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MRI can measure kidney and predict future kidney function
Researchers have made what are believed to be two world first discoveries: an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that can measure kidney damage and predict future kidney function...
Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough
A new cell culture system that provides a tool for preclinical cancer drug development and screening has been developed...
Imaging technique to aid IVF embryo selection
Researchers have successfully developed an advanced new imaging technique, which can help assess the quality of early-stage embryos...
New technology could predict the risk of type 2 diabetes
Researchers have announced a new technology-based approach that could lead to a more accurate identification of type 2 diabetes...
Nanoparticles give disease-fighting properties to cells
A new biomedical tool has been developed using nanoparticles that deliver transient gene changes to targeted cells...
Breakthrough for mosquito virus outbreaks
A team of researchers are developing ways to treat debilitating diseases caused by alphaviruses such as Chikungunya and Ross River virus...
Antibody targets create potential for a unified treatment approach
Antibody targets thought to cause the most damage in neurological disorders, creates potential for a unified treatment approach...
Gene therapy may lower risk for heart disease
Researchers have tested whether a single injection of the gene, LeXis could slow down the development of heart disease...
New wrapping material enables high quality bioimaging
Scientists in Japan have developed a nano-sheet made of a fluorine-containing polymer and investigated its effectiveness in producing biological images...
Scientists characterise regulatory DNA sequences responsible for human diseases
Scientists have developed an innovative system to identify and characterise the molecular components that control the activities of regulatory DNA sequences...
New drug targets for a rare kidney and liver disease
In a joint international study, researchers have collaborated to uncover how mutations in a single gene called PKHD1 lead to symptoms associated with a rare kidney and liver disease...
Researchers identify a new way to treat HIV
Researchers have identified a novel variant "Delta 20" that suppresses the most damaging HIV strains...
Novel system developed to improve cancer detection
Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept nano-system that dramatically improves the visualisation of tumours...
Artificial intelligence predicts dementia before onset of symptoms
Scientists have used artificial intelligence techniques and big data to develop an algorithm capable of recognising the signatures of dementia two years before its onset, using a single amyloid PET scan...