Rasantes Städtewachstum ist ein weltweites Phänomen, in den Anden führt es zu Verlusten von landwirtschaftlichen Flächen und so zu Problemen für Kleinbauern. Dass neu Zugezogene, die diese Probleme mit verursachen, allerdings durchaus Verständnis dafür aufbringen, zeigt eine neue Studie eines Innsbrucker Geographen. (more…)
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukaemia has the unexpected side-effect of boosting immune responses against many different cancers, reports a new study led by scientists at UCL and the Babraham Institute, Cambridge.
The drugs, called p110δ inhibitors, have shown such remarkable efficacy against certain leukaemias in recent clinical trials that patients on the placebo were switched to the real drug. Until now, however, they have not been tested in other types of cancer. (more…)
