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... lake with a major pesticide spill. This is a huge body of water." Guillette had help from Crain; Daniel Pickford, another former student of Guillette's; Franklin Percival of UF's Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit; and Allan Woodward of the Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission....Transposable Elements May Have Had A Major Role In The Evolution Of Higher Organisms
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...mocysteine (Hcy) is an amino acid generated in the body from themetabolism of methionine, an essential ami...ed with food. Homocysteine, normally exported from body cells into blood, occurs in allhumans, and probably in all animals. Homocysteine in the blood is th..."Genetic Factors Influencing Cholesterol Response To Diet"
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...now that the free radicals produced throughout the body asby-products of normal cell metabolism can cause extensive damage to livingtissues, including the sensory hair cells in the inner ear, if they are notneutralized by antioxidant enzymes," McFadden said. "We think that SODdeficiencies may increase co...Long-Standing Puzzle Of Immune System Is Solved By UCSF Researchers
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...rol the highly complexfeeding behavior, as well as body weight." The brain translates information it receives from differentorgans into metabolic-rate changes, which affect how much food peopleconsume and how fast their bodies burn it off. "The brain is doing a lot of things like a black b......induce neoangiogenesis -- the process by which the body can grow its own newcapillary network to bypass oc... -- in a dosage of 0.01 milligrams per kilogram of body weight --was directly injected into the heart muscle near the blockage. Prior to using ...Condom Use In Thailand Dramatically Cuts HIV Infection
...kin in the genitalarea, allowing HIV to invade the body more easily, and increase the number ofimmune system cells called macrophages and T cells, which are the preferredtargets of HIV. T cells serve as "factories" that produce more of the virus. The Hopkins study followed two groups of Thai army...Study Of Microbes May Hone Predictions Of Mining Impact
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