Category Archives: Molecular Medicine

Focus on Stefanie Dimmeler – Video

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17-11-2011 07:28 EMBO Member Stefanie Dimmeler, Professor at the Institute of Cardiovascular Regeneration Centre, Goethe-University Frankfurt, talks about her transition from basic research to translational medicine and some of the highlights of her first year as Chief Editor of EMBO Molecular Medicine. Continue reading →

Fulfilling the Promise of Molecular Medicine in a Developmental Brain Disorder – Video

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22-12-2011 08:22 Proper brain function requires the sculpting of connections between neurons during early postnatal life. Synapses — the junctions between nerve cells — are the highways for messages sent and received by every cell in the brain. Continue reading →

Molecule to Medicine: The Biomarker Frontier – Video

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01-02-2012 15:09 Unlike many other therapeutics, oncology drugs are not one-size-fits-all. In the movement toward personalized medicine, there’s more to understand, more to test. Translational research is helping uncover how a drug will work and who it will work best in — a crucial early step in proving the value of cancer treatments. Continue reading →

Electro-Medicine : Biological Physics – The Molecular Basis of Alzheimers Disease – Video

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13-03-2012 19:27 Research @ New insights on what causes Alzheimers disease could arise from a recent discovery made by bioengineers from the University of California, San Diego. The finding concerns the infamous amyloid beta peptides (A?)—fragments of which form plaques thought to play a role in Alzheimers disease Continue reading →

Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and the Nephrotic Syndrome – Part 1 Clinical – Video

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11-04-2012 16:34 Demystifying Medicine Seminar Series Date: Monday, February 27, 2012 Location: McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamitlon, Ontario, Canada Speakers: Dr. Peter Margetts, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Molecular Medicine Director, MD/PhD Program, McMaster University Dr. Continue reading →

HKU Collaborative Research Discovers A Novel Molecular Mechanism Of A New Anti-HIV-1 Drug Candidate

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HIV-1, the AIDS virus, spreads mainly via unprotected sexual contacts in China including Hong Kong. Over 90% of recently identified infections is due to sexual transmission in Hong Kong. After the HIV-1 enters human body, it establishes persistent and latent infections quickly which makes current antiviral therapy fail to cure the patients. Continue reading →

Leukaemia cells have a remembrance of things past

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Public release date: 24-Apr-2012 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Dr Boris Kovacic Boris.Kovacic@vetmeduni.ac.at 43-125-077-5622 University of Veterinary Medicine — Vienna Although people generally talk about “cancer”, it is clear that the disease occurs in a bewildering variety of forms. Even single groups of cancers, such as those of the white blood cells, may show widely differing properties. Continue reading →

Silicon Biosystems to Present Single-Circulating Tumor Cell Molecular Characterization at the Fourth World CTC Summit

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BOLOGNA, Italy–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Silicon Biosystems, S.p.A., a provider of specialized molecular and cellular biology technologies, will present at the Fourth World Circulating Tumour Cells Summit, April 25, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. at the Maritim Hotel in Berlin. Dr. Continue reading →