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The first-ever detailed analysis of the diet of great white sharks has shown they spend more time feeding at the seafloor than many would have expected.
36 articles from SUNDAY 7.6.2020
The first-ever detailed analysis of the diet of great white sharks has shown they spend more time feeding at the seafloor than many would have expected.
Lumasiran is a subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting hydroxyacid oxidase 1 (HAO1) - the gene encoding glycolate oxidase (GO) - in development for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). The drug has not yet received approval from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) or other health authorities. The data presented today at the ERA-EDTA Congress have been submitted to...
An investigation into one of the current great mysteries of astronomy has come to the fore thanks to a four-year observing campaign conducted at the Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Bright pink flamingos are more aggressive than paler rivals when fighting over food, new research shows.
Relapses are not uncommon in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). The disease can cause severe injury to kidneys and other organs, even death. After a relapse, there is an increased risk of further relapses, so there is an urgent need for the most effective relapse prevention strategy. The RITAZAREM study impressively demonstrated that the monoclonal antibody rituximab is superior to conventional...
Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia.
An international group of researchers have found differences in the characteristics that drive men and women to participate in genome-wide association studies, which analyse genetic variants in different individuals to see if any are associated with a trait or disease. Millions of participants are involved. This means that researchers can see smaller and smaller effects increasing the number of...
If renal remission is achieved therapeutically in cases of lupus nephritis (LN), the 10-year survival rate increases significantly. Successful therapy is therefore of great importance. As a recent presentation at the ERA-EDTA Congress showed, this can be achieved by additional administration of belimumab.
Virus DNA left on a hospital bed rail was found in nearly half of all sites sampled across a ward within 10 hours and persisted for at least five days, according to a new study by UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). The study, published as a letter in the Journal of Hospital Infection, aimed to safely simulate how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, may spread across surfaces in a...
An expedition of top UK botanists into previously unexplored rainforest in Colombia found rare species.
Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation, N.W.T., has been named as one of 10 winners worldwide of a prestigious prize from the United Nations. The First Nation is being recognized for decades of work put into establishing Thaidene Nëné National Park...