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 ... | |
UCI scientists study people who can't forget May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Imagine being able to recall every moment of your life, beginning around age 10. Given a date, you remember what day of the week it was, what happened in the world, even what you ate for lunch or what you did at school. | |
New insights into the dynamics of the brain's cortex May 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Using mathematics and a computer model of brain activity, Roberto Fernández Galán, Ph.D., an assistant professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has shown a direct link between activity ... | |
 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 ... | |
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 ... | |
Are anxiety disorders all in the mind? May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in The Netherlands were able to detect biochemical differences in the brains of individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder (also known as social ... | |
 Justice in the brain: Equity and efficiency are encoded differently May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that everyone gets a share? A study appearing this week in Science finds that most people choose the latter, ... | |
 New study finds number of fat cells stays constant throughout life May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established ... | |
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 ... | |
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