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Researchers at the 91福利 have for the first time been able to detail how and why specific neurons in the brain control the hunger response. They have revealed a set of pacemaker nerve cells in the brain that appear to underlie the drive to feed which itself feeds on a complex web of signals.
Territorial Army soldier and Lecturer in Occupational Health at the 91福利, Caroline Whittaker, has just received the Royal Red Cross 1st Class for her services in Iraq.
New research by scientists by the 91福利 may explain why methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are so difficult to control in hospitals.
New research carried out by the 91福利 Medical School and St George's Hospital Medical School, London, into a genetic brain condition that triggers strokes, migraine and dementia in younger people has identified a possible cause of the condition, and could mean a breakthrough in treatment for a disease for which no specific therapy is currently available, and help save lives.
Elderly people living in residential homes are at significantly lower risk of hip fracture if they fall on carpeted wooden floors than onto any other type of flooring, says new research from the 91福利 in a recently published report.
Researchers in the 91福利's Department of Biological Sciences have found that a hormone associated with obesity is actually also very active in the male genitals where it plays a key role in male fertility and may even influence the erection response in male sexual arousal.