Category Archives: Research
Early treatment with basal insulin glargine in people with type 2 diabetes: Lessons from ORIGIN and other cardiovascular trials
The inability to control blood glucose levels can result in many negative health outcomes including eye, kidney, cardiovascular (heart) and foot disease, and early death. Persons with type 2 diabetes are 2 to 4 times more likely
A new organophosphorus scaffolds for functional materials
For the advancement of the field of organic electronics, the development of new p-conjugated organic materials is indispensable. One of the effective strategies for creating unique organic functional materials is the incorporation of heteroatoms into the backbone
Oxytocin and human Central Diabetes Insipidus in relation to the different hydromineral animal models
Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI) is a disorder caused by a deficit in the production of arginine vasopressin (AVP), a hormone that acts by binding to AVP receptor 2 (AVPR2) on the kidney collecting tubule cells and produces
Frozen extracted teeth as a source for dentoalveolar, periodontal or maxillofacial endogenous bone grafting of defects
Tooth extractions have been done for centuries to treat dental and other oral pathologies. Traditionally dentists regard most extracted teeth as unusable and generally extractions are wasted. Freshly extracted teeth have been used successfully used for selected
The declining cost of genetic sequencing is opening the door for precision medicine
We live in an era where customization is convenient and frequently offered. People are used to ordering their perfect cup of coffee, swapping out ingredients and adjusting ratios to get it just right. Economies of scale help
Flocculation/sterilization dual-function starch-based water treatment agents
Recently, multi-function water treatment agents have attracted much attention. Traditional water treatment agents usually possess single functionality, resulting in production of a wide variety of agents at high doses, complicated devices, and fussy operations in practical applications.
Women are more inclined to antropomorphizing things
Sometimes, while observing the clouds in the sky, coffee foam or random decorative patterns, it is possible to be struck by the impression of clearly perceiving a face that is so well defined and yet so illusory.
How maths can help grow tissues
The tissues in our bodies are in a dynamic environment due to the movement of our limbs and the flow of blood. This motion helps cells to grow as it stimulates them mechanically and also provides a
Complementary and alternative medicines used by Australian women suffering menstrual problems
Nearly all women will experience menstrual problems at some time in their lives, the most common of which are period pain and the range of symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome (PMS), such as irritability and/or depression, headaches
What do patients think about regaining weight after weight-loss surgery?
Obesity is increasingly common and has devastating effects on society. When an individual is obese, they are more likely to have heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and cancer. Furthermore, obese people have less quality of life and
Bone from tissue banking to regenerate the lost bone jaws induce the production of antibodies
Dental implants have shown important role in dentistry, reaching success rates in osseointegration at the order of 97% of cases. The dental implant is a titanium device which is positioned in the alveolar bone, so as to
Caesarean section changes the gut colonization of the newborn – a link to disease risk?
Delivery by means of caesarean section is a shared risk factor for several immune-mediated diseases in childhood, including asthma. The healthy embryo is believed to be sterile, receiving the first bacteria from mother´s birth canal and intestinal
Newly discovered brachial plexus variation may explain cases of undiagnosed Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
The brachial plexus is the network of nerves that carries sensation from the skin of the upper extremity (arm), and supplies the muscles of the shoulder, arm, forearm, and hand. These nerves originate from the spinal cord,
Time arrow in nature: logical key to an information based universe
During the past century more and more counterintuitive, irrational or paradox mechanisms have been implemented in physics to “explain” our real world. They range from effects without causes in quantum physics and a four dimensional space time
Fistula salvage
For patients with renal failure renal replacement therapy, better known as dialysis is necessary. Without dialysis the body’s waste products rapidly build up posing a risk of immediate death to the patient. The most critical of these
Are we depressed when we miss our inner clock?
All of us have preferred times to wake up and to go to bed. We get hungry at approximately the same times each day and can concentrate better at other times. Such daily rhythms are not just
Dementia and successful ageing after 100: An international consortium
Up until recently, centenarians and near-centenarians (i.e. 95 years and above) were considered outliers – few and far between – who had somehow beaten the odds and survived to the very limit of the human lifespan. According
Chinese plants against syphilis from a 1740 French treatise by Jean Astruc
Historical medical sources can be still queried for forgotten cures and remedies. Chinese materia medica and remedies recorded or imported by the Europeans still reveal unknown or forgotten medicinal plants. An unknown today, versatile treatise on venereology
Microfluidic tumor models help pre-clinical screening of T cell cancer immunotherapies
Cancer immunotherapy draws upon the patient’s own immune system to recognize and fight the disease. One form of cancer immunotherapy is known as adoptive T cell therapy (ACT) consisting of isolation, genetic manipulation and reinfusion into the
