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Europe PMC Blog: June 2014
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Wednesday, 4 June 2014. Let’s (not) Get Physical: the Effect of Spironolactone on Muscle Strength in the Elderly. Aldosterone is a hormone best known from the role it plays in the regulation of blood pressure, but it has also been associated with muscle weakness. This makes sense, considering that aldosterone also lowers levels of magnesium and potassium – two minerals that are essential for muscle contractility. Thus lower levels of aldosterone may promote restoring muscle function. 2013) 126(7), 590-597.
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Europe PMC Blog: April 2014
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Wednesday, 30 April 2014. A two-pronged attack to stop cancer in its tracks. Finally, by combining the MEK-blocking selumetinib and the SRC kinase-blocking saracatinib the researchers were able to successfully prevent both the growth of the artificial tumour and the spread of the melanoma cells through the surrounding collagen. This summary by Clare Finlay was shortlisted for Access to Understanding 2014 and was commended by the judges. It describes research published in the following articl. Science-wri...
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Europe PMC Blog: May 2014
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Wednesday, 28 May 2014. The TBPH gene – Do neurodegenerative diseases have a fly in the ointment? The gene TDP-43 in ALS and FTLD. A fly way to model diseases. Researchers in a wide variety of fields are looking to drosophila to model complex diseases. But why choose flies, they couldn’t be any more different biologically to us could they? In fact, fruit flies share many biological processes with us; they have a complex immune system, an intricate brain and can even develop cancer! Modelling the aging fly.
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