One in 10 American adults has type 2 diabetes, according to experts. The condition occurs when an individual doesn't produce enough insulin or the pancreas isn't making insulin as efficiently as it could.
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Type 2 diabetes...
This scanning electron microscope image of the head of a female Anopheles mosquito shows the antennae, proboscis and palps that contain its olfactory system.
Credit: Zwiebel Lab, Vanderbilt University
Biologists who study the malaria mosquito's 'nose' have found that it contains...
Jeffrey Goldberg and his colleagues examined the cases of three women who were blinded after undergoing an unproven stem cell treatment for macular degeneration.
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Three people with macular degeneration were blinded after undergoing an unproven stem...
This is a schematic of paAIP2. LOV2-J? domain derived from phototropin1 was fused to autocamtide-2 related inhibitory peptide 2 (AIP2). The blue light absorption causes a reversible conformational change of LOV2 domain, leading to dissociation of the J? helix-AIP2....
These are results from 5 days upon application of curcumin gel to burns, and results after 6 weeks.
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What is the effect of Topical Curcumin Gel for treating burns and scalds? In a recent research paper, published...
Differences in the human nose may have accumulated among populations through time as a result of a random process called genetic drift. However, divergent selection -- variation in natural selection across populations -- may also be the reason that...
Ibuprofen.
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Painkillers considered harmless by the general public are associated with increased risk of cardiac arrest, according to research published today in the March issue of European Heart Journal -- Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy.
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Autism spectrum disorder affects about 1.5 percent of all children, but its exact cause remains unknown, and diagnosis requires a multidisciplinary team of doctors.
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Scientists have developed a new, highly accurate method that analyzes metabolic...
The image shows tumor cells infected by the virus, which expresses a fluorescent protein. Over the days (in the image fifth day), the virus multiplies, generating new virions that infect more cancer cells
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Scientists at the IDIBAPS...
At ambient temperature, the circadian clock of cyanobacteria is constantly ticking and its 'molecular cogwheels' keep spinning. This makes it difficult to understand the clockwork mechanism. Cooling down the clock puts its cogwheels to rest, allowing to visualize details...
Research has discovered one of the underlying reasons why broccoli is so good for you, in work leading to a new way to approach the genetic basis of cancer.
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Researchers have discovered one of...
