Radiating relief: Researcher combats stubborn arthritis with neutrons
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...a series of inhibitory processesthat determine the ease with which short-term memory is converted to long-term. One particularly potent inhibitor is a molecule called CREB-2, which blocks theaction of the first CREB, now termed CREB-1, and therefore blocks long-termmemories from forming. Removing CREB-2 ...Some Smelter Slags Represent A Significant Environmental Hazard
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... Weissburg's approach is a good one because of the ease oftransplanting claws on this animal," said Dr. Chuck Derby, a professor of biology at Georgia State University in Atlanta. "These experiments can only work because the fiddler crab has this modular chemosensory structure -- its claw. This would be v...Gene Mutation Found For Common Form Of Mental Retardation
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