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Alcohol acts like a drug when alcoholism is installed. Alcohol withdrawal symptoms, like anxiety, represent a reality. A new research carried out at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, and published in the "Journal of Neuroscience," has found the reason behind this: the gene e... |
3 April 2008
05:02 GMT |
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1.Digestion takes place inside a 9 m (30 ft) long duct called digestive tube. It starts in the mouth and even if the food stays very little here, this is the place where the break down of the starches begins. The taste detects food's flavor, size, composition, texture and temperature. By chewing the food, the su... |
17 January 2008
16:31 GMT |
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Humans are social beings by nature. Social isolation in humans has been connected to various mental and physical conditions. A new research carried on lab mice at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has connected the anxiety an... |
19 November 2007
06:29 GMT |
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They may not produce eyes that have the color you prefer, but researchers have found a method of generating eyes starting with stem cells. At least eye tissues (like retina) could replace damaged parts in cataract, glaucoma, macular degeneration and other ocular conditions that impair vision, leading even to blindnes... |
25 October 2007
05:13 GMT |
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You may have heard that the snake venom in some species starts the digestion of the prey before being swallowed. Spiders put into their meals abundant saliva quantities that turn the body of an insect into a juice that the spider sucks. But even if a human doesn't start digesting the juicy steak from its mouth, ... |
12 September 2007
04:46 GMT |
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We know men come from Mars, women from Venus. Now, scientists are on the way to prove they really represent different worlds. Chemically. A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago has found for the first time a chemical in male blue crabs that is absent in females: a whole enzyme chain appeared to be functional... |
1 September 2007
11:06 GMT |
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Cholesterol may be dangerous, but it also has its good variant in the blood that decreases the risk of heart attack. If a new research made on mice has results that are also valid for humans, new therapies could boost the levels of the beneficial high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) as a means of heart protec... |
8 August 2007
05:39 GMT |
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Blood must not be mixed. Because if the blood groups do not match, the result can be deadly. There are 4 human blood types: O, A, B and AB. This is based on the presence or absence of antigens, molecules that trigger immune response: O has none, A has A antigen, B has B antigen and AB both A and B antigens. That'... |
4 July 2007
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For the moment, HIV is one step ahead of us, and with all the modern medicine, with its awesome scientific and technological achievements, there is no cure against HIV-infection. The best that can be done is to keep the virus at bay, stopping the outbreak of AIDS, but the virus remains stuck in the infected cells. No... |
2 July 2007
06:38 GMT |
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You go to the gym, train hard for some months, but - holly s**t - you must pump iron for life to keep looking like that. A drug stopping the dismantling of the muscles would be your dream product to get rid of the gym for a while. As soon as we stop exercising, muscle proteins start melting; idle muscles just keep a ... |
28 June 2007
16:06 GMT |
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In cultures that do not consume milk or dairy products, cheese can be one of the most disgusting food items. Such is the case of China or other nations in southeastern Asia, even if they have their own variant of vegetal cheese, the tofu. But for animal-based cultures, milk and dairy products are the base of their al... |
29 May 2007
15:51 GMT |
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Looking at a nice girl/boy or running for a few miles, and your heart goes wild. But how does the heart recover its normal pace?Scientists have discovered how we "put the brakes" on a racing heartbeat. A team at the University of Illinois at Chicago has discovered how an enzyme acts on the heart's pacemaker to s... |
14 May 2007
07:04 GMT |
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Breast cancer is the most dangerous for women.Now a team at McGill University (Montreal, Canada) has discovered a potential drug for up to 40% of breast cancers. The chemical could block an enzyme that boosts the growth of tumors. Tested on mice, the drug delayed the evolution of tumors sensitive to the drug Hercepti... |
14 May 2007
04:37 GMT |
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The whole world is on the rush for biofuel production, as the oil tap seems to stop soon. Corn is currently employed for producing ethanol, but the method proved very little environmentally friendly and comes at the same price as oil. Now, Cornell researchers have discovered a method of producing less expensive cell... |
28 April 2007
07:05 GMT |
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