Scientists from St Petersburg University discover larvae of marine parasitic worms with division of labour sciencex.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencex.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the latest Swedish Research Council (VR) call, a total of SEK 660,747,160 has been granted to 143 KI researchers, an increase on last year’s SEK 625,904,933. All in all, VR granted SEK 1.37 billion in 2023, compared with 1.2 billion in 2022. Call in the fields of medicine and health In the latest VR call in the field of medicine and health, 141 KI researchers received a total of SEK 645,952,750, compared with SEK 541,913,333 in 2022. The grants to KI researchers break down as follows (last year’s figures in brackets):
It took nearly five years, but scientists have finally identified an alien-like create pulled off the coast of Japan. The tiny swimmer has appendage-like structures coming from a center blob.
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Researchers discover possible origin of neuroblastoma in the adrenal glands
Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer, most commonly affecting children aged between 2 -3 and can be fatal. Since the tumor cells resemble certain cells in the adrenal glands, a joint research group from MedUni Vienna s Center for Brain Research and the Swedish Karolinska Institute investigated the cellular origin of these cells and sympathetic neurons during the embryonic development of human adrenal glands. During the course of their investigations, they discovered a previously unknown cell type that might potentially be the origin of the tumor cells.
Treatments for this disease are extremely aggressive and challenging and relapses are not uncommon. So far, little is known about the origins of this cancer or the causes of relapse. However, it is assumed that neuroblastomas are due to abnormalities in the neural crest cells, which form the peripheral nervous system during embryogenesis.