Archive: 18/04/2016
Researchers find females more resistant to organ damage following kidney transplant
After a kidney transplant, women may experience decreased kidney damage from ischemia reperfusion injury compared to men due to the impact of gender-specific hormones, suggests a new preclinical study and an analysis of patient ...
Apr 18, 2016
Study ties recently discovered immune cell to disease
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have unraveled the workings of an important type of immune cell whose existence was unknown just a few years ago.
Apr 18, 2016
Healthy diet may reduce high blood pressure risk in pregnancy-related diabetes
Women with pregnancy-related diabetes (gestational diabetes) are at greater risk of developing high blood pressure later in life; however, a healthy diet may significantly reduce that risk, according to new research in the ...
Apr 18, 2016
Investigating plasma levels as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease
A Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) paper published in Current Alzheimer Research presents the first detailed study of the relationship between plasma levels of two amyloid beta peptides (Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42), brain ...
Apr 18, 2016