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The origins of asthma
Led by Professor Hans Bisgaard, the COPSAC research unit focuses on phenotyping children and their environmental exposures to study asthma and other chronic inflammatory...
Newcastle Initiative on Changing Age
Newcastle University began research into ageing with pioneering work on dementia in the 1960s and 1970s.
The university was one of the first to recognise...
BPA in inoperable CTEPH patients
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a common form of pulmonary hypertension. Up to 5% of patients who survive acute pulmonary embolism will develop...
It’s not all about inflammation
EU programmes at the Lund University Diabetes Centre, Sweden, provide novel insights into the mechanisms behind the development of cardiovascular disease in diabetes
Cardiovascular disease...
UK scientists to subdue global spread of new diseases
A new research hub has been set up in the UK to improve vaccine coverage across the globe, helping eradicate severe outbreaks of diseases...
Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital Brussels
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is an internationally orientated university in Belgium which, for more than 180 years, has been helping to build a better...
The Institute of Hygiene: Teaching and research at the University Hospital Münster
The Institute of Hygiene covers the field of hospital and environmental hygiene in teaching and services at the University Hospital Münster, Germany. It also...
Disaster as a discipline
The Emergency and Disaster Medicine Group of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, asks how academia can help manage mass casualty situations.
The Emergency and Disaster Medicine...
The Bavarian way of biobanking
The German Heart Center Munich sets an example for the combination of smart biobanking, biomarker research and data science
High-quality biobanking for tissue and body...
The professionals
The head of KU Leuven’s Unit of Emergency Medicine, Marc Sabbe, considers the reactions of medical professionals in terror attacks
Mass casualty incidents can no...
The University of Genoa uses mesenchymal stem cells to treat neurodegenerative diseases
The University of Genoa uses mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow to treat neurodegenerative diseases. Regenerative medicine represents a challenging area facing one of...
Vaccines versus the flu
Eurocine Vaccines plans clinical trials including the elderly in the influenza season, as Hans Arwidsson details
Eurocine Vaccines (AktieTorget:EUCI) is planning its next clinical step...
Firing up the swallowing network
The University Hospital Münster
The University Hospital Münster, Germany, uses peripheral and central stimulation strategies to treat post-stroke dysphagia. The oropharyngeal swallow involves a rapid, highly...
The University of Waterloo reconciles agriculture and water quality
Agricultural nutrient legacies delay the recovery of healthy aquatic ecosystems, according to researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada
Agriculture is a dominant source of...
Repurposing for rare diseases
Healx Ltd aims to transform the lives of patients with rare diseases by intelligently matching drug treatments
There are over 8,000 rare diseases affecting an...
NeptunLab explains the developments in healthcare material platforms
Dr Bastian Rapp of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s NeptunLab explains how material research is key to the future of healthcare research
Healthcare research is situated...
Ethical animal testing and drug development at CABMM
The Competence Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine (CABMM) is an innovative, cutting-edge medical research organisation at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, which brings...