Radon increases risk for malignant skin cancer
It is undisputed that radon is a risk factor for developing lung cancer. New research by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)...
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Excess risk of cardiovascular events in RA patients decreased since start of 21st century
The results of a meta-analysis presented for the first time today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) 2017 press conference showed that the...
Broccoli in focus when new substance against diabetes has been identified
Credit: Margareta Gustafsson Kubista/University of Gothenburg Researchers have identified an antioxidant - richly occurring in broccoli - as a new antidiabetic substance. A patient study...
Scientists solve 30-year old mystery on how resistance genes spread
Credit: DTU/DTU Biosustain To win the war against antibiotic resistant super bugs, scientists seek to find the origin of resistance genes. Further, they try to...
New approach to unlock the genetic potential of plant cell wall
Researchers from the University of York and the Quadram Institute have unlocked the genetic secrets of plant cell walls, which could help improve the quality...
Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes
Credit: University of Notre Dame Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found that exposure to just 10 minutes of light at night suppresses...
Increase in ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Europe
The substance ciguatoxin is only found in fish from tropical and subtropical seas. For some years now, cases of ciguatera have been reported with increasing...
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