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Potential Drug for Speeding Up Cellular Recycling
March 13, 2012 Cell biologists have identified a potential drug that speeds up trash removal from the cell's recycling center, the ... > full story -
Powerful Treatment Provides Effective Relief for Urinary Incontinence, Study Suggests
March 12, 2012 The biggest study into the treatment of urinary incontinence with botulinum toxin (trade name Botox) has demonstrated that it is effective in treating overactive bladder (OAB) - a debilitating common ... > full story -
Scientists Claim Brain Memory Code Cracked
March 9, 2012 Despite a century of research, memory encoding in the brain has remained mysterious. Neuronal synaptic connection strengths are involved, but synaptic components are short-lived while memories last ... > full story -
Little Benefit of Breast Imaging Tests for Women With Breast Pain, Study Suggests
March 7, 2012 Researchers have found that women with breast pain who receive imaging (mammograms, MRIs or ultrasounds) as part of breast pain evaluation, undergo follow-up diagnostic testing, but do not tend to ... > full story -
Sperm Can Do 'Calculus' to Calculate Calcium Dynamics and React Accordingly
March 7, 2012 Sperm have only one aim: to find the egg. The egg supports the sperm in their quest by emitting attractants. Calcium ions determine the beating pattern of the sperm tail which enables the sperm to ... > full story -
Vitamin D Intake May Be Associated With Lower Stress Fracture Risk in Girls
March 5, 2012 Vitamin D may be associated with a lower risk of developing stress fractures in preadolescent and adolescent girls, especially among those very active in high-impact activities, according to a new ... > full story -
Vitamin D Shrinks Fibroid Tumors in Rats
March 1, 2012 Treatment with vitamin D reduced the size of uterine fibroids in laboratory rats predisposed to developing the benign tumors, reported ... > full story -
Stopping Hormone Therapy Might Help Breast Cancer to Regress
February 28, 2012 As soon as women quit hormone therapy, their rates of new breast cancer decline, supporting the hypothesis that stopping hormones can lead to tumor regression, according to a new ... > full story -
Sperm Cannot Detect Smells: End of 'Lily of the Valley Phenomenon' in Sperm Research?
February 28, 2012 Scientists have now discovered that sperm do not function like olfactory cells -- a finding that casts doubt on the assumption that scents play a role in ... > full story -
Lifestyle of Naked Mole-Rats Holds Lifesaving Clues
February 23, 2012 A biologist thinks the subterranean lifestyle of the naked mole-rat may hold clues to keeping brain cells alive and functioning when oxygen is scarce, as during a heart attack. The key may lie in how ... > full story
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