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  • Link shown between environmental toxicants and atherosclerosis

    Environmental toxicants such as dioxins, PCBs, and pesticides can pose a risk for cardiovascular disease. For the first time a link has been demonstrated between atherosclerosis and levels of these kinds of toxicants in the blood. The study, carried out at Uppsala University, is being published online this week in ahead of print in the prestigious journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

  • Unknown ocean bacteria create entirely new theories

    The earth’s most successful bacteria are found in the oceans and belong to the group SAR11. Researchers from Uppsala University now provide an explanation for their success and at the same time call into question generally accepted theories about these bacteria. In their analysis they have also identified a rare and hitherto unknown relative of mitochondria, the power stations inside cells.

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