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While bacterial cells tend to be rather solitary individuals, they are also known to form intricately structured communities called biofilms.
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Researchers have found that two proteins which work in tandem in the brain's blood vessels present a double whammy in Alzheimer's disease.
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Having discovered that hydrogen sulfide, or H2S, is produced in the thin, endothelial lining of blood vessels, the researchers, including scientists from Johns Hopkins, report today in Science that H2S regulates blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels.
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Specifically, Nagiel and Hudspeth studied the zebrafish's posterior lateral line system of cells whose hair-like projections are directly exposed to the water and sense its movement.
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A basic science breakthrough by Queen's researchers into regulating a single enzyme may lead to new drug therapies that will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.
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When dividing cells copy their DNA, mistakes can - and do - occur. To compensate, cells have a built-in system to correct these errors.
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New research into the earliest events occurring immediately upon infection with HIV-I shows that the virus deals a stunning blow to the immune system earlier than was previously understood.
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Preliminary U-M studies indicate that oral use of RU-486's companion drug misoprostol is safe, but vaginal use may undermine body's immune responses
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A team led by Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Jamey D. Marth has shown that a prominent protein on the surface of liver cells protects organisms during sepsis, one of the most common and deadly side effects of bacterial infection.
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Obesity-related inflammation also pegged as catalyst in metabolic syndrome
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University of Pittsburgh researchers William E. Klunk, M.D., Ph.D., and Chester A. Mathis, Ph.D., today were awarded the 2008 Potamkin Prize for their work in Alzheimer's disease research.
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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have identified a language feature unique to the human brain that is shedding light on how human language evolved.
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Minorities in Cancer Research (MICR), a 3,000-member group within the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), has selected the winners of two scholar awards for scientists working in underrepresented areas of the cancer research community.
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MIT broke ground on Friday for the new David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, a facility that its director, Tyler Jacks, said will usher in "the next generation in cancer research"
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MIT scientists propose that blood may help us think, in addition to its well-known role as the conveyor of fuel and oxygen to brain cells.
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MIT scientists have uncovered a protein that plays a key role in the recycling of iron from blood.
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