https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from University of Salford New research from the University of Salford shows that cutting off the fuel supply can effectively stop the spread of cancer cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-06-cancer-power-failure-tumor-cells.html Medical research Wed, 02 Jun 2021 11:39:46 EDT news541852783 Professor Michael Lisanti and Professor Federica Sotgia have made a discovery that could turn cancer into a treatable disease and remove the fear from a cancer diagnosis. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-09-metastasis-weapon-war-cancer.html Oncology & Cancer Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:38:07 EDT news519554282 Scientists have identified a new drug candidate that is able starve and suffocate cancer stem cells, paving the way for new therapies to treat breast cancer patients. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-10-drug-candidate-starve-suffocate-breast.html Oncology & Cancer Tue, 08 Oct 2019 07:35:47 EDT news489738940 Short-tailed opossums are cute little marsupials which live in South America, but a new discovery shows they had a fierce fossil relative. https://phys.org/news/2019-08-cute-marsupial-fierce-fossil-relative.html Archaeology Fri, 02 Aug 2019 08:58:10 EDT news483955068 Toxoplasma gondii, a microscopic parasite that gets inside our cells, is present in about 10 percent of the population in the U.K. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-scientists-unknown-link-lung-cancer.html Oncology & Cancer Thu, 30 May 2019 09:22:05 EDT news478426911 Scientists in Salford, UK have found a way to make cancer stem cells reproduce defectively "like cars without engines". https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-05-antibiotic-cocktail-cancer-cells-motoring.html Oncology & Cancer Thu, 09 May 2019 10:18:02 EDT news476615874 Casual runners could knock chunks off their 10K times by improving their bounce, say scientists in the UK. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-02-elite-runners.html Sports medicine & Kinesiology Wed, 27 Feb 2019 09:31:18 EST news470482274 A new study by researchers at the University of Salford has shown that fossils are likely to be key to fulfilling a prediction made by Charles Darwin more than 160 years ago. https://phys.org/news/2018-12-fossils-key-fulfilling-darwin-year-old.html Paleontology & Fossils Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:57:40 EST news463823854 Antibiotics have emerged as potentially lifespan-enhancing drugs, according to the results of new research carried out in the UK. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-antibiotics-senescent-cells-ageing.html Medical research Wed, 28 Nov 2018 07:46:32 EST news462613587 Scientists fighting cancer have carried out the first successful trial of the effects of the antibiotic Doxycycline on cancer recurrence in patients after surgery. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-10-antibiotic-effective-breast-cancer-clinical.html Oncology & Cancer Tue, 02 Oct 2018 09:51:15 EDT news457692668 Of Britain's more than 2 million recreational runners, around 1 million are falling injured annually with 500,000 'off the road' at any one time. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-poor-technique-contributes-majority-injuries.html Sports medicine & Kinesiology Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:35:44 EDT news457086939 Biomedical scientists at the University of Salford found that sugars from the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) were approximately as effective as some standard chemotherapy drugs at relative lower dosage. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-09-anti-cancer-drug-seafood.html Oncology & Cancer Mon, 17 Sep 2018 10:00:01 EDT news456395496 Matcha, the green tea packed with antioxidants, is often hailed as containing properties which prevent disease. Scientists in Salford, UK have shed a ray of light on the claim by testing it on cancer stem cells – with surprising results. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-matcha-green-tea-cancer-stem.html Oncology & Cancer Fri, 31 Aug 2018 09:40:53 EDT news454927250 Researchers from the University of Salford have used new techniques to show that people with artificial arms and hands are doing damage to their intact limbs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-07-techniques-prosthetics-users-healthy-limb.html Medical research Wed, 25 Jul 2018 08:00:03 EDT news451724087 A study of cystic fibrosis patients finds new evidence that infected bacteria lower resistance to antibiotics as they become 'more comfortable' in the body https://phys.org/news/2018-07-bacteria-lungs-easier-antibiotics.html Cell & Microbiology Fri, 06 Jul 2018 09:34:35 EDT news450088466 A little-known fruit used to make perfumes and Earl Grey tea is being investigated as a potential anti-cancer and anti-cholesterol treatment. https://phys.org/news/2018-05-results-positive-rare-natural-statin.html Biochemistry Thu, 03 May 2018 10:30:23 EDT news444562209 Scientists seeking to make chemotherapies which are less harmful to cancer patients have reported "highly promising" results from a synthetic molecule called TPP. