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Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect at the cellular level

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.


Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning

Star-shaped cells in the brain aid with learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Every movement and every thought requires the passing of specific information between networks of nerve cells. To improve a skill or to learn something new entails more efficient or a greater ...


Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects

Tryptophan deficiency may underlie quinine side effects

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers have found that the anti-malarial drug quinine can block a cell's ability to take up the essential amino acid tryptophan, a discovery that may explain many of the adverse side-effects associated ...





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Researchers restore some function to cells from cystic fibrosis patients

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before ...


Researchers find long awaited key to creating drought resistant crops

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) researchers have determined precisely how the plant hormone abscisic acid (ABA) works at the molecular level to help plants respond to environmental stresses such as drought and cold. ...


Pancreatic tumors are marked for immunotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pancreatic tumors can be identified by a readily detectable marker that shows promise as a basis for immune therapy against the disease, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.


Overeating can set stage for obesity, researchers say

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes.


Two molecules affecting brain plasticity

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too.


New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which ...


Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Possible link studied between childhood abuse and early cellular aging

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.


The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease (BSE), scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität ...


Magnetic Nanotags Spot Cancer in Mice Earlier Than Current Methods

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Searching for biomarkers that can warn of diseases such as cancer while they are still in their earliest stage is likely to become far easier thanks to an innovative biosensor chip developed by Stanford University ...


New Test May Predict Heart Disease Events and the Effect of Weight Loss on Insulin Resistance

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemical fingerprints produced by the body's normal metabolic processes predict who will suffer cardiovascular events and who will benefit from weight loss by reduction of insulin resistance, according two ...



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