BIRMINGHAM, England, May 16 (TNSjou) -- Aston University issued the following news: * * * Major trial shows increasing bone density fails to cut fracture risk in brittle bone disease * A JAMA study tested a two stage drug treatment for fracture prevention in adults with osteogenesis imperfecta * Raising bone density did not reduce fracture risk * The randomised trial showed density gains in the spine and hip but no benefit over standard care. * An international clinical trial involving As  more

LONDON, England, May 16 -- City St George, University of London issued the following news: * * * Lost in the fog: explaining weird market events Professor Giovanni Cespa of Bayes Business School summarises his latest research paper which concludes that seemingly inexplicable market oscillations happen when key data is shrouded in a dense fog. * Financial markets can look deceptively healthy - liquid, orderly and deep - right up until the moment they aren't. The 2010 'Flash Crash' briefly w  more

NORWICH, England, May 16 -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * New dentistry course and latest research highlighted at UEA Court New course developments, the importance of international partnerships, and world-leading research were highlighted at this year's UEA Court. The annual meeting, held on Thursday 14 May, was introduced by UEA Chancellor Dame Jenny Abramsky, who spoke about her experience coming to UEA as it was being constructed in the 1960s and her enjoy  more

LONDON, England, May 16 -- Kingston University London issued the following news: * * * Kingston University innovation to tackle diabetes and global food waste receives backing to be commercialized Kingston University is celebrating a major milestone towards commercialization of its innovative diabetes and food management platform after a research team in the Department of Pharmacy was recommended by Innovate UK to work towards setting up a spin-out company. The recommendation follows a succ  more

NORWICH, England, May 16 -- The University of East Anglia issued the following news: * * * Walking without being wired: academics help hotel guests go digital-free with hand drawn maps Digital detox researchers have teamed up with a Norfolk hotel to help guests slow down, switch off and reconnect with their surroundings - using specially created hand-drawn walking maps to guide them along the county's coastline and countryside. Situated on the North Norfolk coast, staff at Titchwell Manor Ho  more

MONTREAL, Quebec, May 16 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montreal issued the following news: * * * Acute leukemia: 'molecular scissors' to modify vulnerable cells The success of an international clinical trial on patients at the UdeM-affiliated Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont marks a major advance in precision medicine. For the first time in Canada, blood stem cells have been genetically modified using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, as part of an international clinical trial for leukemia and other aggre  more

GREATER MANCHESTER, England, May 16 -- The University of Salford issued the following news: * * * Researchers propose new donation standards to tackle 'medical equipment graveyards' Researchers have proposed new standards into the decades' old prosthetic donations market, improving the quality of lower limb prosthetic feet by two-thirds - a major quality of life boost for recipients. An interdisciplinary team of charities, prosthetists and academics including King's College London and the Un  more

LONDON, Canada, May 16 -- Western University issued the following news: * * * Western researchers centre human experience in mobility, agriculture technology Professors Pooja Viswanathan and Marcus Drover among recipients of New Frontiers in Research Fund grants By Lauren daSilva Western professors Pooja Viswanathan and Marcus Drover will each receive $250,000 in federal funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) to support their research centring underrepresented human exper  more