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Research shows differences in cancer stem cells
Professor Alan Clarke, Director of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute gives an overview of how cancer stem cells differ from the conventional stem cell.
Cancer remains one of the major challenges in terms of life expectancy and is recognised as the second largest cause of mortality within the...
Helen Beddow
AG (May 2014)
"Thanks for sending through the link - I think the publication is fab and we fit really well within the stem cell section. I will certainly add a link to the article, both on our website and on Twitter. Please don't hesitate to contact me again in the...
INSERM
Because of their size, making them comparable to a DNA molecule or a protein, one hundred to one thousand times smaller than a cell, the nanoparticles have different physical properties from those of common objects. Evolving to the same scale as the biological mechanisms of the body, they are...
Challenging the stem cell convention
Professor Alan Clarke, Director of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute gives an overview of how cancer stem cells differ from the conventional stem cell.
Cancer remains one of the major challenges in terms of life expectancy and is recognised as the second largest cause of mortality within the...
The birth of blood cells
Unravelling the mechanisms leading to the formation of blood progenitor and stem cells.
The continuous generation of blood cells throughout life relies on the existence of haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) generated during embryogenesis. They have the ability to self-renew and to generate all types of blood cells. Any pathology affecting...
Stem cells and immunity
From stem cell biology to tissue mending
In the last 25 years, tremendous advances have been made in the identification and generation of stem cells (SC) from diverse organisms, generating a wealth of knowledge in various fields from embryology to development. SC not only have the ability to differentiate into...
Biobank Graz
The hub for biobanking in Europe.
Biobank Graz at Medical University of Graz, Austria, belongs to the largest repositories of human samples in Europe. It contains nearly six million samples from normal and pathological tissues, including formalinfixed, paraffin-embedded tissues (FFPE), fresh frozen tissue samples and frozen body fluids such as...
Smart Biobanking
Senior Research Analyst for Frost & Sullivan Divyaa Ravishankar discusses the growing need for innovative products in the realm of bio-storage applications.
The concept of biobanking has triggered massive interest in the area of long-term sample storage conditions but with a key challenge of maintaining sample integrity. In order to...
Combating mental health
Journalist Tony Hall gives an overview of how the Cognitive Behaviour Treatment (CBT) is used within the armed forces to combat mental health issues.
In recent years the UK government and Ministry of Defence (MoD) have acknowledged that service in the Armed Forces should be publicly recognised and not be...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
What is the difference?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) are rising in prevalence.
PTSD is a pervasive and devastating anxiety disorder, affecting millions of people, caused by experiencing or witnessing any event that is perceived to be life-threatening to ourselves or others and beyond our control...
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MVHR: new Standard and guidance
Paul Cribbens, Standards Manager at NHBC outlines the development of new standards and guidance for MVHR systems following research that suggests installations and design are under-performing.
The move towards higher levels of energy efficiency in new homes and improved airtightness has led to around a quarter of new homes built being...
University of Groningen – Math
Extreme weather events may cause severe damage to our society. Examples are hurricane Sandy in 2012 (the second costliest hurricane in United States history), European windstorms Lothar and Martin in 1999, and more recently, the exceptional sequence of floods in southern England in the winter of 2014. Insurance companies...
Pfalzklinikum für Psychiatrie
In Germany the number of sick leave days due to mental disorders has risen continuously over the last few years. In 2012 mental disorders ranked third in causes for incapacity to work. There has also been a lot of discussion to what extent this is due to a general...
School of Food Science – Washington State University
Dr James F Harbertson elucidates the growing field of oenology and explains how collaboration with industry can help to highlight and solve the problems associated with the production of wine.
Male eating disorders overlooked says study
A UK study suggests that male eating disorders are being overlooked due to the perceptions about a “woman’s illness”.
Despite a quarter of anorexia and other eating disorder cases being male related, researchers have said that men are going un-diagnosed and under treated.
Reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the...
Mental health patients kept like prisoners, report states
A House of Lords committee has said vulnerable adults are being kept virtual prisoners in care homes.
The report by a select committee expressed concerns regarding the misuse of mental health laws and looked at how reforms passed in 2005 are working.
The report found that vulnerable adults are being failed...
Becky Reid
Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd
"Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd is a key channel for us to communicate with both local government and the building control sectors. One of our key aims is to educate people in these areas about the importance of fire protection and Adjacent’s publications are very helpful in...
Greater awareness needed on domestic abuse
New guidance published by a health watchdog aims to help identify, prevent and reduce domestic violence and abuse.
The guidance by NICE outlines how health services, social care and the organisations should receive training in order to recognise signs of domestic abuse.
The health watchdog has said there needs to be...
Han Pham
Adjacent Local Government (February 2014)
"Thank you very much for the invitation to contribute. The edition looks wonderful; what an inspiring collection of voices and ideas. I’m looking forward to working together again for the end of April edition on the followup to the Brixton project(s)."
Han Pham - Future Cities Experience...