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Professor Alan Clarke, Director of the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute gives an overview of how cancer stem cells differ from the conventional stem cell. Cancer remains one of the major challenges in terms of life expectancy and is recognised as the second largest cause of mortality within the...

Unravelling the mechanisms leading to the formation of blood progenitor and stem cells. The continuous generation of blood cells throughout life relies on the existence of haematopoietic stem cells (HSC) generated during embryogenesis. They have the ability to self-renew and to generate all types of blood cells. Any pathology affecting...

From stem cell biology to tissue mending In the last 25 years, tremendous advances have been made in the identification and generation of stem cells (SC) from diverse organisms, generating a wealth of knowledge in various fields from embryology to development. SC not only have the ability to differentiate into...

The hub for biobanking in Europe. Biobank Graz at Medical University of Graz, Austria, belongs to the largest repositories of human samples in Europe. It contains nearly six million samples from normal and pathological tissues, including formalinfixed, paraffin-embedded tissues (FFPE), fresh frozen tissue samples and frozen body fluids such as...

Senior Research Analyst for Frost & Sullivan Divyaa Ravishankar discusses the growing need for innovative products in the realm of bio-storage applications. The concept of biobanking has triggered massive interest in the area of long-term sample storage conditions but with a key challenge of maintaining sample integrity. In order to...

Journalist Tony Hall gives an overview of how the Cognitive Behaviour Treatment (CBT) is used within the armed forces to combat mental health issues. In recent years the UK government and Ministry of Defence (MoD) have acknowledged that service in the Armed Forces should be publicly recognised and not be...

What is the difference? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) are rising in prevalence. PTSD is a pervasive and devastating anxiety disorder, affecting millions of people, caused by experiencing or witnessing any event that is perceived to be life-threatening to ourselves or others and beyond our control...

The leaders in evidence based weight management Counterweight Ltd. offers proven solutions (Counterweight Programme and The Counterweight Plus Programme) for weight loss and weight loss maintenance with published evidence demonstrating successful long term outcomes at 12 months. The CounterweightProgramme Lifestyle Programme • underpinned by behaviour change for individuals with BMI>25kg/m2. 1, 2 ...

Paul Cribbens, Standards Manager at NHBC outlines the development of new standards and guidance for MVHR systems following research that suggests installations and design are under-performing. The move towards higher levels of energy efficiency in new homes and improved airtightness has led to around a quarter of new homes built being...

Extreme weather events may cause severe damage to our society. Examples are hurricane Sandy in 2012 (the second costliest hurricane in United States history), European windstorms Lothar and Martin in 1999, and more recently, the exceptional sequence of floods in southern England in the winter of 2014. Insurance companies...

In Germany the number of sick leave days due to mental disorders has risen continuously over the last few years. In 2012 mental disorders ranked third in causes for incapacity to work. There has also been a lot of discussion to what extent this is due to a general...

Dr James F Harbertson elucidates the growing field of oenology and explains how collaboration with industry can help to highlight and solve the problems associated with the production of wine.

A UK study suggests that male eating disorders are being overlooked due to the perceptions about a “woman’s illness”. Despite a quarter of anorexia and other eating disorder cases being male related, researchers have said that men are going un-diagnosed and under treated. Reported in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the...

A House of Lords committee has said vulnerable adults are being kept virtual prisoners in care homes. The report by a select committee expressed concerns regarding the misuse of mental health laws and looked at how reforms passed in 2005 are working. The report found that vulnerable adults are being failed...

Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd "Adjacent Digital Politics Ltd is a key channel for us to communicate with both local government and the building control sectors. One of our key aims is to educate people in these areas about the importance of fire protection and Adjacent’s publications are very helpful in...

New guidance published by a health watchdog aims to help identify, prevent and reduce domestic violence and abuse. The guidance by NICE outlines how health services, social care and the organisations should receive training in order to recognise signs of domestic abuse. The health watchdog has said there needs to be...

Adjacent Local Government (February 2014) "Thank you very much for the invitation to contribute. The edition looks wonderful; what an inspiring collection of voices and ideas. I’m looking forward to working together again for the end of April edition on the followup to the Brixton project(s)." Han Pham - Future Cities Experience...

Welcome to Adjacent Local Government where we will be examining and highlighting a host of topics of concern to our varied readership. From sustainable cities and affordable homes, through to local government pensions, we hope to inspire and create debate. The edition begins with a Foreword from the Shadow Secretary...

Maia Beresford, Researcher at the New Local Government Network (NLGN) discusses the government’s ‘Digital Strategy’ and how local authorities should benefit. In the UK 82% of adults are online. Today, the average household owns not just 1, but more than 3 types of internet enabled device, and 1 in 5...

A supporter of the Crown Commercial Service EPS framework. GVA is one of the leading providers of estates professional services to Central Government and the wider Public Sector. The firm is also a strategic partner on the Crown Commercial Service framework RM928 through which it has been appointment on multiple...