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Researchers solve structure of NMDA receptor unit that could be drug target for neurological diseases

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory reports on Thursday their success in solving the molecular structure of a key portion of a cellular receptor implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other serious ...





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Discovery of the Jekyll-and-Hyde factors in 'coral bleaching'

Discovery of the Jekyll-and-Hyde factors in 'coral bleaching'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists are reporting the first identification of substances involved in the Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation that changes harmless marine bacteria into killers that cause "coral bleaching." Their study appears ...


New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...


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 ...


Researchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the University of British Columbia's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and the University of California, San Diego have found that normal synaptic activity ...



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