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Attenuating aneurysms: intravenous injections of stem cells reduce aortic aneurysms

The anti-inflammatory effects of bone marrow-derived MSCs can slow the development of aortic aneurysm in mice

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Genome sequencing for health: Greg Gibson and Atul Butte discuss ‘wellness’

To help prevent disease, it is suggested that genome sequencing needs to be carried out on healthy people as part of normal clinical practice

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Asperger’s or autism? Frank Duffy explains how EEG may differentiate between these disorders

Frank Duffy and colleagues use electroencephalogram readings to try to differentiate Asperger’s from autism

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Hampering HGF activity helps rheumatoid arthritis

Inhibiting angiogenesis may help prevent disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis, finds a recent study in SKG mice

Blood pressure meter_Flickr_Jasleen_Kaur

Prehypertension: an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

Hypertension is a well-known risk factor for cardiovascular disease; a new meta-analysis now shows prehypertension is too

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Nuts about living longer: can walnuts protect against premature mortality?

The PREDIMED trial aims to assess the efficacy of the Mediterranean diet in preventing cardiovascular disease

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The ins and outs of honey bee parasitic infection

In situations of infection, bee hives may defend themselves through ‘social immunity’ characterized by altered behaviours

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Child’s play: Reducing childhood risk factors for cardiovascular disease

How much physical activity should young children engage in to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease?

PNT assembly model, Audette et al, Journal of Nanobiotechnology,2013,11,24

The power of pilins as protein nanotubes

The inherent biocompatilibity of proteins has led nanotechnologists to study the assembly of bacterial pili protein nanotubes

Brain white matter MRI tractography, Gigandet et al, PLoS ONE,3,12,e4006

Unraveling the autistic mind through structural analyses of neural connections

Autism has been linked to abnormal connectivity patterns in the brain, particularly in the under-connectivity of the long distance tracts