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Excess sugar linked to cancer
Feb. 1, 2013 Sugars are needed to provide us with energy and in moderate amounts contribute to our well-being
Diabetes distresses bone marrow stem cells by damaging their microenvironment
Jan. 31, 2013 New research has shown the presence of a disease affecting small blood vessels, known as microangiopathy, in the bone marrow of diabetic patients. While it is well known that microangiopathy is the cause of renal damage, blindness and heart attacks in patients with diabetes, this is the first time that a reduction of the smallest blood vessels has been shown in bone marrow, the tissue contained inside the bones and the main source of stem cells.
Hospital cuts over neighbour debt
31 January 2013 Last updated at 10:56 ET The A&E department at Lewisham hospital in south-east London is to be downgraded and made smaller as part of cost-cutting measures. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt also said the maternity unit at Lewisham would be replaced with a midwife-led facility.
Discovery of sexual mating in Candida albicans could provide insights into infections
Jan. 30, 2013 Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans , a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating.
Discovery of sexual mating in Candida albicans could provide insights into infections
Jan. 30, 2013 Like many fungi and one-celled organisms, Candida albicans , a normally harmless microbe that can turn deadly, has long been thought to reproduce without sexual mating.
Sorting out stroking sensations: Biologists find individual neurons in skin that react to massage
Jan. 30, 2013 The skin is a human being’s largest sensory organ, helping to distinguish between a pleasant contact, like a caress, and a negative sensation, like a pinch or a burn
Sorting out stroking sensations: Biologists find individual neurons in skin that react to massage
Jan. 30, 2013 The skin is a human being’s largest sensory organ, helping to distinguish between a pleasant contact, like a caress, and a negative sensation, like a pinch or a burn
Whistle away the need for diapers: Vietnamese babies often out of diapers at nine months
Jan. 30, 2013 Western babies are potty trained later these days and need diapers until an average of three years of age.
Test for hormone-disrupting chemicals gets global seal of approval
Jan. 29, 2013 A test for hormone-disrupting pollutants, originally developed at the University of California, Davis, has been approved as an international standard by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development as well as by the U.S. government.
New insights into conquering influenza
Jan. 29, 2013 Researchers from the University of Melbourne and The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) have discovered a new protein that protects against viral infections such as influenza. As influenza spreads through the northern hemisphere winter, Dr Linda Wakim and her colleagues in the Laboratory of Professor Jose Villadangos from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, believe they have a new clue to why some people fight infections better than others
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