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Six out of 10 Male Drug Addicts Abuse Their Partners, Spanish Study Finds

According to a study conducted at the Department of Pedagogy of the University of Granada, about six out of ten male drug-abusers direct some type of violence against their intimate partners. Thus, the study revealed a high rate of domestic violence — both pysical and psychological — by male drug-abusers against women. The study also… Seguir Leyendo Six out of 10 Male Drug Addicts Abuse Their Partners, Spanish Study Finds

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New Light Shed on Liposomes Used in Drug Encapsulation and Gene Therapies

University of Granada scientists and the Spanish Higher Institute for Scientific Research (CSIC) have made significant progress in understanding lipid membranes, which are extensively employed in the development of cosmetic and drug products, and which have potential application in the field of nanotechnology. Phospholipid vesicles (liposomes) are colloidal systems that have generated considerable interest from… Seguir Leyendo New Light Shed on Liposomes Used in Drug Encapsulation and Gene Therapies

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Drug-Abusers Have Difficulty to Recognize Negative Emotions as Wrath, Fear and Sadness, Study Finds

University of Granada scientists have analyzed the relation between drug abuse and recognition of basic emotions (happiness, surprise, wrath, fear, sadness and disgust) by drug-abusers. Thus, the study revealed that drug-abusers have difficulty to identify negative emotions by their facial expression: wrath, disgust, fear and sadness. For the purpose of this study, researchers carried out… Seguir Leyendo Drug-Abusers Have Difficulty to Recognize Negative Emotions as Wrath, Fear and Sadness, Study Finds

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Mother’s Milk Improves Physical Condition of Future Adolescents, Study Finds

Breast feeding new born babies has lots of advantages in the short and in the long-term for babies. A study has confirmed the recently discovered benefits, which had not been researched until now. Adolescents who are breast fed at birth have stronger leg muscles than those who received artificial milk. Enrique García Artero, the principal… Seguir Leyendo Mother’s Milk Improves Physical Condition of Future Adolescents, Study Finds

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A Protein Called cFLIP Makes Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer Resistant to Treatments

Researchers at the Andalusian Institute for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER) and the University of Granada found that cFLIP -an inhibitor of death ligand-induced apoptosis- is not only essential in breast tumor cells resistance to TRAIL treatments (a death ligand with a potent therapeutic potential against cancer), but this protein is also key to… Seguir Leyendo A Protein Called cFLIP Makes Tumor Cells in Breast Cancer Resistant to Treatments

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Oldest Fossils Found in Cordillera Bética Mountain Range

Spanish researchers have found fossils of Ordovician conodonts dating to between 446 and 444 million years ago for the first time in the western Mediterranean. The discovery of these very primitive marine vertebrates has helped scientists to reconstruct the palaeogeography of the Cordillera Bética mountain range. Their study shows that the mountain system in the… Seguir Leyendo Oldest Fossils Found in Cordillera Bética Mountain Range

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New Method for Accurate Diagnosis of Gall Bladder Cancer

Researchers a the University of Granada and the Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves at Granada found that the metabolic imaging diagnosis technique — based on the analysis of a structural analog of glucose labeled with a positron-emitting compound (18F) — allows early diagnosis of gall bladder cancer, a relatively rare disease… Seguir Leyendo New Method for Accurate Diagnosis of Gall Bladder Cancer

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Computer ‘Trained’ to Classify Pictures and Videos Basing on Elements They Contain

University of Granada researchers have developed a new computer technique that allows to «train» computers to interpret the visual contents of a video or picture. This advance will allow to classify automatically pictures basing on whether individuals or specific objects are present in such images. Videos can also be classified according to specific poses. At… Seguir Leyendo Computer ‘Trained’ to Classify Pictures and Videos Basing on Elements They Contain

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New Therapy Found for Lung and Skin Cancer, Based on Suicide Gene E

Scientists at the University of Granada have developed a new therapy for the treatment of skin and lung cancer. This therapy involves the use of a suicide coliphage-gene (gene E) that can induce death to cells transfected with it.. Their studies have demonstrated that this technique is not only effective in vitro (using tumour cell… Seguir Leyendo New Therapy Found for Lung and Skin Cancer, Based on Suicide Gene E

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Simple Massage Relieves Chronic Tension Headache, Study Finds

Researchers at the University of Granada — in collaboration with the Clinical Hospital San Cecilio and the University Rey Juan Carlos — have shown that the psychological and physiological state of patients with tension headache improves within 24 hours after receiving a 30-minute massage. As researchers explained, tension headaches have an increasing incidence in the… Seguir Leyendo Simple Massage Relieves Chronic Tension Headache, Study Finds