Everyday activities could yield subtle dementia warning signs

Subtle changes in driving habits, computer use and medication routines could provide early clues to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. A researcher at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center is studying all three by using sensors to monitor volunteers for changes in their daily activities. While Alzheimer’s is an incurable brain disorder, early detection could allow people to receive support […]

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Selection of a pyrethroid metabolic enzyme CYP9K1 by malaria control activities

Researchers from LSTM, with partners from a number of international institutions, have shown the rapid selection of a novel P450 enzyme leading to insecticide resistance in a major malaria vector. In a paper published in PNAS the team of researchers led by LSTM’s Professor Janet Hemingway describe how operational malaria control activities, and a move back to pyrethroid based indoor […]

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