Archive: 01/09/2014

Carcinogenic role of a protein in liver decoded

The human protein EGFR controls cell growth. It has mutated in case of many cancer cells or exists in excessive numbers. For this reason it serves as a point of attack for target-oriented therapies. A study group at the Comprehensive ...

Sep 1, 2014

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Researchers develop technique to predict dangerous growth of abdominal aorta aneurysms

Eindhoven University of Technology and Catharina Hospital Eindhoven will start a major research project this month to develop techniques to predict the growth of abdominal aneurysms – large dilations of the abdominal aorta. ...

Sep 1, 2014

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The Edwardians were also fans of brain training

Brain-training programmes are all the rage. They are part of a growing digital brain-health industry that earned more than US$1 billion in revenue in 2012 and is estimated to reach US$6 billion by 2020. The extent to which ...

Sep 1, 2014

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Nutritional research helps improve care home menus

Nutritional expertise at Northumbria University, Newcastle has helped enhance the menus of a prestigious care provider.

Sep 1, 2014

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A nucleotide change could initiate fragile X syndrome

Researchers reveal how the alteration of a single nucleotide—the basic building block of DNA—could initiate fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of intellectual disability. The study appears in The Journal ...

Sep 1, 2014

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Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations

Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations, previously believed that only the brain could perform. This is according to a study from Umeå University in Sweden published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

Sep 1, 2014

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Ambulance administration of anti-clot drug may benefit heart attack patients

Ambulance administration of the antiplatelet medication ticagrelor to patients with a type of heart attack known as ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is not better than hospital administration, in terms of ...

Sep 1, 2014

Complete revascularisation improves outcome in heart attack patients

In patients being treated for heart attack, complete revascularisation of all significantly blocked arteries leads to better outcomes compared to a strategy of unblocking just the "culprit" artery responsible for the heart ...

Sep 1, 2014

Nitric oxide inhalation in heart attack patients sends mixed messages, but may offer benefit

Inhaled nitric oxide, delivered to heart attack patients before and during treatment with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not reduce the extent of damaged tissue (infarct), but may have improved recovery, according ...

Sep 1, 2014

Researchers find evidence of a link between high fat diets, gut bacteria, and bowel cancer

(Medical Xpress)—A large team of researchers, with members primarily from Germany, has found evidence that implicates high fat diets as a cause of bowel cancer due to a link with gut bacteria. In their paper published in ...

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Archive: 01/09/2014

Carcinogenic role of a protein in liver decoded

Researchers develop technique to predict dangerous growth of abdominal aorta aneurysms

The Edwardians were also fans of brain training

Nutritional research helps improve care home menus

A nucleotide change could initiate fragile X syndrome

Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations

Ambulance administration of anti-clot drug may benefit heart attack patients

Complete revascularisation improves outcome in heart attack patients

Nitric oxide inhalation in heart attack patients sends mixed messages, but may offer benefit

Researchers find evidence of a link between high fat diets, gut bacteria, and bowel cancer

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