Sunday, April 21, 2013

Fat-forming cells found important for muscle repair

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The body contains many different highly specialized cells that all have their own function in the various organs we have. Constant renewal ...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Taste of beer is enough to get brain chemicals flowing

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For most of us, beer is a convivial drink, but for some, it can be addicting. Alcoholism is an affliction in which a person has become phys...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Artificial immune cells used to destroy tumours

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Our immune system is tasked with guarding our body against foreign invaders such as bacteria or viruses. Less commonly known is that immune...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Dark matter may be detectable on ISS

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A large proportion of the matter in our universe cannot be detected by conventional means. It is called dark matter because it does not ref...
Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Highly experimental stem cell therapy underway

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Stem cell therapies are as controversial as they are experimental. So far, it has been proven difficult to develop treatments that are bene...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A saliva test to predict agressive behaviour in boys

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A lot of behavioural patterns are hard to discern by simply looking at the biological level, which is why we have invented a field of scien...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Scientists claim they can predict disease outbreaks

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Ever so often viruses manage to successfully infect human beings and spread throughout the population. In the past, viral outbreaks could l...