News tagged with body processes


Protein effects of hormone replacement therapy uncovered

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An in-depth proteomic analysis of the sera of 50 participants from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) hormone replacement therapy trial provides some explanations for the trial's clinical results. The study, published in ...





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Genetic causes identified for disturbances in lipid metabolism

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 8 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Some of these common human gene variants are already known to be risk factors for diabetes mellitus. The pathomechanisms of diabetes have intrigued physicians and been the subject of much debate for many decades. These new ...


As the World Churns

As the World Churns

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 13 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 17

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Terra firma." It's Latin for "solid Earth." Most of the time, at least from our perspective here on the ground, Earth seems to be just that: solid. Yet the Earth beneath our feet is actually ...


First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6

(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.


First adhere, then detach and glide forward

First adhere, then detach and glide forward

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? ...


Enhanced sweet taste: This is your tongue on pot

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New findings from the Monell Center and Kyushu University in Japan report that endocannabinoids act directly on taste receptors on the tongue to enhance sweet taste.


We now know that the brain controls the formation of bone

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The brain acts as a profound regulatory centre, controlling myriad processes throughout the body in ways we are only just beginning to understand. In new findings, Australian scientists have shown surprising connections between ...


Enzyme necessary for development of healthy immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mice without the deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) enzyme have defects in their adaptive immune system, producing very low levels of both T and B lymphocytes, the major players involved in immune response, according to a study by ...


Why don't robins get fat?

Why don't robins get fat?

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by the School of Biosciences is shedding light on the reasons why the European robin doesn’t get fat -even though they are feeding for much longer.


Cornellians build computer climate-change model

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are contributing to a new model of climate change that may give more accurate predictions of the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in Earth's future.


Microcephaly genes associated with human brain size

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A group of Norwegian and American researchers have shown that common variations in genes associated with microcephaly - a neuro-developmental disorder in which brain size is dramatically reduced - may explain differences ...



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