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Πέμπτη 30 Μαΐου 2013

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New mathematical model links space-time theories
Avatar therapy helps silence voices in schizophrenia
Adult Stem Cells Could Hold Key to Creating Cure for Type 1 Diabetes
A molecular chain reaction in Alzheimer’s disease
Nordic diet lowers cholesterol, study finds

New mathematical model links space-time theories

Posted: 30 May 2013 06:55 AM PDT

Researchers at the University of Southampton have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our Universe.

Professor Kostas Skenderis, Chair in Mathematical Physics at the University, comments: “One of the main recent advances in theoretical physics is the holographic principle. According to this idea, our Universe may be thought of as a hologram and we would like to understand how to formulate the laws of physics for such a holographic Universe.”

Avatar therapy helps silence voices in schizophrenia

Posted: 30 May 2013 05:02 AM PDT

Professor Thomas Craig of King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) is leading a large scale randomised study to evaluate avatar therapy for schizophrenia.

Adult Stem Cells Could Hold Key to Creating Cure for Type 1 Diabetes

Posted: 29 May 2013 03:32 PM PDT

Millions of people with type 1 diabetes depend on daily insulin injections to survive. They would die without the shots because their immune system attacks the very insulin-producing cells it was designed to protect. Now, a University of Missouri scientist has discovered that this attack causes more damage than scientists realized. The revelation is leading to a potential cure that combines adult stem cells with a promising new drug.

A molecular chain reaction in Alzheimer’s disease

Posted: 29 May 2013 08:53 AM PDT

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified the molecular mechanism behind the transformation of one of the components in Alzheimer's disease. They identified the crucial step leading to formations that kill brain cells.

Nordic diet lowers cholesterol, study finds

Posted: 29 May 2013 08:47 AM PDT

A healthy Nordic diet lowers cholesterol levels, and therefore the risk of cardiovascular disease, a pan-Nordic study where Lund University participated has found. There was also decreased inflammation associated with pre-diabetes.

The subjects who ate a Nordic diet had lower levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and higher levels of “good" HDL cholesterol. The amount of harmful fat particles in the blood also declined, says Lieselotte Cloetens, a biomedical nutrition researcher at Lund University.