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    Researchers discover how Cancer’s invisibility cloak’ works

    September 26, 2016, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Eosinophil recruitment into tumour tissue is induced by IL-33 expression (C57BL/6 mouse).

    Eosinophil recruitment into tumour tissue is induced by IL-33 expression (C57BL/6 mouse).

    UBC researchers have discovered how cancer cells become invisible to the body’s immune system, a crucial step that allows tumours to metastasize. “The immune system is efficient at identifying and halting the emergence and spread of primary tumours but when metastatic tumours appear, the immune system is no longer able to recognize the cancer cells and stop them,” said Wilfred Jefferies, Michael Smith Laboratories and a professor of Medical Genetics and Microbiology and Immunology at UBC.
    “We discovered a new mechanism that explains how metastatic tumours can outsmart the immune system and we have begun to reverse this process so tumours are revealed to the immune system once again.”

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    Yoga may Not count toward 30 minutes of daily Physical Activity, but may have other benefits

    September 25, 2016, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Hatha Yoga Routine

    Hatha Yoga Routine

    Hatha yoga is an increasingly popular form of physical activity and meditative practice in the U.S. It is important to understand the calorie cost and intensity of yoga in relation to the national physical activity guidelines, such as those recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the American Heart Association (AHA). These guidelines encourage 30 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days of the week.

    This study was a systematic review that evaluated published research investigations that have directly measured the calorie cost of yoga and calculated the metabolic intensity (METS) of individual yoga poses including a popular sequence called “sun salutations.”

    Hatha Yoga

    Hatha Yoga

    Based on ACSM/AHA classification, the intensity of holdi...

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    Vitamin B levels during Pregnancy linked to Eczema risk in child

    September 24, 2016, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

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    Eczema

    Infants whose mothers had a higher level of a particular type of vitamin B during pregnancy have a lower risk of eczema at age 12 months, new Southampton research has shown. The study is the first to link maternal serum levels of nicotinamide, a naturally occurring vitamin, and related metabolites to the risk of atopic eczema in the child.The researchers believe the findings support the concept that eczema partly originates as a baby develops in t he womb and could reveal ways of reducing the risk of the skin condition.

    Dr Sarah El-Heis, the study’s lead researcher from the University of Southampton, comments: “Nicotinamide cream has been used in the treatment of eczema but the link between the mother’s levels of nicotinamide during pregnancy and the offspring’s risk of atopic eczem...

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    Researchers Identify Protein Critical in causing Chronic UTIs

    September 23, 2016, Categories  Health/Medical, Biology/Biotechnology

    Researchers have identified a way to prevent chronic urinary tract infections, a common infection primarily caused by E. coli (shown above). Vaccinating mice against a key protein that E. coli use to latch onto the bladder and cause UTIs reduces severe disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Credit: Scott Hultgren and John Heuser

    Researchers have identified a way to prevent chronic urinary tract infections, a common infection primarily caused by E. coli (shown above). Vaccinating mice against a key protein that E. coli use to latch onto the bladder and cause UTIs reduces severe disease, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Credit: Scott Hultgren and John Heuser

    A potential way to prevent chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs) has beenfound. Their research points to a key protein that bacteria use to latch onto the bladder and cause UTIs, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Vaccinating mice against the protein reduces the ability of bacteria to cause severe disease...

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