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Tobacco causes genetic changes
Recently, in the Journal of Cancer in the UK, researchers believe that the main harm to tobacco is to alter genes and cause lung cancer.
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People will live to 110 years old?
Living long and healthy without using drugs or any assistance such as New York Sadie Kaplan (USA), about to pass 105 years old in June, is always the desire of mankind d…
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Human embryonic stem cell research reveals the earliest phase of human development mystery
Researchers from the Johns Hopskin Research Institute have recently discovered the molecular key of one of the earliest stages of human development using embryonic stem…
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Protein controls the proliferation of bacteria: the future of new antibiotics
A team of scientists from Johns Hopkins University has solved the important problem of how certain proteins direct the process of bacterial proliferation. This finding m…
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Can diagnose heart disease by saliva
According to a report by a research group led by the University of Texas (Austin) at the recent American Dental Research Association meeting, heart disease can be diagno…
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Blood of crocodile cure infections resistant to drugs
Biochemists reported in Louisiana today during the 235th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society, although crocodiles are still famous for attacks on humans and…
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Detecting protein helps treat obesity
Recently, some Swedish researchers from Karolinska Academy have discovered a protein capable of stimulating the formation of fat cells.
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How does the human body cure congenital vitamin C deficiency?
One study explained how humans, along with some high-level primates, guinea-pigs and fruit bats can live with the same innate metabolic defect: that the body is incapabl…
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How does our body control time?
Our alarm clock can instantly be adjusted for an extra hour on March 9, but our biological clock needs a longer time to adjust to changes because of the watch. Our biolo…
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The peptide chain in scorpion venom can cure excretory diseases
Scientists have recently discovered a chain of peptides found in scorpion venom that holds secrets to understanding and controlling cystic fibrosis and other secretory d…
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Natural compounds in broccoli can cure genetic skin disorders
Natural compound sulforaphane is abundant in cauliflower and other cruciferous plants known for their ability to prevent cancer. Now sulforaphane has been discovered a n…
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Saliva tests help detect cancer
Dental diseases can remain hidden in the mouth for many years without any symptoms, leading to gingivitis, decay and tooth decay. Now researchers at Sandia National Labo…
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Searching for the cold feeling
US researchers say the nerves take orders from a protein and send information back to a skeleton of a cold wind that cuts the skin or simply a breeze. This discovery she…
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The biological clock guides the princess butterfly
Scientists have discovered that genetic mechanisms explain why monarch butterflies can fly from Canada to nest in Mexican mountains in the winter.
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Discover hundreds of proteins of people who are taking advantage of HIV virus
With only a few very basic components, the HIV virus can cause extremely terrible consequences. Consisting of 9 genes encoding 15 types of proteins but devastating the h…