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15 07, 2014

Member States commit to reduce preventable deaths from heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease

2017-04-26T12:35:01+00:00

UN Member States have reaffirmed their commitment to take bold measures to reduce the avoidable burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). These ailments, including heart disease and stroke, cancer, diabetes and lung disease kill 38 million people every year, many of them before they reach the age of 70. Most of these largely preventable deaths occur [...]

15 07, 2014

Researchers paving the way for development of first vaccine for heart disease

2017-04-26T12:35:01+00:00

Researchers at Wayne State University have made a fundamental discovery and, in subsequent collaboration with scientists at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LIAI), are one step closer to the goal of developing the world's first T-cell peptide-based vaccine for heart disease - the number one killer in the nation. Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of [...]

15 07, 2014

Scientists map most important proteins in life and cancer

2017-04-26T12:35:01+00:00

Scientists reveal the structure of one of the most important and complicated proteins in cell division - a fundamental process in life and the development of cancer in research published in Nature. Images of the gigantic protein in unprecedented detail will transform scientists' understanding of exactly how cells copy their chromosomes and divide, and could reveal [...]