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Life under the laser

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body's chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.


 

Low-sodium advice for asthmatics should be taken with a pinch of...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 07/14/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact on asthma control, according to new research.


 

Possible link found between X-rays and prostate cancer

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Mon, 07/14/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Researchers at the University of Nottingham have shown an association between certain past diagnostic radiation procedures and an increased risk of young-onset prostate cancer -- a rare form of prostate cancer which affects about 10 percent of all men diagnosed with the disease.


 

Talking to cells

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 06/04/2008 - 23:00

(Wiley-Blackwell) Cameron Alexander and George Pasparakis at the University of Nottingham have been able to facilitate a conversation between bacterial cells and artificial polymer vesicles by way of sugar groups on the vesicle surface.


 

The breathing lifeline that comes at a price

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 06/02/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) A research collaboration between the universities of Nottingham and Leicester is to use computer modelling of lungs based on information collected from real patients to look at the best way of using ventilators to treat patients while minimizing the risk of injury.


 

Do chemicals in the environment affect fertility?

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 05/19/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Researchers at the University of Nottingham are set to take part in one of the first studies of the effect of environmental chemicals on female mammals.


 

1 of the best researchers in general practice

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Tue, 05/13/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Tony Avery, professor of primary care in The University of Nottingham's Medical School will be recognized this week as one of the best researchers in general practice.


 

Safe water? Lessons from Kazakhstan

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 04/28/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Despite significant efforts to improve access to safe water and sanitation, a new report co-authored by an expert at The University of Nottingham, argues that much more needs to be done.