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Most bacteria from craft goat’s cheese come from lactic acid and could be very beneficial for health

The doctoral thesis by Antonio M. Martín Platero has been supervised by Professors Manuel Martínez Bueno, Mercedes Maqueda and Eva Valdivia, and is the first…

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Missing Genes Linked to Psoriasis Risk in New Study

The research, which has just been published in the journal Nature Genetics, shows that people who lack the genes LCE3B and LCE3C are more likely to be affected…

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New Psychosocial Tool Enhances Support for Stoma Patients

A stoma is a surgical opening on the abdomen through which faeces (colostomy and ileostomy) or urine (urostomy) is emptied into a bag for disposal. According…

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Concussion Impacts on Mental Health in Former Athletes

The research, published online today (Wednesday 28 January) in one of the world’s leading neurology journals, Brain [1], compared 19 healthy, former athletes…

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Exercise Safely: Low-Level Activity Doesn’t Raise Osteoarthritis Risk

Exercise is an extremely popular leisure-time activity in many countries throughout the Western world and has for many become part of the modern lifestyle. It…

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Assessing Heart Disease Risks in Asymptomatic Young Adults

However, such stratification using the conventional risk estimation models may not be accurately achieved in individuals without symptoms, especially those in…

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Weizmann Institute Develops Functional Artificial Nerve Networks

Scientists have already hooked brains directly to computers by means of metal electrodes, in the hope of both measuring what goes on inside the brain and…

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New Science Foundation Ireland – funded facility at TCD/St. James’s Hospital to …

State-of-the-art equipment will be accessible to clinicians, research scientists and industryA new Science Foundation Ireland-funded Flow Cytometry Facility in…

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New Insights on Marine Oil’s Anti-Inflammatory Benefits

This research was undertaken by a team led by Professor Samuel Lo Chun-lap of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology in the University’s…

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In-Flight Emergencies: Key Findings from Recent Research

Michael Sand led a team of researchers from the University of Bochum, Germany, and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), who analysed 10,189…

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New Urine Test Detects Kidney Transplant Failure Risk

A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant…

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New Protease Inhibitor Shows Promise for Diabetic Retinopathy

In the published study, led by Edward P. Feener, Ph.D., an Investigator in the Section on Vascular Cell Biology at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Associate…

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New Tools Enhance Prediction of Kidney Transplant Success

Kidney transplants are the best available therapy for end stage renal disease. Because of the shortage of deceased organ donors, living donor transplantation…

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Post-Surgery Prostate Treatments: Tackling Biochemical Recurrence

This so-called biochemical recurrence affects 30% to 40% of patients after surgery. One risk factor for recurrence, the presence of cancer potentially outside…

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Gender Factors in Heart Failure Drug Treatment: Key Insights

In particular, the study found * that female patients were less frequently treated with guideline-recommended medications (such as angiotensin-converting…

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Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lower Long-Term Weight Gain

They have analysed the associations between fruit and vegetable intake and weight gain over a 10-year period in an adult Mediterranean populationDespite the…

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