Sleeping at night to combat chemotherapy: researchers prove that melatonin reduces kidney damage

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Researchers at the University of Cordova, in collaboration with IMIBIC (the Institute of Biomedical Research), have shown that melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep, can improve renal damage caused by chemotherapy. The study, recorded in the preclinical phase, finds that the sleep-wake cycle increases or decreases the production of melatonin in the blood, which is […]

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Ecomortar with recycled sand to reduce the extraction of the second most used natural resource

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From the Department of Construction Engineering at the University of Cordova, a project has been set up with the aim of producing mortar with recycled sand using industrial waste from construction. At the moment, sand comes from natural gravel pits along river banks by cleaning or sifting, which uses a high amount of natural resources; […]

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