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...thesynapse. Such vesicle fusion occurs millions of times daily in each of the humanbrain's 100 billion neurons. So understanding vesicle fusion promises to shedlight on processes like learning and memory, and may lead to improved treatmentsfor brain disorders. "It's sort of like merging two soap bubbles in...... approved dose of 20-30 mg/kg three times per day. To date, this combination has been well tolerated by most subjects. The most common side effects were: rash (28.1 percent), which was seen more commonly in children t...Study Ties Cerebral Palsy To Inflammation And Blood-Clotting Abnormalities
... who were exposed to infection in thewomb had nine times the normal risk of developing CP. Other recent studies havelinked prenatal infection to premature birth, which increases the risk of CP. However, the lengthy time needed to confirm a diagnosis of CP has made it verydifficult to identify what causes ...Penn State Chemist Identifies New Lime Aroma Component
...e Key limes. Chisholm says, "There is five times as much 7-methoxycoumarin in Persianlime as Key lime oil, which means that it has five times the impact in Persianlime. In Key lime it is not a major odorant, but rather one of many secondaryo...Exercise Can Help To Exorcise Stroke Risk
... The researchers defined moderate intensity as 4.5 times greater than aperson's normal resting metabolic rate, which is one kilocalorie per kilogram ofbody weight per hour. "Walking, stair-climbing and participating in moderately intense activitiessuch as dancing, bicycling and gardening were shown to red...Hormone Therapy Increases Survival Of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
...ent or less. Such a patient would be three of four times more likely to dieof another condition other than prostate cancer, such as a heart attack. Conversely, he said, a man belonging to risk group four has a much higherrisk of dying of prostate cancer than a man in group one and therefore shouldconsider ...Cure Rate Soars For Some AML Patients Receiving High-Dose Drug
...her than the standard dose can cure nearly five times as many patients who have a certain type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), new research shows. The study revealed that 78 percent of patients with “core binding factor” AML who received the drug cytarabine at high dose were ...Restaurant Meats Higher In Suspected Carcinogens
... restaurant-prepared meats at levels as muchas ten times higher than similar fast food items previously ana...trated that hotter temperatures and longer cooking times areimportant to the formation of heterocyclic amines. This is the first time that measuremen...Perceived Risks Of Breast Cancer Are Vastly Overestimated
...nstance, the risk of dying of lung cancer is three times as great as dying of breast cancer. Contact: Dr John Bunker, Visiting Professor, Cancer Research Campaign and UCL Cancer Trials Centre, University College London Medical School, London......t enzymes in the blood. However, there are times when the results of these tests areinconclusive, leaving physicians with little guidance as to what should be donenext. Often, not wanting to take unnecessary risks, physicians admit thesepatients to the hospital for observation or further testing. ......ind, the transgenic tobacco was harvested multiple times during the summer at a point far earlier than tobacco is harvested for traditional uses. In 1995, a team consisting of Cramer and her associates at Virginia Tech and CropTech, a biotechnology company located in Blacksburg, was the first to induce a......otease inhibitors wereapproximately two and a half times more likely to engage in risky sex (usecondoms les...ere being treatedwith protease inhibitors were 3.8 times more likely to report condom use lessthan half the times they engaged in sexual intercourse compared...New Drug Boosts The Power Of Traditional Cancer Therapies, UF Animal Studies Show
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...enzodiazepines, whichincludes Valium. But it is 10 times as potent as other drugs in the class, andso is used in much smaller quantities, making it very difficult to detect.Existing antibody tests, developed for other benzodiazepines, often missRohypnol. Kieran Walshe and his colleagues at Univers...USC Researcher Lights Up The Immune System To Help Heart Transplant Recipients
...tandard therapy alone were over two-and-a-half times more likely to have multiple rejections after transplantation. The photopheresis group had 0.9 acute rejection episodes per patient, while the control group had 1.4, a statistically significant difference. Researchers found no difference in...Intensive Program Can Help Premature Babies Learn At the Start
...and were placed in special education classes three times asoften as their normal birth-weight peers. While the early intervention significantly improved the short-termachievements of children with low birth-weight, long-term outcomes need furtherinvestigation, the researchers say, because by age 9 ...