Daily Archives: December 9, 2016
Family, cholesterol and the genes from the ground up or why screening matters
In 1913, the “cholesterol theory” of atherogenesis was proposed. In the 1930s a genetic disorder, familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), which is associated with elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and high risk of heart attack at an
Towards safer prescribing of benzodiazepines and z-drugs
Benzodiazepines and z-drugs are medicines used to treat things like insomnia, anxiety and some types of pain. Guidelines recommend that they should only be taken in the short-term, but research shows that patients are taking them long-term.
Catch the metabolomic fingerprint of a complex natural product and predict its quality!
This is the first work published so far, that shows the application of a comprehensive metabolomic fingerprint analysis to assure the production’s quality of complex natural products, especially those based on medicinal plants. Natural products as medicinal
Toxicity of graphene in lung alveolar epithelial cells
Graphene is a fascinating nanomaterial that has garnered significant scientific interest because of its unique properties such as superior thermal and electrical conductivity, high mechanical strength and unique optical properties. Due to this reason graphene has numerous
