While the World Health Organization (WHO) is painting a dire image of the new influenza outbreak, there are voices that say the situation is not nearly as bad as official announcements would have it. Regardless of where the truth lies, the main question on everybody's lips now is whether they should be getting t... |
29 October 2009
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For the first time ever, this spring saw the presentation of a scientific achievement that had the power to change the way we looked at diseases and attempted to find cures for them, for ever. Japanese researchers at the Central Institute for Experimental Animals, in Kawasaki, managed to obtain marmosets (a species o... |
21 October 2009
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Each time a new child is born, they carry some of the genetic material from their mother and father, in equal proportions. In addition to this legacy, they also carry between 100 and 200 genetic mutations, which their parents do not have. Some of these mutations are caused by environmental factors, and represent ada... |
28 August 2009
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Cosmic radiations permeate everything around us at all times of the day. Some of them are generated near us, on a radius of a few thousand light-years, while some only reach our planet after a ten- to 11-billion-year journey. They are unnoticeable to humans, but some researchers believe they may have played a crucial... |
28 August 2009
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We all have at least one friend or family members who seems to be unaffected by the flow of time, and who is able to wake up in the morning after only a few hours of sleep. What to others may seem only like a nap is enough for these people to recharge their batteries and go about their day completely rested up, Scien... |
16 August 2009
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Aneuploidy is a very common genetic accident in human fetuses, which occurs when an excessively large number of chromosomes is formed. The results of this genetic malfunction include common genetic disorders (such as the Down Syndrome), as well as pregnancy loss in the most extreme cases. A new study by the US Depart... |
20 July 2009
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While parasites are commonly regarded as nothing more than little wrong-doers, which can actually harm you a lot, a new scientific study comes to show that this is not always the case. According to a research published in the June 8th issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine, it may be that parasites were partia... |
26 May 2009
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Over the past century, the influenza virus has wreaked havoc in the human population all around the world, while at the same time leaving experts unable to devise a comprehensive cure to kill it off. Because of its unique structure, the viral agent can easily mutate, and does so from one season to the next, making th... |
28 April 2009
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The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one of the most dangerous and widespread in the world today, and its basic survival tactic is to “cloak” itself from the immune system, so as not to get detected. It does that by mutating extensively and over short periods of time and first attacking the fighter-c... |
13 April 2009
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A new clinical investigation proved that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs do not cause chromosomal changes in children suffering from the condition, as previously suggested by a 2005 study. The new study was backed by the National Institutes of Health and adds to a growing scientific community th... |
27 November 2008
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