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Antibiotic Over-Dependence caused Clostridium Difficile Outbreak in the UK Hospitals

ANTIBIOTIC-DEPENDENCE in UK hospitals has been linked as a key factor in the substantial increase in infections in UK hospitals during a Clostridium…

NLRP2 Protein Found to Influence Fertility

A PROTEIN, known as NLRP2, has been found to play a key role in early embryogenesis and affect maternal fertility later in life in animal models. As a…

Fathers’ Preconception Phthalate Exposure May Influence Embryonic Development

PRECONCEPTION paternal exposure to phthalates, compounds found in plastics and personal products and estimated to be detectable in almost the entire…

New Year, New Content!

WITH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS a mere twinkle of a memory, the festive season has well and truly been and gone, finding ourselves settled into January.

EMJ Weekly News Round-Up: 16th January

Hello and welcome to your EMJ weekly news round-up. This week: A database helping researchers reduce the number of animals used in research, modafinil…

Juntendo University Research: Brain Imaging and Causal Assessment of Impairments Reveals Metamemory Regions

Tokyo, January 18, 2017 – Juntendo University researchers identify areas of the brain responsible for metacognitive memory evaluation in macaque monkeys.

Hypertension May Protect Older Patients Against Dementia

HYPERTENSION is associated with a lower risk of dementia in people aged ≥90, according to the results of research from the University of California…

Colonoscopy Procedure to be Live Broadcast on Television

THE UK television channel ‘Channel 4’ will be live broadcasting a colonoscopy procedure during a television advert break on 18th January 2017. [N.B….

AMRA Announces $9 Million Investment from Pfizer Venture Investments, Novo Seeds and Industrifonden

Sweden, January 17, 2017 – Swedish-based digital health company AMRA has announced today a $9 million funding round co-led by US-based Pfizer Venture…

Database Facilitates Reduction in Number of Animals Used For Breast Cancer Research

A NEW database is allowing researchers to share and search for surplus animal tissue from their peers’ previous experiments on breast cancer. It is…