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Google Chrome 2.0 alpha

Google Releases Chrome 2.0 Alpha

Technology / Software

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the full release of Chrome 1.0 in December, Google has just released Chrome 2.0 alpha that brings many noticeable improvements over Chrome 1.0. With this new alpha release of Chrome 2.0, ...





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Prolonged stress sparks ER to release calcium stores and induce cell death in aging-related diseases

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Li et al. explain how prolonged stress sparks the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to release its calcium stores, inducing cells to undergo apoptosis in several aging-related diseases.The study will appear in the September 21, ...


A balancing act in Parkinson's disease: Phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Both genetic and pathologic data indicate a role for the neuronal protein alpha-synuclein in Parkinson disease. Previous studies have indicated that phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein at amino acid 129 (Ser129) is a key event ...


Discovery of new signal pathway important to diabetes research

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 04, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Miami University have discovered that cells in the pancreas cooperate – signal – in a way hitherto unknown. The discovery can eventually be of significance to the treatment ...


Can berberine enhance glucose-stimulated insulin secretion in rat islets?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The therapeutical actions of berberine on diabetes have been well studied. Previous researches show that berberine modulates cholesterol through increasing low-density lipoprotein receptor mRNA stability, reduces body adiposity ...


Researchers unravel mystery behind long-lasting memories

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine may reveal how long-lasting memories form in the brain.


More insulin-producing cells, at the flip of a 'switch'

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have found a way in mice to convert another type of pancreas cell into the critical insulin-producing beta cells that are lost in those with type I diabetes. The secret ingredient is a single transcription factor, ...


Out-of-whack protein may boost Parkinson's

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 26, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

A single change in a protein may play a role in whether someone develops Parkinson’s disease, say University of Florida Genetics Institute researchers writing in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...


Newly appreciated membrane estrogen receptor important therapeutic target for breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research at Rhode Island Hospital has uncovered the biological effects of a novel membrane estrogen receptor, a finding that has potential implications for hormonal therapy for breast cancer. The study is published in ...


Researchers reveal missing link in a heart disease pathway

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created Dec 20, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

University of Michigan scientists and their colleagues have helped characterize a previously unknown link in the chain of biochemical reactions implicated in some forms of heart disease. The finding provides a new target ...


New target for maintaining healthy blood pressure discovered

New Target for Maintaining Healthy Blood Pressure Discovered

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In trying to understand the role of prostaglandins - a family of fatty compounds key to the cardiovascular system - in blood pressure maintenance, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania ...



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