biological mechanism
Addiction: Insights from Parkinson's disease
The review, published in this week's (February 25) issue of the scientific journal Neuron, illustrates that persistently elevated levels of dopamine in the…
Eosinophils as markers for asthma
In the study, the Icelandic company Decode Genetics together with Helmholtz Zentrum München and a number of other international research institutes performed a…
Household chemicals may be linked to infertility
Published online in Human Reproduction, Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, the study found that women who had higher levels of perfluorooctanoate…
Exposure to perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) may reduce women’s fertility
The study published online in Europe’s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1] today (Thursday 29 January) found that women who had higher…
Understanding Dormancy in Rice Leads to Discovery
That discovery has important implications for both rice-producing and wheat-producing regions. If red color and dormancy in wheat are controlled by a single…
Birth size is a marker of susceptibility to breast cancer later in life
Associations between birth size, perhaps as a marker of the pre-natal environment, and subsequent breast cancer risk have been identified before, but the…