National Institutes of Health scientists have identified how a kind of immature immune cell responds to a part of influenza virus and have traced the path those cells take to generate antibodies that can neutralize a wide range of influenza virus strai…
read moreUniversal Flu Vaccine Design Could Be Aided By Knowledge Of Origin Of Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
August 31, 2012
Restaurant Food Consumption And Satisfaction Affected By Lighting And Music In Surprising Ways
August 31, 2012
It’s more than just the food that makes McDonalds different from a fine dining restaurant – the lighting and the music contribute to create two very different atmospheres. A restaurant’s atmosphere may cause people to overeat if it stimulates them to …
read moreAs the national waistline expands, so do pools of intra-cellular fat known as lipid droplets. Although most of us wish our lipid droplets would vanish, they represent a cellular paradox: on the one hand droplets play beneficial roles by corralling fat …
read moreCircadian Desynchrony May Disrupt The Systems In The Brain That Regulate Metabolism, Leading To Obesity
August 31, 2012
When Thomas Edison tested the first light bulb in 1879, he could never have imagined that his invention could one day contribute to a global obesity epidemic. Electric light allows us to work, rest and play at all hours of the day, and a paper publishe…
read moreFor Patients With Lacunar Stroke, Aspirin-Clopidogrel Is No Better Than Aspirin Alone
August 31, 2012
Aspirin combined with the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel is no better than aspirin alone for stroke prevention in people with a history of lacunar strokes, and the combination carries a greater risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, according to results of …
read moreMaria Blasco’s Telomere and Telomerase Group at the CNIO elucidates the link between telomeres and bone marrow failure in aplastic anaemia by means of a new mouse model. Aplastic anaemia is characterised by a reduction in the number of the bone marrow …
read moreRegulation Of Red Blood Cell Size And Number By Newly Identified Protein
August 30, 2012
The adult human circulatory system contains between 20 and 30 trillion red blood cells (RBCs), the precise size and number of which can vary from person to person. Some people may have fewer, but larger RBCs, while others may have a larger number of sm…
read moreThe findings were presented by Dr Jolanta Siller-Matula from Medical University of Vienna. Standard antiplatelet treatment in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) consists of a dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and an ADP r…
read moreThe numbers of obese people are climbing steeply all over the world – with obvious major consequences for their health. Due to excess food intake and a lack of physical activity, but also due to genetic factors, the risk for overweight people dying fro…
read morePreventing Thrombotic And Thromboembolic Complications By Omitting Aspirin From Antiplatelet Regimen
August 30, 2012
Lifelong anticoagulation is necessary for the prevention of stroke in patients with rhythm disturbances and with mechanical valves. Patients who have a coronary stent implanted also need the antiplatelet drugs aspirin and clopidogrel to prevent the rar…
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