They discovered that a specific surface receptor (NB1) mediates the expression of a molecule (autoantigen) on the surface of certain white blood cells, where…
An aneurysm is a localised widening of an artery. It occurs because the artery wall is weakened and without treatment it could easily burst. If the aneurysm is…
The scientific approach to allergies has evolved explains Pierre-Henri Benhamou of France’s DBV technologies. Aside from the well-known ‘immediate’ forms of…
The pair have designed a disposable tourniquet which they believe will pose no infection risk and which they hope will provide a cheap, comfortable alternative…
The severity of the kidney disease lupus nephritis varies and the side effects of the treatments differ as well. Therefore Grootscholten advises doctors to…
Earlier research had shown that since the introduction of the effective HAART therapy, in 1996, homosexual men have more unsafe sex. Smit established that drug…
Most women 55 years and younger who have heart attacks don't recognize warning signs, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 8th Scientific…
In order to test whether an omega-3 fatty acid can impact the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging…
But the authors of the study and an accompanying comment stress that the potential risks of long term aspirin use at this dose and the availability of…
Necrotising enterocolitis is an infection which attacks and kills the lining of the bowel and affects mainly premature infants.Dr Sanjay Patole, King Edward…
The Comment is authored by Professor Robin Spiller, Wolfson Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospital Nottingham, UK.He says: “IBS is one of the commonest…
Health officials in the USA are currently investigating how melamine, a chemical used to make industrial glues, fire retardants and fertilisers, got into the…
European Stroke Prevention Day, 10.05.07: Europeans are gambling with the risk of stroke, according to a new survey which reports low awareness and dangerous…
After studying the relationship of this molecule with this disease, the experts believe that cardiotrophin 1 is useful for preventing or controlling the…
Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) are studying the signals in the central nervous system – the brain and the spinal cord – that do…
Each year, an estimated 3.6 million episodes of RVGE occur among the 23.6 million children under 5 years of age in the European Union.1 Yet early vaccination…
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