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A randomised controlled trial has shown that chicken type II collagen is a safe and effective treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, and may be a potential alternative therapy to methotrexate.
Treatment of primary human endothelial cells with tumoral soluble factors induces a pro-adhesive endothelial phenotype and the expression of three new isoforms of the cell adhesion molecule VCAM-1, which could serve as markers of metastasis.
Health insurance affects utilization of health services by Chinese migrant workers, with the uninsured more likely to be younger, single, female and less educated and this group less likely to use medical care.
Insulin resistance is associated with a lower walking speed in older non-diabetic men, but not women, making it a potential target for reducing functional decline with age in men.
A fast, automated and reliable program for generating the 3D conformation of small molecules facilitates the preparation of compounds for the in silico screening methods of drug discovery.
Read the BioMed Central blog about our trip to the 12th International Symposium of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, which was held in Taipei.
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