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Immune responses spread from one protein to another in type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) occurs when the immune system inappropriately attacks cells in the pancreas. Although many of the proteins attacked during T1D have been identified, it has not been determined whether immune responses ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2006 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Synthetic cannabinoid may aid fertility in smokers

A reproductive medicine specialist at the University at Buffalo has shown that a new compound may improve the fertility of tobacco smokers who have low sperm count and low percentage sperm motility.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 02, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Math model predicts cancer behavior

Vito Quaranta clicks on a small black dot on his computer screen. The dot – which represents about a thousand cancer cells – begins to "grow," morphing into a mass with finger-like projections that looks like an invasive ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Dec 02, 2006 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Treating obesity vital for public health, physicians say

Physicians who once treated mainly elderly patients for health problems such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke are seeing increasingly younger patients who have the same ailments.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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