Brisk walks sup­port smok­ing ces­sa­tion

10-minute walking sessions reduce addictive pressure

03-Jan-2024 - Good news for anyone who wants to quit smoking in the new year: In a recently published study, Innsbruck scientists show that ten-minute brisk walking sessions reduce the cravings of temporarily abstinent smokers and improve their overall well-being. The study is the first to compare the effect ...

New gene therapy for epilepsy provides on-demand release of endogenous substance

05-Nov-2019 - Teams of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Medical University of Innsbruck have developed a new therapeutic concept for the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy. It represents a gene therapy capable of suppressing seizures at their site of origin on demand. Having been ...

HIV infection: the brevity of the right moment

28-Nov-2017 - In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, Doris Wilflingseder investigates the initial stages of infection - the time span when the immune system might still stop HIV. "HIV has been intensively investigated in research labs all over the world for more than 30 years", says Doris ...

No fear! Neuropeptide may aid targeted anxiety therapy

Messenger substance can reduce anxiety

23-Nov-2016 - The targeted control of biochemical processes and neuronal signalling pathways using the messenger substance neuropeptide Y could help in the future treatment of anxiety disorders. Palpitations, sweating and sleep problems – most people have already experienced symptoms of anxiety. As a response ...

The handicraft of cellular transport complexes

27-May-2010 - A protein complex, which is an important link in a cellular transport chain, also initiates the assembly of the next link in the chain. This newly-won insight will now allow a better understanding of a transport process that plays a crucial role in numerous cellular processes including virus ...

Fungus against fungus: Fungicide from Penicillium

20-Mar-2008 - A fungus protein that attacks pathogenic fungi is the focal point of a project recently launched by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. As well as examining the structure of the protein, the project will also closely analyse the physiological changes that it causes in the cells of pathogenic fungi. ...

Farfield Scientific Announces Pan-European Collaboration on Hepatitis Diagnostic Test

26-Nov-2007 - Farfield Scientific has recently been awarded a prestigious contract as part of a pan-European research initiative to develop a diagnostic test for Hepatitis A, B and C. The project, code named SABIO, deploys one of the latest and most sensitive optical sensor technologies based on hollow or ...