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Skin Color Gives Clues To Health

Researchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the color of a person’s skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have found that diet may be crucial to achieving the most desirable complexion. The work will be published in the December issue of Springer’s International [...]

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Healing Of Diabetic Ulcers Using Human Stem Cells

Treatment of chronic wounds is a continuing clinical problem and socio-economic burden with diabetic foot ulcers alone costing the NHS £300 million a year. Scientists in Bristol have found that human foetal stem cells can effectively be used to treat back leg ischaemic ulcers in a model of type 1 diabetes.

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