Archive: 21/09/2017
When good immune cells turn bad
Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have identified new findings about an immune cell - called a tumor-associated macrophage - that promotes cancer instead ...
Sep 21, 2017
Exploring the adaptation extremes of human high altitude sickness and fitness
Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major far-flung global populations: Tibetans, Ethiopians and Peruvians.
Sep 21, 2017
Blood metal ion levels can identify hip replacement patients at low risk of ARMD
Patients with "metal on metal" (MoM) artificial hips are at risk of complications caused by adverse reactions to metal debris (ARMD). A study in the September 20, 2017 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery confirms ...
Sep 21, 2017