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-03-starve-cancer-cells-unaffected.html Oncology & Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2018 10:41:12 EDT news440847652 Rainforest loss is fuelling a tsunami of tropical species extinctions. However, not all is doom and gloom. https://phys.org/news/2018-02-species-comeback-years-rainforest-devastation.html Environment Wed, 28 Feb 2018 09:32:47 EST news439032755 Evolutionary biologists have now discovered that the Pygmy Marmoset – the world's smallest monkey – is not one species but two. https://phys.org/news/2018-02-smallest-monkey-evolutionary-secret.html Ecology Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:20:02 EST news438945955 New laser scanning technologies developed at the University of Salford are being used to map forests in more detail than ever before. https://phys.org/news/2018-02-lasers-revolutionise-forests.html Environment Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:50:01 EST news438342504 Cancer stem cells can be put into "hibernation" by a little-known drug called diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) according to researchers from the University of Salford, UK. DPI effectively switches off the cancer stem cells, preventing their proliferation. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-vitamin-b2-deficiency-cancer-cells.html Oncology & Cancer Tue, 30 Jan 2018 07:28:59 EST news436519731 A big drop in global temperatures 12-14 million years ago may explain the evolutionary success of Australia's unique marsupial carnivores, a new study has found. https://phys.org/news/2017-12-cooling-climate-drove-evolution-tasmanian.html Evolution Wed, 06 Dec 2017 06:39:57 EST news431764786 Marine ecologists have shown that traces of DNA in the sea can be used to monitor shark populations. https://phys.org/news/2017-12-scientists-track-sharks-dna-fragments.html Ecology Mon, 04 Dec 2017 09:47:30 EST news431603205 Cancer researchers seeking non-toxic alternatives to harmful chemotherapy are reporting a highly significant result for a humble cold remedy. N-Acetyl cysteine (NAC) is routinely used as a dietary supplement and as a decongestant given to children to ward off a cold. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-11-decongestant-highly-effective-starving-cancer.html Oncology & Cancer Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:03:03 EST news430473772 Conservation of dwindling fish stocks is being severely hampered by poor controls on global trade, according to research published today (Monday, October 9, 2017) in Scientific Reports. https://phys.org/news/2017-10-fish-hugely-underestimates-global.html Ecology Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:52:24 EDT news426754334 Researchers have discovered a new genetic test which could help predict cancer recurrence - paving the way for more precise, personalised treatments. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-09-genetic-cancer-recurrence.html Oncology & Cancer Thu, 21 Sep 2017 08:52:43 EDT news425202756 Bilharzia, caused by a parasitic worm found in freshwater called Schistosoma, infects around 200 million people globally and its advance can lead to death, especially in children in developing countries. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-09-snail-fever-linked-nitric-oxide.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Sep 2017 07:48:17 EDT news424594087 Scientists in the UK have observed a fascinating new fact about sex changing fish: the direction of sex change has implication for population numbers. https://phys.org/news/2017-08-female-fish-reluctant-sex-males.html Plants & Animals Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:30:17 EDT news422609403 Scientists in the UK and India have discovered more evidence that positive stimuli in early childhood can benefit the infant brain. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-brain-linked-genetic-variations.html Genetics Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:30:02 EDT news420711513 Cancer researchers in the UK may have stumbled across a solution to reverse antibiotic drug resistance and stop infections like MRSA. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-scientists-stumble-method-antibiotics.html Medical research Thu, 13 Jul 2017 06:01:50 EDT news419144488