Collaborate Disseminate
As if Komodo dragons didn’t seem ferocious enough already, scientists have now discovered that the reptiles tear through flesh using a coating of iron on their teeth. It is now believed that dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex may have been similarly endowed.
Tags: King’s College London, Imperial College, Reptile, Dinosaurs, Teeth
Continue reading Metal mouth – Komodo dragons’ teeth found to have a sharp iron coating
One of the biggest challenges researchers face is making injectable medicines into versions that can be taken orally. Oral medications usually fail because they can’t withstand the harsh environment of the gut, which leads to poor bioavailability – a drug’s ability to be absorbed and exert a therapeutic effect on the body.
Tags: RNA, gene therapy, King’s College London
Continue reading Cow’s milk particles unlock one of medicine’s most challenging puzzles
As common as asthma is, exactly how it starts remains murky. Scientists have now identified a new root cause, and importantly a new angle for treating the disease that can prevent the main symptoms.
Tags: King’s College London, Asthma, Cells, Disease, Inflammatory
Continue reading New asthma cause identified – and a new angle for treatment
As anyone who’s ever seen a science fiction movie knows, whipping up a black hole in a laboratory doesn’t seem like such a good idea.
Tags: Space exploration, Black hole, Quantum Physics, Helium, University of Nottingham, King’s College London, Newcastle University, Superfluid
Continue reading Quantum tornado mimics black holes’ warped spacetime in the lab
A drug currently used as a second- or third-line treatment for those with rheumatoid arthritis has shown huge promise as a preventative, stopping the onset of the debilitating disease in 92.8% of at-risk participants after 12 months.
Tags: King’s College London, Arthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Pain, Joints, Inflammatory, Aging, Age-Related
Continue reading Existing jab offers “ray of hope” for preventing rheumatoid arthritis
For the first time, scientists have found that measuring airborne allergen levels, instead of the traditional method of pollen count, will dramatically help hay-fever sufferers pre-empt risk and combat debilitating symptoms.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: King’s College London, Allergies, Pollen, Health, Imperial College
Continue reading New way to track pollen may be a game-changer for hay fever sufferers
A new study has found that using biologic therapy to reduce lung inflammation enabled 92% of people with severe asthma to reduce their dose of daily inhaled steroid without exacerbating their symptoms. The findings may mean that severe asthmatics can minimize the risk of adverse effects associated with long-term steroid use.
Tags: Asthma, BioLogic, Inflammatory, King’s College London
Continue reading Biologic therapy shown to reduce steroid use in 92% of severe asthmatics
A new study has found that placing older, sedentary adults in a simulated high-altitude environment with reduced oxygen for a week before major surgery greatly improved their hemoglobin levels, addressing a common preoperative problem, anemia, that can lead to surgical complications.
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Continue reading High altitude ‘prehab’ may reduce surgical complications in older patients
Researchers investigating the genetics underlying the airway inflammation seen in severe asthma have, for the first time, discovered that proteins that bind to RNA are dysregulated, and drive changes in gene expression in the cells that line the airways.
Tags: RNA, Asthma, Inflammatory, King’s College London
Continue reading RNA-binding proteins discovered to be key to severe asthma
According to the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, 1.6 million Americans have irritable bowel disease (IBD), with the numbers increasing each year. Around 70,000 new cases are diagnosed annually.
Tags: King’s College London, irritable-bowel-disease, Chronic, Cells, The Immune System, Immunotherapy, Gut Bacteria, Inflammatory, Cancer
Continue reading Immune cell discovery offers hope for irritable bowel disease sufferers