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Antihypertensive properties of tea
A new study from the University of California, Irvine shows that compounds in both green and black tea relax blood vessels by activating ion...
Tumors: the protective basement membrane may be key to preventing metastasis
For cancer cells to metastasize, they must first break free of a tumor's own defenses. Most tumors are sheathed in a protective "basement" membrane...
SPARC: therapeutic option to treat tendon injuries
We may have been taught that milk does a body good, but when it comes to the ability of our tendons and ligaments to...
Merck ha sviluppato un trattamento orale per combattere COVID-19
Il gigante farmaceutico Merck e un laboratorio americano hanno riportato risultati promettenti nei test di un farmaco somministrato per via orale per combattere COVID-19, dicendo...
Epilepsy: forecasting seizures is feasible using wristband data
The ability to track seizures has a number of potential benefits: It could allow physicians to better determine optimal dosing and timing of medication,...
Merck has developed an oral treatment to combat COVID-19
Pharmaceutical giant Merck and an American laboratory reported promising results Saturday in trials of a drug administered orally to fight COVID-19, saying it helps...
The eight hallmarks of environmental exposures that chart the biological pathways through which pollutants...
A new review of existing evidence proposes eight hallmarks of environmental exposures that chart the biological pathways through which pollutants contribute to disease:
oxidative...
British variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be 43 to 90% more transmissible than...
A team of researchers led by a group at the Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,...
COVID-19: epidemia di solitudine – In che modo il tuo cervello elabora le emozioni?
La ricerca dell'ultimo decennio ha dimostrato che la solitudine è un importante determinante della salute. È associato a notevoli rischi per la salute fisica e...
COVID-19: Perché le maschere a tre strati sono più sicure delle alternative a uno...
Se hai intenzione di acquistare una maschera per il viso per proteggere te stesso e gli altri da COVID-19, assicurati che sia una maschera...
COVID-19: loneliness epidemic – How does your brain process emotions?
Research over the last decade has shown that loneliness is an important determinant of health. It is associated with considerable physical and mental health...
COVID-19: Why are three layer masks safer than one or two layer alternatives?
If you are going to buy a face mask to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, make sure it's a three-layered mask.
You might...
3D print organs 50 times faster than industry standards
It looks like science fiction: A machine dips into a shallow vat of translucent yellow goo and pulls out what becomes a life-sized hand.
But...
Scoperto un nuovo modo per fermare l’infiammazione eccessiva prendendo di mira l’arginasi-2
I ricercatori dell'RCSI hanno scoperto un nuovo modo per "frenare" un'infiammazione eccessiva regolando un tipo di globuli bianchi che è fondamentale per il nostro...
Researchers discover new way to halt excessive inflammation by targeting Arginase-2
RCSI researchers have discovered a new way to 'put the brakes' on excessive inflammation by regulating a type of white blood cell that is...
