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This is your brain on fatty acids

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Saturated fats have a deservedly bad reputation, but Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a sticky lipid occurring naturally at high levels in the brain may help us memorize grandma's recipe for cinnamon buns, as ...


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 ...


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Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed how environmental irritants such as air pollution and cigarette smoke cause people to cough, in research published today in the American Journal of Respiratory an ...


Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease

Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The immune system's T cells have the unique responsibilities of being both jury and executioner. They examine other cells for signs of disease, including cancers or infections, and, if such evidence is found, ...


Scientists Propose New Explanation for Flu Virus Antigenic Drift

Scientists Propose New Explanation for Flu Virus Antigenic Drift

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Influenza viruses evade infection-fighting antibodies by constantly changing the shape of their major surface protein. This shape-shifting, called antigenic drift, is why influenza vaccines ...


Hoping for a fluorescent basket case: How HIV is assembled and released from infected cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Although recent advances have raised hopes that a protective vaccine can be developed, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health problem. Much has been learned about HIV-1, the virus that causes ...



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