Daily Archives: April 1, 2016
When shoulder replacement fails, what happens next?
Shoulder replacement for arthritis is becoming more common, and is growing at twice the rate of knee replacement. The shoulder consists of a ball (the head of the humerus) and a socket on the shoulder blade (the
Flattering innovation: a popular method to test new devices is often misunderstood and misused
How do we test a new method to measure something? Is it as good as a tried and tested method? It may be quicker and easier to use, but is the result equivalent to the old, clunky
Specific synthetic nucleic acids instead antibodies
For a long time immunological methods have been applied in biological research as well as for detection and evaluation of various substances in clinical analysis of body fluids. Serum proteins, antibodies, form integral parts in all variants
Assessing plant responses to gravity may be the key to unlocking Martian agriculture
For humans to become a multi-planetary species, we must first overcome many technological and biological hurdles. The closest two potential sites for extraterrestrial colonization (apart from low Earth orbit) are the Moon and Mars. The Moon exhibits
Is our immune system mistaking tumours for foetuses?
Tumours are abnormal growths of tissue where cells produced by the body get out of control and divide at a rapid and unregulated pace. And – when you think about it – embryos too are masses of
The roles of α2AP in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is autoimmune rheumatic disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by the fibrosis of skin and visceral organs, and peripheral circulatory disturbance. In our study, we found that alpha2-antiplasmin (α2AP), which is known to
Why clinicians, general practitioners and other therapists hesitate to use psychosomatic insights
Therapists often believe that psychosocial factors play a causal role in the etiology of psychosomatic syndromes, such as psoriasis, stomach ulcers, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, bowel syndrome or migraines. But for decades, all attempts at confirming such causation
The effects of brain stimulation on cognitive inhibition
The term cognitive inhibition refers to the ability to control or suppress irrelevant responses, and to adopt instead relevant and flexible responses. A common situation that requires cognitive inhibition includes for example, the resistant to check messages
