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The Hepatitis C dilemma

The Hepatitis C dilemma

BiomedicinePharmacy

By Sergio Laínez

Most people in Spain have heard about the ongoing bitter polemic between the Victims of Hepatitis C Platform and the Spanish government with regard to the access to a new medication called Sovaldi approved by the Spanish government last 1st October. The main reason for such clash between them is simple: the asking price for […]

It’s not an infection, it’s an invasion!: An army of exosomes loaded with non-coding RNAs reaches endothelial shores

It’s not an infection, it’s an invasion!: An army of exosomes loaded with non-coding RNAs reaches endothelial shores

BiochemistryBiology

By Carlos Romá-Mateo

On 6 June, 1944 (also termed “the D-day”), the Allied army irrupted into the shores of western France in what was called the Invasion of Normandy, during the last stages of World War II. The operation began with hundreds of amphibian landing vehicles emerging from the sea and unloading their cargo – the Infantry divisions […]

Use of complementary medicine may impair your ability to detect the effectiveness of evidence-based medicine

Use of complementary medicine may impair your ability to detect the effectiveness of evidence-based medicine

HealthPsychology

By Helena Matute

Alternative medicine is often promoted on the argument that it can do no harm. Even though its advocates are aware that its effectiveness has not been scientifically demonstrated, they do believe that it is harmless and therefore it should be used. “If not alone, you should at least use it in combination with evidence-based treatments” […]

MI weekly selection #114

MI weekly selection #114

Science

By César Tomé

Bubbles of radioactive nickle may have made holes in Cassiopeia A Expanding bubbles of radioactive nickle may be responsible for holes seen in the supernova Cassiopeia A, which exploded 340 years ago 11,000 light-years from Earth. Researchers say their bubble theory could also account for large rings seen in the outer regions of Cassiopeia A […]

Junk DNA makes you fat

Junk DNA makes you fat

Genetics

By Guzmán Sánchez

You have around 3,000 million letters in you genome. And so does your neighbour, your boss or your gym instructor. They go like this: ATGC…and so on. The four same letters over and over in endless different combinations. What makes you yourself and, extensively, what makes your boss a distinctive and unique human being, is […]