Articles tagged with: University of Edinburgh

Scientists have uncovered the atomic structure of the compound, enabling them to pinpoint for the first time what makes dermcidin such an efficient weapon in the battle against dangerous bugs.

The study will also give the opportunity to dig deeper into the Norse Viking heritage of the Northern Isles, which have more Scandinavian DNA than anywhere else in Britain.

Researchers discovered that boys were more likely to be hospitalised because of chest infections than girls, both because male children are slightly more susceptible to such illnesses and because families are more likely to ensure that boys receive health care.

Fresh discoveries about how the malaria parasite responds to drugs could help inform strategies for treating infection. Scientists have shown for the first time that severe strains of the parasite, which cause the most harmful malarial infections, are harder to kill with treatment than less harmful strains.

Pakistani and South Asian women living in Scotland are at risk of late diagnosis of breast cancer because they do not go for screening, new research has found.
The study shows that compared with white Scots …

A breakthrough using cutting-edge stem cell research could speed up the discovery of new treatments for motor neurone disease (MND).The international research team has created motor neurones using skin cells from a patient with an inherited form of MND. The study, funded by the MND Association, is published in the journal PNAS.

Scots of Pakistani origin are 50 per cent more likely to be admitted to hospital with chest pain and angina than those of Indian ethnicity, a study has found. Scots of Indian and Pakistani origin …

About one in four of all infants who die from flu-related pneumonia live in India, new research from the University of Edinburgh has found. Every year more than 370, 000 Indian children under five die …

A new approach to vaccinating cattle could help farmers worldwide, research suggests.
Scientists have developed a technique using a harmless parasite – which lives in cows but has no effect on their health – to carry …