A very tiny protein can make the difference if you will have grandchildren or not. A new research published in the Nature journal has discovered a previously unknown chemical which makes the embryonic germ cells, that would later grow into sperm or ova, to pass through a period of "transcriptional silence," when the... |
30 January 2008
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1.If you're a veggie, perhaps you enjoy uncooked sprouts of bean, soy, trifle or alfalfa. But research shows they can transmit bacterial infections. The most exposed are small children, elderly and those with a weak immune system. Even washing the sprouts with chlorine or alcohol solutions does not remove germs.... |
5 December 2007
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Our immune system should get rid of any strange body in our organism. Yet, tumors manage to somehow go undetected by the immune system and this is why it does not take action. Normally, the immune cells form an inflamed area surrounding a dangerous pathogen or injury which signals to the whole immune system the issue... |
20 November 2007
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Can you imagine a coat tailored from a sole piece, covering the body from head to feet, protecting against wind, being water-proof, strong but still elastic, and continuously renewing itself? Well, this is your skin!1. The skin is our largest organ. Extended, it has a surface of about 2 square meters (18 sq ft), abou... |
10 October 2007
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We do not know when women will start to bear chimp offspring to save their species, but a Japanese team has already obtained trout from salmon parents. This could be crucial for saving many endangered species of fish.The team inserted germ cells (precursors to sperm and egg cells) from male trout (sperm precursor cel... |
14 September 2007
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The healing water is not found in a magic spring, but it is produced by a Californian company. The "super-oxidized" water is said to speed up wound healing by killing all kind of germs, from viruses and bacteria to fungi. The new water is also effective against MRSA (an antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus infection) ... |
24 May 2007
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In order to understand the basics of how sex cells develop, classic lab animals, like mice and fruit flies are of no use. That's why a team at the University of Illinois focused on simpler creatures: planarians, a type of flatworms, as ideal models for the study of germ cells that develop in eggs and sperm in th... |
25 April 2007
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