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ESF's workshop restores good name of sugar
(01/21/2008)
Glycoscience now hotbed of medical research
Sugars were once credited with magical healing powers but are now seen like salt as an evil necessary in small doses but the cause of numerous diseases such as diabetes if taken in excess. Yet latest research suggests this view ignores the vital ...
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Minister predicts role for stem cell biologist in re-shaped pharmaceutical industry
(01/17/2008)
Stem cell research should have a bright future and could play an important role in tomorrow's pharmaceutical industry, Spain's Minister for Health told an international conference of stem cell biologists on January 11.Professor Bernat Soria, himself ...
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The Million Euro Nanoreactor
(12/04/2007)
Jeroen Cornelissen of the Institute for Molecules and Materials at the Radboud University in the Netherlands has recently received EUR 1 million from EURYI (European Young Investigator Awards). The award will allow Cornelissen (35), an assistant ...
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Europe to tackle brain disorder research by linking industry, academia
(11/29/2007)
Brain disorders including addiction, depression, and schizophrenia afflict 1 billion people and are often incurable with current therapies
Attempts to cure brain-related disorders have proved less successful than therapies for other major conditions such as heart cancer, even though just as many people suffer from them. About 600 million worldwide each year are afflicted by depression ...
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The Fading Memory of Science: ESF joins alliance to preserve science assets of the digital age
(11/19/2007)
The European Science Foundation (ESF) is joining forces with 11 knowledge-based organisations to form an alliance for the establishment of European infrastructure which helps preserving and providing permanent access to digital scientific ...
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Microbial biofilms evoke Jackal & Hyde effects
(10/31/2007)
Microbes such as bacteria tend to live in complex colonies called biofilms, where there can resist antibiotics and cause more problems for the immune system. Biofilms comprising millions of bacteria are at the root of many serious chronic infectious ...
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Systems Biology poised to revolutionise the understanding of cell function and disease
(09/11/2007)
New ESF report calls for coordinated action to accelerate European Systems Biology
Systems Biology is transforming the way scientists think about biology and disease. This novel approach to research could prompt a shake up in medical science and it might ultimately allow clinicians to predict and treat complex diseases such as ...
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ESF EURYI award winner aims to stop cancer cells reading their own DNA
(08/13/2007)
A promising new line in anti-cancer therapy by blocking the molecular motors involved in copying genetic information during cell division is being pursued by young Dutch researcher Dr. Nynke Dekker in one of this year's EURYI award winning projects ...
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