 Crystal (eye) ball: Study says visual system equipped with 'future seeing powers' May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Catching a football. Maneuvering through a room full of people. Jumping out of the way when a golfer yells "fore." Most would agree these seemingly simple actions require us to perceive and quickly respond ... | |
 Seeing Alzheimer's amyloids May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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In an important step toward demystifying the role protein clumps play in the development of neurodegenerative disease, researchers have created a stunning three-dimensional picture of an Alzheimer’s peptide ... | |
New study casts further doubt on risk of death from higher salt intake May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Contrary to long-held assumptions, high-salt diets may not increase the risk of death, according to investigators from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. They reached their conclusion after examining ... | |
Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans May 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ... | |
Novel mechanisms controlling insulin release and fat deposition discovered May 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in two recent studies shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays important roles in the regulation of body fat deposition as well as the release of insulin ... | |
Model shows how mutation tips biochemistry to cause Alzheimer's May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Your fate can be determined by tiny events. Imagine you live in the city and you walk everywhere to get exercise – you are healthy and not afraid of getting mugged. You almost never eat breakfast so you don’t stop at the ... | |
Sight Recovery After Blindness Offers New Insights on Brain Reorganization 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Studies of the brains of blind persons whose sight was partially restored later in life have produced a compelling example of the brain's ability to adapt to new circumstances and rewire and reconfigure itself. | |
 First evidence of native dendritic cells in brain May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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In a finding that has the potential to change the way researchers think about the brain, scientists at Rockefeller University have found dendritic cells where they’ve never been seen before: among this organ’s ... | |
Common bacteria activating natural killer T cells may cause autoimmune liver disease May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A bacteria commonly found in soil and water triggered autoimmune symptoms in mice similar to those found in an incurable liver disease called Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). Reporting their findings in the May 15 Cell ... | |
Sugar linkage could lead to better treatment for autoimmune diseases May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Glycomics Center have helped identify a specific carbohydrate structure that confers anti-inflammatory activity to a glycoprotein antibody that could lead to improved treatment ... | |
Fat chance: Brown vs. white fat cell specification May 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In the May 15th issue of G&D, Dr. Bruce Spiegelman (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and colleagues elucidate the molecular pathway that induces cells to become energy-burning brown fat cells as opposed to energy-storing white ... | |
Drug therapy for PKU reverses heart damage May 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A pricy drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns ... | |
New MRI technique developed at UT Southwestern detects subtle but serious brain injury May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new technique for analyzing magnetic resonance imaging data, developed by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, can reveal serious brain injury missed by current tests and help predict a patient’s degree of recovery. | |
New approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Université de Montréal and ... | |
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