Health news: 2010

December
- Better spaces for older people - Press release - 17 December
  Urban planning needs to consider how older people use walking routes as well as public areas, concludes a Research Council UK-funded research project…
- Software improves understanding of mobility problems - Press release - 16 December
  Mobility challenges facing older people can now be better understood by clinicians, healthcare practitioners and design professionals, thanks to…
- BBSRC-funded plant scientists help to show lack of vital omega-6 results in defective sperm - Press release - 10 December
  BBSRC-funded plant scientists at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Herts have played a key role in helping an international research team to show…
- Mobility and successful ageing - News - 8 December
  A study by the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme, a joint initiative by RCUK including BBSRC examined the relationship between successful ageing…
November
- Crucial sex hormones re-routed by missing molecule - Press release - 29 November
  A hormone responsible for the onset of puberty can end up stuck in the wrong part of the body if the nerve pathways responsible for its transport…
- Length of pregnancy influenced by placenta structure - Press release - 17 November
  The nine-month pregnancy in humans is influenced by the structure of the placenta, according to new research into the evolution of reproduction…
- ‘Missing’ bacteria in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Ulcerative Colitis patients identified - News - 16 November
  BBSRC-funded Scientists on the Norwich Research Park have identified some bacteria that are low in abundance in the gut of Irritable Bowel Syndrome…
- Procarta secures major new investment to continue development of novel antibiotics - News - 11 November
  Procarta, a spin-out company previously supported by BBSRC and emerging from John Innes Centre science, has secured up to £1.25M funding to…
- Fat cells reach their limit and trigger changes linked to type 2 diabetes - Press release - 8 November
  Scientists have found that the fat cells and tissues of morbidly obese people and animals can reach a limit in their ability to store fat appropriately…
October
- Researchers discover new signalling pathway regulating blood vessel growth - Press release - 28 October
  The research, published this week in Science Signalling, reveals that a signalling protein called Arap3 is vital for establishing a circulatory system…
- Creams used to treat eczema could make it worse - Press release - 18 October
  Aqueous cream BP reduces the thickness of healthy skin over a period of four weeks, calling into question whether the cream should be used…
September
- Discovery may pave way for new approaches to prevent infections in the womb - Press release - 23 September
  Discovery may pave way for new approaches to prevent infections in the womb…
- Ants found to use multiple antibiotics as weed killers - Press release - 8 September
  Research led by Dr Matt Hutchings at the University of East Anglia and involving The Genome Analysis Centre and the John Innes Centre…
- What can a New Zealand reptile tell us about false teeth? - Press release - 7 September
  Using a moving 3D computer model based on the skull and teeth of a New Zealand reptile called tuatara…
August
- Body clock drugs could ease psychiatric disorders and jet lag - Press release - 24 August
  Researchers funded by BBSRC and MRC have successfully used a drug to reset and restart the natural 24 hour body clock of mice in the lab…
- Scientists uncover Achilles heel of chronic inflammatory pain - Press release - 17 August
  Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as…
- Measuring the speed of thought - Press release - 10 August
  If the eyes are the window to the soul, psychologists hoping to solve the mystery of why our neural impulses do not always trigger…
- New insights into how antibodies are made suggests new approach for anti-cancer drug targets - Press release - 10 August
  Research at the Babraham Institute, investigating how white blood cells known as B cells develop, has revealed that genes from the PI3Ks family…
July
- Study into the effect of mobile phone radiation on cells published by Babraham scientists - Press release - 28 July
  A research study by scientists at the Babraham Institute, an institute of BBSRC, into the effects of electromagnetic radiation on cells has today…
- Insight into why low calorie diet can extend lifespan – even if adopted later in life - Press release - 16 July
  New research being presented this week is giving scientists new insight into why a restricted diet can lead to a longer lifespan and…
- Part of the brain that tracks limbs in space discovered - Press release - 15 July
  Scientists have discovered the part of the brain that tracks the position of our limbs as we move through space…
- A new generation of biological scaffolds - Press release - 14 July
  Professor John Fisher from The University of Leeds is speaking today at the UK National Stem Cell Network Annual Science Meeting in Nottingham about…
- Could our minds be tricked into satisfying our stomachs? - Press release - 13 July
