Archive: 14/06/2017

Spider proteins offer new insight into human heart conditions

Proteins found in the muscles of tarantulas are helping scientists to understand how genetic changes can lead to serious heart conditions.

Jun 14, 2017

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Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3D vision

Haute couture can be credited for enhancing more than catwalks and red carpets. New research from UC Berkeley suggests that the 3-D or "stereoscopic" vision of dressmakers is as sharp as their needles.

Jun 14, 2017

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New collaboration platform to optimise antibiotic use

Healthcare needs access to many different antibiotics, but some sorts are no longer profitable for pharmaceutical companies. PLATINEA, the new platform for collaboration, will help identify the gap between needs and available ...

Jun 14, 2017

10-fold speed up for the reconstruction of neuronal networks

Scientists working in connectomics, a research field occupied with the reconstruction of neuronal networks in the brain, are aiming at completely mapping of the millions or billions of neurons found in mammalian brains. In ...

Jun 14, 2017

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New trial for prosthetic hip joint infection

The first ever randomised trial to investigate why some patients develop infections after their hip or knee replacement surgery, and which type of surgical revision treatment is best is being run by the University of Bristol ...

Jun 14, 2017

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Shape and size of DNA lesions caused by toxic agents affects repair of DNA

Every day our bodies come under a barrage of toxic agents – cigarette smoke, the sun, free radicals and other carcinogenic substances – that create damaging lesions in our DNA that can initiate cancer and other human ...

Jun 14, 2017

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The feasibility of injectable versus oral naltrexone

Medications can help people who drink excessive amounts of alcohol. One medication that can reduce alcohol craving and help promote recovery is naltrexone, which is approved for treatment of alcohol dependence by the Food ...

Jun 14, 2017

Cognitive-related neural pattern to activate machines

Brain-machine interfaces represent a solution for people with physical difficulties to communicate with their physical and social environment. In this work, researchers have identified a functional brain pattern in the prefrontal ...

Jun 14, 2017

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Cellular stress increases the probability of developing autoimmune diseases

A team of researchers led by Marc Veldhoen at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM), Lisboa, has found that cellular stress enhances the activation of immune cells implicated in many chronic inflammatory conditions, increasing ...

Jun 14, 2017

A docking site per calcium channel cluster

A study co-led by Ryuichi Shigemoto and Alain Marty concludes that a single docking site may use a single cluster of calcium channels, and that both the number of docking sites and the number of calcium clusters change in ...

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Archive: 14/06/2017

Spider proteins offer new insight into human heart conditions

Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3D vision

New collaboration platform to optimise antibiotic use

10-fold speed up for the reconstruction of neuronal networks

New trial for prosthetic hip joint infection

Shape and size of DNA lesions caused by toxic agents affects repair of DNA

The feasibility of injectable versus oral naltrexone

Cognitive-related neural pattern to activate machines

Cellular stress increases the probability of developing autoimmune diseases

A docking site per calcium channel cluster

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