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Light at night is essential to a 24/7 society, but it has negative consequences on health. Basically, light at night induces an alteration of our biological clocks, known as chronodisruption with effects even when this occurs during pregnancy. Indeed, an abnormal photoperiod during gestation alte...

Introduction Obesity and diabetes induce structural and metabolic disturbances in insulin-sensitive tissues. Furthermore, physical exercise is one of the most prescribed lifestyle modifications to counteract these disturbances. However, comparisons of metabolic effects between different exercise ...

Aim: to explore how awareness of cultural issues is being applied within occupational therapy to address some of the challenges relating to professional education and practice. Methods: In Study I an integrative literature review was conducted, exploring occupational therapy and culture in the ar...

El cáncer de vesícula biliar (CVB) corresponde a la principal causa de muerte en mujeres mayores de 65 años en Chile. Su sobrevida a 5 años en estadíos avanzados es menor al 10%. Nuestro laboratorio ha logrado inducir la maduración de células dendríticas (DC) con un lisado celular alogénico condi...

Gallbladder cancer is the leading cause of death in women over 65 years in Chile. Five-year survival rate is less than 10%. Previous results from our lab confirm the possibility to induce the maturation of DCs using a heat shocked conditioned cell lysate. 60% of treated patients showed a Delayed ...

Actualmente, el trasplante de órganos es considerado como un tratamiento de elección en pacientes que presentan falla permanente de un órgano. Para evitar el rechazo del órgano trasplantado por parte del organismo receptor se utiliza la inmunosupresión farmacológica. La utilización de estas droga...

Organ transplantation is considered a treatment of choice in patients who have permanent organ failure. To avoid rejection of the transplanted organ by the recipient organism, pharmacological immunosuppression is used. The use of these drugs in certain cases is not enough to prevent the reject...