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...ne of the most complicated and least understood of all biological phenomena. Research appearing in the Oc...A in each of our cells contains the blueprints for all the proteins we need. Every protein has a characteristic shape, and it folds itself into that shape ...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...lerance rule for Listeria. There should be none at all in any ready-to-eat products," he said. Accordi... "The ability to distinguish this one species from all others makes this a very powerful sensor. No other sensor today can do that," he said. The sen...September/October 2004 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...d only 2.82 in the chart and 1.97 on the bill. For all patients, 37 percent of encounters logged addresse...enteritis (4 percent) accounting for 86 percent of all diagnoses. The authors point out that many of these disorders are relatively common in primary care ...Does a time delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and start of radiation treatment matter?
...s said, include the belief by many physicians that all prostate cancer is slow-growing, consideration of multiple treatment options and opinions, more labor-intensive treatment planning and long wait times from the start of planning to the start of treatment. Often if a delay is expected hormone therapy...'Immediately open access' option for the leading journal Genome Research
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...s for elimination. Scientists have long known that all cells manufacture and subsequently discard an array of proteins involved in a variety of cellular processes. Although many scientists over the years have focused their research on learning more about how cells make proteins, until recently few have e...Is Interleukin-6 the 'holy grail' of exercise mediation?
...de impact of muscle-derived IL-6 not only fulfills all the criteria for this "exercise factor" but that such classes of cytokines should be reclassified as "myokines." She points out that because of its diverse effects, IL-6 has potential as a therapeutic drug in treating such metabolic disorders as obe...University of Edinburgh hosts European conference on childhood disability
...y forward for us to promote and extend research in all aspects of childhood disability." She added: "Conference delegates comes from all over Europe to share ideas and learn from each others' research and clinical experience, with the co...Viruses found in untreated city water
...y to expectations, researchers detected viruses in all wells, even those with low contributions of Mississippi River water. This suggested that other unidentified sources, in addition to river water, were responsible for contamination. "The only other human fecal source near the wells is sanitary sew...After flu exposure, mild exercise protects mature mice from dying
...'t show a significantly higher survival rate. When all EX mice (47) were compared with all HCC mice (48), EX had twice the survival rate, 59% vs. 29.4% (p=0.003). None of the variables (food/......nts Ltd., Dairy Insight, Inc. and AgResearch Ltd., all of New Zealand; the Kleberg Foundation; and the National, Texas and South Dakota Beef Check-off Funds. A team led by Richard Gibbs, Ph.D., at Baylor College of Medicine's Human Genome Sequencing Center in Houston carried out the sequencing and assem...Interactive health information system to detect Japanese encephalitis in Asia
...ows the information to be immediately available to all levels of the health system," said Dr. Julie Jacobson, PATH's Director of the Japanese Encephalitis Project. "Surveillance will be made easier by using Voxiva's system to share data. Control of the disease can be improved by getting information to h...Old bones unearth new date for giant deer's last stand
...und the same time as the giant deer, together with all the other extinct 'Ice Age' beasts such as the woolly rhino and saber-toothed cat, between about 12,000 and 10,000 years ago. However, a recent discovery found that the mammoth survived on Wrangel, a remote arctic island, until 3,600 years ago. The ...Bugs in the gut could play key role in understanding human disease and drug toxicity
... the pH levels in the gut and the immune response, all of which can have effects on the effectiveness of drugs." The researchers believe it will be possible to develop a model for testing the body's response to disease, looking at how the microbes in the gut interact with each other, mammalian genes and ...Toward a better understanding of taste and smell impairments
...where this condition is common. Over 90 percent of all head and neck cancer patients who receive radiation therapy experience substantial taste loss and alterations of flavor perception. Yet relatively little is known about the impact of radiotherapy on taste perception. Under the direction of sensory p...Component of volcanic gas may have played a significant role in the origins of life on Earth
...ions, and they found peptides formed readily under all these conditions. "It's really efficient, ac...evolved from some simpler life forms because, like all modern life, cyanobacteria are highly sophisticated living organisms--with cell walls, complex metab...Yale scientists find cooperative RNA switches in nature
...r own feedback loop. The work received the highest all time rating of a peer-reviewed scientific paper by the Faculty of 1000 , an on-line web resource where top researcher from around the world rank scientific publications Breaker's research, testing theories about how life began, led to the synthesis ...Society for Psychophysiology Research
...o will be presenting their research. Abstracts of all presentations at the meeting are published in the ...lateral sclerosis, or ALS, slowly robs patients of all motor control while leaving their minds intact. Patients often end up "locked in" to their bodies, a...UCR researchers identify key plant enzyme that defends against multiple infections
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