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How Parkinson's Disease Starts and Spreads
April 16, 2012 Injection of a small amount of clumped protein triggers a cascade of events leading to a Parkinson’s-like disease in mice, according to a new ... > full story -
Fine-Scale Analysis of the Human Brain Yields Insight Into Its Distinctive Composition
April 12, 2012 Scientists have identified similarities and differences among regions of the human brain, among the brains of human individuals, and between humans and mice by analyzing the expression of ... > full story -
New Insights Into When Beach Sand May Become Unsafe for Digging and Other Contact
April 11, 2012 With summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, a new study provides health departments with information needed to determine when levels of disease-causing bacteria in ... > full story -
Identical DNA Codes Discovered in Different Plant Species
April 9, 2012 Researchers solved a major biological question by using a groundbreaking computer algorithm to find identical DNA sequences in different plant and animal ... > full story -
How Embryonic Stem Cells Orchestrate Human Development
April 5, 2012 Researchers show in detail how three genes within human embryonic stem cells regulate development, a finding that increases understanding of how to grow these cells for therapeutic ... > full story -
Asthma: A Vaccination That Works Using Intramuscular Injection
April 4, 2012 Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and respiratory disease caused by an abnormal reactivity to allergens in the environment. Of the several avenues of exploration that are currently being developed, ... > full story -
Eliminating the ‘good Cholesterol’ Receptor May Fight Breast Cancer
April 3, 2012 A new study suggests SR-BI plays a role in breast cancer tumor ... > full story -
Caffeine and Exercise May Be Protective Against Skin Cancer Caused by Sun Exposure, Study Suggests
April 3, 2012 The combined effects of exercise plus caffeine consumption may be able to ward off skin cancer and also prevent inflammation related to other obesity-linked ... > full story -
Scientists Uncover Clue to Preventing, and Possibly Reversing, Rare Childhood Genetic Disease
April 1, 2012 Scientists think they have found a way to prevent and possibly reverse the most debilitating symptoms of a rare, progressive childhood degenerative disease that leaves children with slurred speech, ... > full story -
Key Component in Mother's Egg Critical for Survivial of Newly Formed Embryo
March 29, 2012 Scientists have discovered that a protein, called TRIM28, normally present in the mother's egg, is essential right after fertilization, to preserve certain chemical modifications or 'epigenetic ... > full story
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