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Gene combinations are found to be related to hip osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Women with osteoporosis in their hip suffer menopause two years earlier than healthy women, a study conducted at the University of Granada says. Additionally, although further study is required, researchers have found at least three genetic markers associated with osteoporosis in the hip in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis in the hip increases the risk of suffering… Seguir Leyendo Gene combinations are found to be related to hip osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

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Researchers identify the genotype of disorders causing cardiac sudden death syndrome

Researchers from the Hospital Virgen de las Nieves of the University of Granada have identified the most frequent mutations in the gene KCNH2 in patients with long QT syndrome. Long Qt syndrome is a disorder of cardiac ionic channels that approximately affects one in every 2,500 people and may cause torsade de pointes episodes, which… Seguir Leyendo Researchers identify the genotype of disorders causing cardiac sudden death syndrome

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Small rodents encourage the formation of scrubland in Spain

Small rodents encourage the formation of scrubland in Spain After two years of research over five degraded landscapes in the National Park of Sierra Nevada (Granada), scientists have established for the first time that field mice base their diet on holm oak and pine seeds, causing a deterioration of the habitats and an extension of… Seguir Leyendo Small rodents encourage the formation of scrubland in Spain

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Coralline algae in the Mediterranean lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago

Coralline algae in the Mediterranean lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago An international team of researchers has studied the coralline algae fossils that lived on the last coral reefs of the Mediterranean Sea between 7.24 and 5.3 million years ago. Mediterranean algae and coral reefs began to resemble present day… Seguir Leyendo Coralline algae in the Mediterranean lost their tropical element between 5 and 7 million years ago

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A research work on molluscs nacre opens new doors for its possible use in biomedicine

A research work on molluscs nacre opens new doors for its possible use in biomedicine Researchers from the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Aveiro (Portugal) have studied for the first time nacre\’s growing mechanism of gastropods, a previous step for the artificial reproduction of this material in… Seguir Leyendo A research work on molluscs nacre opens new doors for its possible use in biomedicine

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Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time

– Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time. A scientific group of the Universities of Illinois (USA), Georgia (USA), Hawaii (USA) and Nakai (China), among others, have deciphered for the first time fruit genomic sequence, in this case papaya (Carica papaya), according to the cover of the last issue of the prestigious journal… Seguir Leyendo Scientists decipher fruit tree genome for the first time

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100 percent of people carry at least 1 type of pesticide

100 percent of people carry at least 1 type of pesticideJanuary 4, 2008 02:23 PM Health & Medicine Previous article: New route for heredity bypasses DNAAdd Comment Mail to a Friend Link to this article Print Article A study carried out by researchers from the Department of Radiology and Physical Medicine of the University of… Seguir Leyendo 100 percent of people carry at least 1 type of pesticide

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1 person out of every 1,000 has synaesthesia, in which an individual can smell a sound

– 1 person out of every 1,000 has synaesthesia, in which an individual can smell a sound. The research field has grown from grapheme-colour synaesthesia to include other forms of synaesthesia in which flavours are evoked by music or words (lexical-gustatory synaesthesia), space structures by time units, colours by music, etc. Experts on Experimental Psychology… Seguir Leyendo 1 person out of every 1,000 has synaesthesia, in which an individual can smell a sound

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Rodent fossils allows to determine climate of the Iberian Peninsula 6 million years ago

– Rodent fossils allows to determine climate of the Iberian Peninsula 6 million years ago. How did the rodents which inhabited the south of the Iberian Peninsula live six million years ago The researcher of the UGR Raef Minwer-Barakat has attempted to answer this question through his doctoral thesis Rodents and insectivorous of Upper Turoliense… Seguir Leyendo Rodent fossils allows to determine climate of the Iberian Peninsula 6 million years ago

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Climate change was the cause of Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula

– Climate change was the cause of Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula. Climate – and not modern humans – was the cause of the Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula. Such is the conclusion of the University of Granada research group RNM 179 – Mineralogy and Geochemistry of sedimentary and metamorphic environments, headed by… Seguir Leyendo Climate change was the cause of Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula

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