Fresh hope for patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But the methods of a large interdisciplinary research team offer hope.
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An uninvited guest leads to a new antibiotic
Alexander Fleming famously discovered penicillin back in 1928, when an experiment he was running was accidentally was contaminated by mold. When bacteria contaminated one of her cancer cell cultures in 2011, researcher Marit Otterlei decided to follow in Fleming’s footsteps.
Common drugs can help viruses spread
New research shows an unintended and unfortunate side effect of common drugs. They can simply help viruses spread.
A cocktail of drugs may work against a whole family of viruses
There is still no approved general cure for enterovirus infections, but Norwegian trials appear promising.
New findings could lead to better treatment for blood cancer
A rare type of blood cancer called chronic myelogenous leukaemia could benefit from new research that can help identify which medicine will work best.
Volunteers should not become friends with patients
Volunteers are increasingly providing care when family and public services cannot provide enough. But how close should the helper and the person being helped become?
Tiny brains, hearts and lungs can help cure disease
Many great discoveries and inventions spring from basic research. That’s particularly true for medicine, but also for many other research areas.
“May offer us a new cure for lung cancer”
The delivery of nanomedicines using gas bubbles has shown itself to be a unique way of transporting cytotoxins to the lungs of cancer patients. The method enables precise and focused treatments, and the local action of the drugs also prevents a range of side-effects.
Cancer drug can kill resistant bacteria
A drug being tested for cancer treatment can probably also be used to kill bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
How E. coli defends itself against antibiotics
When the bacterium detects damage to its genetic material, it sends out an SOS signal that alters the activity inside the cells.
A new insulin mixture could make life easier for patients with type 1 diabetes
Researchers in Trondheim are developing a new medicine for diabetics who have to have daily injections of insulin. The key is a hormone that causes the smallest blood vessels to relax on the inside.
Blood poisoning keeping many people out of work
Almost four out of ten people affected by sepsis are not back at work after two years.
New method paves the way for new antibiotics
NTNU has developed a promising antibiotic candidate against MRSA. Behind the discovery lies a methodology that may be important in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
New therapy can treat rare and hereditary diseases
Scientists are on the hunt for treatments for diseases that have been deemed incurable.
Explaining the mRNA technology that led to a Nobel prize
Last week, the Hungarian Katalin Karikó and the American Drew Weissman were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their research into the mRNA-technology applied to develop the vaccines used to combat Covid-19. But what exactly is mRNA technology?
Can disinfectants promote antibiotic resistance?
Yes, say researchers – who suspect that disinfectants used in food production may in fact be exacerbating a global public health problem.
Saving lives in Sierra Leone — one C-section at a time
Sierra Leone used to be the most dangerous place in the world to give birth. Without enough doctors to do C-sections, women and babies were dying. But what if you didn’t need a doctor?
More people develop sepsis than we thought — but more survive
Sepsis, or blood poisoning, occurs more frequently than previously estimated by professionals. At the same, mortality rates have declined sharply. The two are connected.
Women get help with pelvic floor exercises
Women’s health continues to be given low priority. But a new video provides important information on how to strengthen the pelvic floor after childbirth.
Chemotherapy works better with nanotechnology
Nanotechnology can provide more effective treatment for patients with peritoneal cancer.
Using a patient’s immune cells to prevent the spread of cancer
The fact that our immune systems capture and destroy nanoparticles and the drugs they carry has been a problem in the field of nanomedicine for some time. But, in the fight against cancer, researchers are now attempting to exploit this problem to their advantage.
Rampant uterine cells can cause disabling pain. Now it’s time to find a cure
Endometriosis: If we utilise all the knowledge we have about cancer, there is reason to hope that effective diagnosis and treatments can be developed to combat the female condition ‘everybody’ is talking about.
Predicting how CPR will work minutes ahead
After examining 298 patients with cardiac arrest, researchers found that ECG markers can provide a clue as to how the treatment is working — as much as four to five minutes into the future.
All you need to know about saving a life out in the cold
Why are cold temperatures so dangerous if you have an accident? And why is it that cold temperatures enable some patients to survive without permanent harm?