Archive: 29/07/2015

An imbalance of cellular bioenergetics in pancreatic beta-cells links to type 2 diabetes

Impaired activation of mitochondrial energy metabolism in the presence of glucose has been demonstrated in pancreatic beta-cells from patients with type 2 diabetes. The cause of this dysfunction has been unknown. Publishing ...

Jul 29, 2015

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Closing the gap on developing a vaccine for middle ear infections

Researchers from Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics, together with the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio, have uncovered groundbreaking evidence to help vaccine developers prevent middle ear infections.

Jul 29, 2015

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Barrow scientists 'rewrite' history books: Brain surgery saved Russian general who helped defeat Napoleon

Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have spent years of medical sleuthing across three continents to uncover a brain surgery that changed history.

Jul 29, 2015

Childhood asthma rates down 10 percent in 10 years according to UK's oldest asthma survey

Asthma rates in children have dropped by more than 10 percent in ten years according to the first and longest running asthma survey in the UK which itself is now 50 years old.

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Social groups and emotions

The semantic representation of social groups involves areas of the brain associated with processing emotions. So says a study at SISSA in collaboration with the University of Trieste and the University Hospital of Udine which ...

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Study finds brain chemicals that keep wakefulness in check

Mice that have a particular brain chemical switched off become hyperactive and sleep for just 65 per cent of their normal time.

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Mechanism behind the lack of effectiveness of certain antagonist drugs discovered

Researchers have published a study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) about the formation of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) which allows understanding the unexpected behaviour of some ...

Jul 29, 2015

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Study to investigate nurse staffing levels and safe care

A University of Southampton study will investigate how the provision of nurses in hospitals affects the care and safety of patients.

Jul 29, 2015

High intensity training helps ease arthritis pains

It's a disease that sneaks up on you. Fingers and toes slowly but surely become stiff and painful. A nice morning stretch is no longer all it takes to get your body moving. Arthritis is a chronic illness that sinks its claws ...

Jul 29, 2015

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The impact of nutrients before and during pregnancy on the health of mothers and their babies

Researchers in the United Kingdom (Southampton), Singapore and New Zealand (Auckland) from the EpiGen Global Research Consortium are to trial the use of a combination of nutrients and probiotics before and during pregnancy ...

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