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Final Report on Research Ministry's Open Access dialogue
Thursday, 07 November 2013 18:15The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has commissioned a strategic dialogue on the topic "science-friendly and innovation-friendly copyright law for the digital information society". The final report is now available and includes usage scenarios and options for the future.
Oral bacteria promote atherosclerosis
Wednesday, 06 November 2013 19:34US physicians headed by Moïse Desvarieux from Columbia University, New York, have for the first time proven a direct correlation between the development of periodontitis and atherosclerosis.
Diabetes Research: New correlation detected in cohort study
Friday, 01 November 2013 19:56Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München (German Research Center for Environmental Health), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich and the Technische Universität München (TUM) have detected new a correlation between certain genotypes associated with type 2 diabetes and altered metabolite concentrations.
ApoE protein as a biomarker for dementia detection
Friday, 01 November 2013 19:54Scientists from Tübingen and Stockholm haven discovered high levels of ApoE protein in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients suffering from dementia. The ApoE protein is associated with a severe course of this disease.
Inflammation research: Gap junctions react to toxins
Sunday, 20 October 2013 19:59Scientists at the Cluster of Excellence Inflammation at Interfaces, the Universität zu Lübeck (UzL) and international work groups have for the first time described the active reaction of intercellular channels (gap junctions) to bacterial toxins.
Biological Barriers Conference and Workshop 2014
Wednesday, 16 October 2013 20:01From 16 to 21 February 2014, the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland and Saarland University of Saarland will host the International Conference and Workshop on Biological Barriers.
New in vitro approach allows research on cystic fibrosis
Friday, 04 October 2013 20:14Scientists from Regensburg together with collegues from Heidelberg and Lisboa have found a new approach against cystic fibrosis. For their investigations they used airway epithelial cells from CF patients.
PETA founds nonprofit Life Science Consortium
Friday, 04 October 2013 20:12The animal rights organisation PETA (PETA USA, PETA UK and their sister organisations in Europe and Asia) has founded a pioneering international life science department, PETA International Science Consortium, Ltd. (PISC).
Chinese government reviews its regulations for cosmetics testing
Friday, 04 October 2013 20:09The chinese regulations for cosmetics testing are in force since 1990. The chinese government is submitting proposals to enable companies to market cosmetics in China without testing on animals.
New gene variants for MS discovered using ImmunoChip
Wednesday, 02 October 2013 20:17Scientists from the International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC) have identified 48 new gene variants that influence the risk of developing multiple sclerosis. The investigation was conducted using the new ImmunoChip technology.
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