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obesity research

Funding obesity research in the U.S. today

Here, we find out about the role that the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a publicly-funded institute, when it comes to funding obesity research in the U.S. today.
Juliet Bouverie

Juliet Bouverie – Stroke Association

Juliet Bouverie has been Chief Executive of the Stroke Association since June 2016.
Cycle to Work Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme: Promoting health for people and the environment

Rachel White, Head of Public Affairs, Sustrans shares her views on how the Cycle to Work Scheme is promoting health for people and our environment.
maternal and child health, vitamin D

Vitamin D boosts maternal and child health

Dr Andrew Bremer, a Paediatric Endocrinologist and Chief of the Pediatric Growth and Nutrition Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, details NICHD-supported research on vitamin D in pregnancy and early childhood development.
supercomputing

Will Europe become a world leader in supercomputing?

Here, we find out about the desire for Europe to become a world leader in the field of supercomputing, with comment from Roberto Viola, Director-General of DG CONNECT at the European Commission.
viral hepatitis in africa, world health organisation

The priorities for tackling viral hepatitis in Africa

In this exclusive interview with Prof Olufunmilayo Lesi, Regional Medical Officer for Viral Hepatitis from the World Health Organization (WHO) Office for the Africa Region, discusses tackling viral hepatitis in Africa.
incurable lung disease,idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: An incurable lung disease

Steve Jones, Chair Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis and Board Member EU-IPFF and Gisli Jenkins from Nottingham University Hospitals, explain idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an incurable lung disease.
Medical devices policy

Medical devices policy: Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Here, we look at medical devices policy of Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The Ministry now has Katsunobu Katō in place, who very recently replaced Nemoto Takumi as the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in the country.

Pamela J. Lein, PhD – University of California, Davis

Pamela (Pam) Lein earned a B.S. in Biology from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, a M.S. in Environmental Health Sciences from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, and a Ph.D in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Buffalo in Buffalo, NY. She completed postdoctoral training in Molecular...
Synthetic biology

Synthetic biology: Past, present and future

Gábor Balázsi, Ph.D. from the Louis and Beatrice Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stony Brook University in the U.S., shares his perspective on the field of synthetic biology in terms of the past, present and future.
employee commutes

Turning employee commutes green

Joanna Flint, from Green Commute Initiative, illustrates how introducing a cycle to work scheme will help your organisation’s efforts to improve its employee commutes sustainability.
cannabinoids in medicine, oxford cannabinoid technologies

Cannabinoids in medicine Part 2: Pain

In the second of a series of five articles, Oxford Cannabinoid Technologies will discuss their expertise on the use of cannabinoids in medicine.
Koichi Watashi

Koichi Watashi – National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

Dr. Koichi Watashi is a Senior Researcher in National Institute of Infectious Diseases and a Visiting Professor in Tokyo University of Science Graduate School of Science and Technology.
regulation of hepatitis B

Multi-step regulation of hepatitis B virus entry

Koichi Watashi, Senior Researcher from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, explores the trick for cell invasion in reaching regulation of hepatitis B entry.
Growth Factors

BioScience: Connecting Growth Factors and Cyclic Peptides

Using cross-disciplinary technology, Dr Kunio Matsumoto, PhD, Professor at Kanazawa University in Japan is extending research on growth factor toward synthetic biologics for regeneration-based medicine and cancer theranostics.
cannabinoids and health

Cannabinoids and health – from supplements to medicines

GreenLight Medicines is a supplier of quality supplements and is an active MedCan research company GreenLight, Supplements and Medicines.
viral hepatitis, world hepatitis day

The burden of viral hepatitis in the WHO Region of Africa

Ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28th July 2019, the WHO Regional Office for Africa detail the key issues when it comes to the burden of viral hepatitis in the WHO Region of Africa.
Mfa1 fimbriae, Porphyromonas gingivalis,

Periodontal disease: Structure of Mfa1 fimbriae

Professor Yoshiaki Hasegawa discusses the structure and biogenesis mechanism of Mfa1 fimbriae from the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis.
national healthcare systems

All for one and health for all: The EU scale to improve national healthcare...

José Inácio Faria MEP, Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) explains the approach of taking advantage of the EU scale to improve national healthcare systems.
Enzyme activity assays

Chemistry: Enzyme activity assays for disease diagnosis

Contributing scientists share their thoughts around the field of chemistry, focussing on enzyme activity assays for disease diagnosis, novel drug development validation and nanoparticles.

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