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New Insights: JAM-1 Protein’s Role in High Blood Pressure

Dr. Hidefumi Waki, working in a research group led by Professor Julian Paton, has found a novel role for the protein, JAM-1 (junctional adhesion molecule-1),…

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How Stress Impacts Burn Healing: Key Insights for Care

Even though few people suffer burns in Sweden, about 16 per 10,000 inhabitants, burn treatment occupies a unique position in health care. First, a major burn…

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Understanding Spinal Interneurons and Movement Control

Interneurones in the spinal cord integrate command signals from the brain, with information from the senses, and their own internal pattern generating…

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High Antibody Levels Linked to Lower Cancer Risk

The results are now being published in Cancer Research and are part of a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. The antibodies produced during the…

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Mobile Waste Treatment System Ensures Safe Sanitation Access

A mobile organic waste purification unit developed by EUREKA project E! 3105 HYGICLAIR C100 can effectively treat human waste in recreational or crisis…

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Funding Research on Pain in Older Adults at Nottingham

Dr David Humes, said: “Our aim is to discover whether inflammation of the bowels causes the pain of diverticular disease. We will test new anti-inflammatory…

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Gene Screening Breakthrough Enhances Chemotherapy Effectiveness

In a study available online and appearing in the April 12 edition of the journal Nature, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center describe how they used a…

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Linking Fragile X and Down Syndromes to Brain Communication Issues

Although the genetics of the disorders are very different, the end result for the brain seems to be the same, said Daniel Madison, PhD, associate professor of…

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OHSU Surgeon Uses Donated Tissue Allografts in New Procedure

“I found this unfortunate and ironic,” explained Crawford, assistant professor of orthopedics and rehabilitation in the OHSU School of Medicine, and a…

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Smoking and caffeine may protect against Parkinson's disease

The findings suggest that both genetic and environmental factors may influence the development of Parkinson's, a progressive neurodegenerative disease marked…

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Report to World Health Organisation says world’s food is still far too salty

In his just published report to the WHO Forum on Reducing Salt Intake in Populations, he points that few countries are following the recommendation of the WHO…

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New £4.5M NHS Centre Enhances Patient Safety in UK

The £4.5m Research Centre for NHS Patient Safety and Service Quality will be one of two such Centres in the UK, funded by the National Institute for Health…

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New EU Project Enhances Daily Navigation for Dementia Patients

The recently launched CogKnow project, funded under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), aims to help people to remember, maintain social contact, perform…

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Drug-Resistant Infections Linked to Eye Surgery Complications

In a study published in the April issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, researchers found MRSA infections in the eyes of 12 patients after refractive…

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Calcium Intake and Osteoporosis in Prostate Cancer Men

Researchers from the Autonoma University School of Medicine, Barcelona, Spain, looked at a cross-section of 372 men with prostate cancer. 72 per cent were…

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Nanocylinders Outperform Nanospheres in Medicine Delivery

In this study, the research team used skinny cylindrical nanoparticles composed of synthetic polymers to deliver the anticancer drug paclitaxel to a human lung…

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