Life & Chemistry

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Antidepressant Use in Children: New Warnings From Agencies

European and US pharmaceutical agencies have recently warned against the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in child and adolescent…

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Scientists Pinpoint Key Enzyme Behind Toxoplasma Virulence

What the scientists have located is the kinase (an enzyme) that seems to be the main virulence factor. The results are presented in the prestigious scientific…

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Linchpin Discovery in Insulin Metabolism Enhances Lifespan

Flies in which this hereditary factor is defective are also significantly smaller than other members of their species and live appreciably longer. The gene…

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Scottish Enzyme Discovery Secures £1M US Research Funding

Roslin scientists and colleagues at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, California, are studying how enzymes control production of calcium…

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Carbon Dioxide Receptors in Insects: A New Path to Disease Control

Now, reporting in today’s advance online publication in Nature, Leslie Vosshall’s laboratory at Rockefeller University has identified the two molecular…

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Forsyth Scientists Uncover Key to Human Tissue Regeneration

This research may provide insight into mechanisms necessary for therapeutic regeneration in humans, potentially addressing tissues that are lost, damaged or…

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Exploring Unique Snowflake Designs and Their Cultural Impact

Their intricate shapes have been the inspiration for Christmas ornaments, jewelry and U.S. postage stamps. They are the subject of song, school projects and…

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5th Annual CRG Symposium: Exploring Systems Biology Insights

It is expected the participation of the following guest speakers: Peer Bork, from EMBL in Heidelberg (Germany); Timothy Gardner, from the Boston University…

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Human Vascular Progenitor Cells: A New Hope for Diabetes Ulcers

Every 30 minutes a diabetic patient loses the use of his bottom limb due to the ulceration of tissues that degenerates into a necrosis, which is a typical side…

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New Study Links Tooth Surface Complexity to Species Diet

According to recent research, the complexity of tooth surfaces reveals the diet of a species. Scientists at the University of Helsinki’s Institute of…

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Self-Assembling Nano-Ice Resembles DNA Structure at UNL

Zeng and his colleagues regularly find new and often unanticipated behaviors of matter in extreme environments, and those discoveries have been published…

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Fisheye View: Understanding Inflammatory Breast Cancer’s Impact

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the deadliest form of the disease, with fewer than half of those diagnosed today having a five-year prognosis for survival….

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Protein 'fingerprint' in spinal fluid could spot Alzheimer's disease

Scientists collaborating at Cornell University in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have identified a panel of 23 protein biomarkers in…

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Gene Activity Changes Linked to Atherosclerosis Progression

Now a group from the Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, found that specific changes in gene activity contribute to the process. One of these…

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Technological Platforms Enhance European Cardiovascular Research

Advanced technology is crucial to today’s biomedical research. But it is expensive and it requires specific expertise, which is expensive too. Then sharing…

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Progesterone’s Role in Breast Cancer: New Insights Unveiled

But now, in work about to be published in the “Journal of Cellular Biochemistry”, a team of Portuguese scientists shows that progesterone seems to sustain the…

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