  The key to losing weight could lie in manipulating our beliefs about how filling we think food will be before we eat it…
- Babraham scientists discover a new mechanism behind leukaemia - Press release - 12 July
  Scientists at the Babraham Institute…have discovered a completely new mechanism behind the development of a certain type of leukaemia…
June
- New research shows malaria threat is as old as humanity - Press release - 17 June
  New research published today by scientists funded by BBSRC shows that malaria is tens of thousands of years older than previously thought…
- Hay fever relief may be in your fridge - Press release - 16 June
  Hay fever sufferers will learn if the answer to their annual summer discomfort could already be available on supermarket shelves or even lurking in…
- BBSRC contributes towards £50M boost for health and business - Press release - 16 June
  Advances in medical engineering that could help improve the quality of life of an ageing population are being showcased today at the University of Leeds…
- Hand study reveals brain’s distorted body model - Press release - 14 June
  Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by BBSRC-funded scientists at UCL…
- Cambridge scientists reveal cracks in egg theory - Press release - 8 June
  Scientists…have found cracks in the long-standing theory that the number of eggs animals have - and the size of those eggs - is related to how much…
- New use for old drugs in treating hepatitis C? - Press release - 7 June
  BBSRC-funded research shows that common drugs used to treat conditions such as diabetes and obesity could be used to successfully treat hepatitis C…
- To bite or not to bite! Height and weight are the questions - Press release - 2 June
  The Scottish biting midge demonstrates a preference for men that are tall and women that have a large BMI and children…
- Coffee consumption unrelated to alertness - Press release - 2 June
  The stimulatory effects of caffeine may be nothing more than an illusion according to new BBSRC-funded research…
May
- Babraham scientists awarded £900k grant to boost understanding of epigenetics - Press release - 27 May
  Babraham scientists awarded £900k grant to boost understanding of epigenetics…
- Major new study into brain ageing - Press release - 25 May
  Research efforts to understand the effects of ageing on the brain have been given a major boost with the announcement of a new £5M grant…
- The food fighters - Feature - 14 May
  BBSRC-funded researchers reveal how food architecture affects wellbeing…
April
- Ageing gene found to govern lifespan, immunity and resilience - Press release - 1 April
  Scientists funded by the BBSRC at the University of Birmingham have discovered that a gene called DAF-16 is strongly involved…
March
- Public-private research partnership announces £10M new funding to promote drug development - Press release - 24 March
  The search for new medicines will receive a £10M boost this week as the public and private sectors unite to fund bioprocessing research…
- Secrets of cell function could help quest for new medicines - Press release - 22 March
  BBSRC-funded scientists have shed light on a key control process within cells that helps ensure our bodies function efficiently…
- Scientists make TB bug suicidal - Press release - 21 March
  Scientists at a BBSRC Institute have identified a new class of drug target that tricks tuberculosis bacteria into suicidal self-poisoning…
- Scientists go into battle to disarm superbug - Press release - 19 March
  Two recent pieces of research from Imperial College London, funded in part by BBSRC, reveal new ways of tackling the armour and weapons of…
- Study finds genes that keep watch on blood clotting time - Press release - 18 March
  BBSRC-funded scientists at the University of Edinburgh have discovered three genes that could shed light on the genetic causes of blood-clotting…
- Pinpointing how cancer cells cope with chemotherapy - Press release - 9 March
  BBSRC-funded scientists have pinpointed one of the mechanisms which cancer cells use to survive chemotherapy…
February
- Scientists solve ageing puzzle - Press release - 17 February
  A discovery by BBSRC-funded scientists at Newcastle University could provide…
- The quick and the dead: evidence that movement is swiftest in response to events in the environment - Press release - 3 February
  Scientists…have carried out "laboratory gunfights" to show that we move faster when we react to something in our environment…
January
- Researchers take early step towards devising new antibiotics - Press release - 19 January
  BBSRC-funded researchers have made the first step towards creating a new class of antibiotics in a study published…
- Heart rhythm gene revealed in new research - Press release - 10 January
  A gene that regulates the rhythm of the heart is revealed in new BBSRC-funded research published today in Nature Genetics…
- New research findings may help stop age-related macular degeneration at the molecular level - Press release - 4 January
  Scientists discover the relationship between two blood proteins plays a pivotal role in staving off the condition…

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