Detecting dementia through microRNA in patient blood samples
Research in Genome Biology presents a novel biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease based on detecting specific microRNA patterns in patient blood
Keeping PACE with communications in critical care
Good communication is vital to better healthcare especially in situations of clinical uncertainty; a recently developed tool called PACE may aid these interactions
How wild worms reveal the impact of genetic modifiers on proteotoxic diseases
Wild C.elegans strains provide insights into genetic factors that modify disease susceptibility in the context of protein aggregation and toxicity
Regulating Rubisco: insights into the molecular basis of photosynthesis
Plants harvest light either through the C4 or C3 photosynthetic pathway; the protein RLSB may explain their differences in efficiency
Irene Knuesel wins BioMed Central’s category Research Award in Neuroscience, Neurology and Psychiatry
Irene Knuesel of the Institute of Pharmacology at the University of Zurich, Switzerland wins a BioMed Central category Research Award
Tracking disease activity in the autoimmune disease juvenile dermatomyositis
Juvenile Dermatomyositis is a potentially life-threatening disease in children; the protein MRP may serve as a means to track its activity
New lagovirus identified as cause of rabbit haemorrhagic disease
Lagovirus RHDV2 revealed as a cause of potentially lethal rabbit haemorrhagic disease, exhibiting differences to previously identified RHDV
For plants, a soft touch can induce strong disease resistance
Leaf-wounding in cress promotes defence against mould. Researchers now ask how sensitive this mechanically induced defence mechanism is
Stem cell therapy for diabetic nephropathy?
Researchers investigate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells on preventing podocytic apoptosis and injury that is involved in diabetic renal damage
Metformin as a means to reduce mortality in critical illness
In patients with type 2 diabetes, use of metformin before admission to an intensive care unit is associated with reduced 30-day mortality
