just by a single "aberrant" genetic variant, as was previously thought, finds a new study co-led by researchers at UCL. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a condition in which the heart becomes progressively enlarged and weakened, reducing its ability to pump blood efficiently.

Health - 20.11.2024
Two million ex-smokers currently vape in England
Two million ex-smokers currently vape in England
About one in five people who have stopped smoking for more than a year in England currently vape, equivalent to 2.2 million people, according to a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the journal BMC Medicine and funded by Cancer Research UK, found that this increased prevalence was largely driven by greater use of e-cigarettes in attempts to quit smoking.

Health - Innovation - 20.11.2024
Microscopic differences demonstrate why cutting-edge virus research is crucial in Africa
Microscopic, single cell differences found in the lungs of COVID-19 patients in Malawi demonstrate the value and importance of cutting-edge infectious disease research in Sub-Saharan Africa. The new study - the first of its kind in a Sub-Saharan population - is published in Nature Medicine and reveals previously unobserved differences in the inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in patients who live in Malawi, compared to those who live in western countries.

Health - Life Sciences - 19.11.2024
New research unlocks the potential of bacteria to treat bowel cancer
Fighting bowel cancer with the bacteria Salmonella could be a step closer thanks to a new discovery by researchers at the University of Glasgow and the University of Birmingham. The new study, funded by Cancer Research UK and published today in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine, studied the response of T cells to a specially engineered safe form of Salmonella in mice with colorectal cancer.

Health - Life Sciences - 17.11.2024
Beating breast cancer: understanding how tissue stiffness affects cancer rates
Beating breast cancer: understanding how tissue stiffness affects cancer rates
People with a high mammographic density (HMD) are more likely to develop breast cancer. Dr Isobel Taylor-Hearn is investigating why. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in UK women aged between 35 and 49. Routine breast screening doesn't start until women are 50. Overall, around 12% of the female population will get breast cancer at some point during their lifetime.

Health - 14.11.2024
Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The research, published in BMJ Open and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), examined the impact of long Covid on 4,087 patients who were referred to a long Covid clinic and registered in the Living With Covid Recovery (LWCR) programme between August 2020 and August 2022.

Health - Life Sciences - 13.11.2024
Cell ageing in the liver can snowball into multi-organ failure
The ageing and failure of cells that occurs when the liver is damaged can spread to other organs, suggests a new study in mice and humans from researchers at UCL, the University of Edinburgh and the CRUK Scotland Institute. In the study, published in Nature Cell Biology , scientists demonstrate for the first time that the deterioration of cells in a damaged liver can activate a process associated with ageing and impaired function, which then transmits to otherwise healthy organs elsewhere in the body.

Health - 08.11.2024
Stark ethnic and social inequalities in lung cancer diagnosis
The most comprehensive study ever conducted of lung cancer diagnosis in England has revealed significant disparities between ethnic groups and striking evidence that people living in the most deprived areas were diagnosed with lung cancer at twice the rate of those in affluent areas.

Life Sciences - Health - 07.11.2024
Brain acts like music box to coordinate a behaviour sequence
Neuroscientists at UCL have discovered brain cells that form multiple coordinate systems to tell us "where we are" in a sequence of behaviours, in a new study in mice. These cells can play out different sequences of actions, just like a music box can be configured to play different sequences of tones.

Health - Computer Science - 07.11.2024
’Radar stethoscope’ could improve contactless health monitoring technology
A new advance in health monitoring which uses radar to 'listen' to patients' heart sounds with remarkable accuracy could lead to a new generation of contactless medical monitoring equipment. Researchers from the University of Glasgow led the development of the new system, which uses radar to track patients' heart sounds like a doctor uses a stethoscope.

Pharmacology - Health - 06.11.2024
Stronger and higher dose opioids linked to greater all-cause mortality risk
Stronger and higher dose opioids linked to greater all-cause mortality risk
A new international study spanning the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada has revealed important insights into the risks associated with prescribed opioid use for noncancer pain. The research, led by researchers at The University of Manchester and McGill University in Canada which analysed over 1 million patients newly initiated on opioids, found prescription of strong opioids was associated with higher risk of all-cause mortality compared to taking codeine.

Health - Social Sciences - 05.11.2024
'We were frontline workers in the community' - study finds pandemic contribution from voluntary sector is 'under-valued'
’We were frontline workers in the community’ - study finds pandemic contribution from voluntary sector is ’under-valued’
A study has found that the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector played a 'crucial' role supporting Greater Manchester communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine rollout - but that their contribution has been undervalued and under-recognised by the wider health system.

Pharmacology - Health - 05.11.2024
Enzyme engineering has the potential to drive green, more efficient drug manufacturing
Enzyme engineering has the potential to drive green, more efficient drug manufacturing
Researchers have found a new way to use biocatalysis to improve the production of critical raw materials required for essential drugs, making the process quicker, more efficient, and environmentally friendly. Biocatalysis is a process that uses enzymes as natural catalysts to carry out chemical reactions.

Astronomy / Space - Health - 05.11.2024
Oxford space lab experiment heads to International Space Station
Oxford space lab experiment heads to International Space Station
The first human tissue samples from Oxford's Space Innovation Lab (SIL) have been launched and are on their way to the International Space Station, where they will be used to study the effects of space microgravity on the human ageing process. Researchers from the SIL flew to the Kennedy Space Centre (Florida, USA) to integrate the samples into the payload in preparation for the launch, which took place early in the early hours of Tuesday 5th November (UK time).