Psoriasis, a chronic disease that causes red, raised patches of skin, is increasingly seen as a systemic disease with links to arthritis and cardiovascular disease.
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Researchers in Germany have discovered that osteopontin (OPN) contributes to allergic contact dermatitis.
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Scientists have successfully determined the permeability of the asthenosphere in the Earth’s upper mantle and thus the rate at which melt rises to the Earth’s surface: it flows up to 25 times faster than previously assumed. Thermo-mechanical and geochemical models on melt flows in volcanoes now have to be reconsidered.
Despite its tiny genome, the hepatitis C virus packs a mean punch. The virus is a microcosm of efficiency, and each of its amino acids plays multiple roles in its survival and ability to sidestep attack. But new research suggests that this fancy footwork and multitasking could be the key to bringing down the virus. [...]
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Researchers have discovered that activation of NF-kappaB, an inflammatory mediator, results in diarrhea in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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