A new Trinity study highlights that fitness may be a more important clinical endpoint for improvement in patients with fatty liver disease during exercise trials, rather than weight loss. The findings have been published in the medical journal Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.

Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, have to be durable and heat-resistant, but typically cannot be easily recycled or broken down after use. MIT chemists have now developed a way to modify thermoset plastics that allows them to be more easily broken down without compromising their mechanical strength.

Led by Dr. Manoj Kumar Bhat, a team of Indian researchers from the National Centre for Cell Science conducted studies on laboratory-bred mice to determine if obesity resulting from leptin deficiency could have any influence on cancer. The study provided valuable insights into the molecular connections underlying the relationship of diet-induced and genetics-associated obesity with colon cancer.

Italian biotech company Rigenerand has commenced development of a novel 3D bioreactor and pipeline, specifically designed for the incremental production of extracellular vesicles exosomes (EVs) in a cGMP environment. The company’s project development will be supported with part of a grant of $ 5 million from Horizon 2020 for the H2020-EU.1.2.2.-FET Proactive program, awarded to the Biogenic Organotropic Wetsuits project. This project comprises a consortium of companies involving Rigenerand.

A meta-analysis carried out by scientists from Unige and HUG shows that an infection with the hepatitis D virus, whose screening is often neglected, increases the risk of developing liver cancer threefold.

Physicians from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences in Krems, Austria, presented results of the world's most extensive study investigating the value of 5-aminolevulinic acid in surgery of brain metastases.

Researchers from Ghent University, Belgium, together with researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a new method for biomarker discovery of urological cancers. The method enables timely diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Urological cancers include e.g. prostate, bladder and kidney cancers.

Scientists at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics in India are exploring the potential of a new mechanism by which an anti-cancer protein helps in the development of cancer when it mutates.

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major bacterial pathogen which leads to periodontitis, also known as gum disease. What’s more, P. gingivalis has also been linked to rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease, pancreatic cancer, and even Alzheimer’s disease. A research has provided new insights into bacteriology and is a crucial step towards combating the diseases this bacterium is associated with.

Dr. Achintya Kumar Dutta from IIT Bombay along with his research group is working on the innovative quantum chemistry based software which is expected to be useful for radiation therapy-based treatment of cancer.