Scientists have identified a molecule which could be key to understanding the cause of motor neurone disease (MND) and other neurodegenerative disorders.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study raise the hope of new treatments being developed.
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The privacy of millions of NHS patients will be critically undermined by a government plan to let medical researchers have access to personal files, the health information watchdog told the Guardian last night.
The prime minister and Department of Health want to give Britain's research institutes an advantage against overseas competitors by opening up more than 50m records, to identify patients who might be willing to take part in trials of new drugs and treatments.
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A clinical trial testing the effectiveness of what was thought to be a promising new HIV vaccine has ended in failure.
The vaccine, made by the pharmaceutical company Merck, offered no protection against infection by the virus, which can culminate in Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
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A technique which literally places a window in a mouse's chest could help scientists unlock cancer's most mysterious and deadly process.
US scientists were able to keep a mouse alive for 21 days with the tiny piece of glass in place.
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UK scientists have worked out how cancer cells change their shape to spread around the body.
They found that melanoma cells rapidly alternate between a round shape and a more stretchy "elongated" shape to help them move in different environments.
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The credit crunch is likely to hit the discovery and production of many new medicines, experts are warning.\n\nProfessor David Wield, of the government-backed Economic and Social Research Council, said investment in biotech firms was drying up.
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A leading British scientist is leaving the country to work in France after claiming that British science gives too much priority to embryo experiments over “more ethical” alternatives.
Colin McGuckin, professor of regenerative medicine at Newcastle University, believes that more funding should be given to work with adult stem cells.
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The search giant Google has pledged to fund research aimed at detecting and preventing virulent new diseases
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Patients are missing out on the benefits of participating in clinical trials because medical research is being strangled by unnecessary red tape, leading doctors caution today.
Regulation intended to protect patients is placing an undue burden on scientific inquiry without making studies any safer, medical academics from the University of Cambridge and the University of Birmingham say.
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A new multi-million pound research facility to lead the fight against superbugs is to be built at St Andrews University.
The Fife centre will host experts studying hospital acquired infections such as the superbug MRSA and clostridium difficile.
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A SUPERMARKET chain has donated £1m to Alder Hey Hospital for vital equipment and research.
Deeside-based Iceland has been fundraising for the hospital throughout the year, with sponsored events all over the country.
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The recent Million Women breast cancer study, which found that having children and breastfeeding protected against the disease, confirmed the findings of the 17th-century Italian physician Bernardino Ramazzini, who came to the same conclusion after discovering nuns were more likely to develop breast cancer than the general female population.
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When author Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with dementia, he was shocked to discover doctors could do little to help. For despite the fact that the condition affects more than 700,000 Britons (a million by 2025), research into its causes and treatment has been chronically under-funded.
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As money floods in for breast cancer and leukaemia research, 80 per cent of people with lung tumours are dying within a year of diagnosis
Patients suffering from "unfashionable" cancers are being neglected by scientists in spite of record spending on cancer research, according to a new report by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI).
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A drug that combines four different medicines and could halve deaths from heart attacks and stroke around the globe will enter human trials this week in London.
The once-a-day polypill has been the dream of doctors for many years, but because the drugs it contains, including aspirin, are cheap, there has been no financial incentive for the pharmaceutical industry to get involved.
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Cloned pigs that appear to develop cystic fibrosis just as people do could accelerate efforts to tackle the disease.
Scientists created genetically engineered piglets with the same mutation that causes the lung condition in people.
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Pigs have been bred with cystic fibrosis, providing scientists with a powerful animal model that will aid the development of new treatments for the incurable condition.
The creation of the pigs, using genetic engineering and cloning technologies, removes one of the biggest barriers to research into cystic fibrosis.
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A cancer patient died after being given overdoses in a drug trial.
When the government body funding the trial realised the mistake, it sent a letter to doctors.
But it was not opened for two weeks, and Gary Foster, 27, was already dead, an inquest was told.
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A 27-YEAR-OLD man has died in a government-funded medical trial, in which at least two other patients were given overdoses.
Gary Foster, a graphic designer who was planning to get married this month, was on seven occasions given double the amount of chemotherapy he should have been prescribed. His mother, Colleen Foster, said: “Gary was slowly poisoned to death.”
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Heart attack patients who have seen the light during clinical death may offer answers to one of life's most baffling questions: what happens when we die?
The Aware (Awareness during Resuscitation) project has been launched by the University of Southampton to examine near-death experiences in heart attack survivors.
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