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• Molecular receptor in testosterone heals wounds quickly

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) A molecular receptor vital to the functioning of male hormone testosterone also plays a key role in healing.In mice studies, University of Rochester Medical Centre (URMC) scientists found that this receptor, the androgen receptor, delays wound healing. However, when they blocked the receptor ...
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• Receptor behind testosterone activity plays key role in wound healing

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Jan 5 (ANI): The androgen receptor, which is known to be pivotal to the action of male hormones such as testosterone, has been found to play a crucial role in the body’s ability to heal, say scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center.In studies in mice, scientists found that the receptor ...
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• Study Reveals Women Don’t Have A Better Sense Of Touch, Smaller Fingers Do

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  By Madhuri DeyJan. 02, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A recent study that was published in a science journal looks into the baffling fact that some people seem to have a better sense of touch than others. The difference is more pronounced in the comparison between men and women. So far, the myth attributed the phenomenon to just ...
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• How to manipulate ‘TRAP’ gene for treating cancer

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 30 (ANI): TNF-receptor associated protein-1 (TRAP-1) may prevent cancer cell death, according to a research.Prostate cancer most commonly develops in men over the age of 50 and is slow-growing; however, it may metastasize to other organs, particular to the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate cancer cells ...
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• Morning Movers 12/29: BNVI, APPY, IPSU, FCEL, HOLL Higher; MACC,...

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 164
  Bionovo, Inc. (NASDAQ: BNVI) 26.3% HIGHER; announced today the publication of results from its study on the anti-tumor mechanism of BN107. The results of the study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, describe the potential molecular mechanisms mediating the selective pro-apoptotic (cell death) effect ...
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• Clarient Acquires AGI In All-Stock Merger

  
  OneMedPlace — Authority: 121
  Clarient , a provider of comprehensive anatomic pathology and molecular testing services, will acquire Huntsville, Ala.-based Applied Genomics in an all-stock merger worth up to $17.6 million. The agreement will give Clarient access to the rapidly increasing epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) testing market. ...
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• High-fat diet, sugar stimulate opiate receptor to cause fat gain

  
  iHealthBulletin News — Authority: 134
  Highly palatable, energy-dense foods may activate genes that ultimately make us obese. According to a new research report recently appearing in The FASEB Journal, a diet that is high in fat and in sugar actually switches on genes that ultimately cause our bodies to store too much fat. This means these foods hit you ...
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• New sports doping products sold on the Black Market

  
  Anabolic Steroids Blog - iSteroids . com — Authority: 447
  Non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic agents such as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) are being openly sold on the black market because of their performance enhancing characteristics, according to researchers from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany. This finding emerged after ...
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• Manic Monday: Your brain on hedgehog

  
  Neurological Correlates — Authority: 106
  How come there are craniofacial deformities associated with neuro-behavioral issues? Review of Sonic Hedgehog signaling and liver x receptor and oxysterols.
  3 weeks ago

• TWiV 62: Persistence of West Nile virus

  
  virology blog — Authority: 428
  Hosts : Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , and Alan Dove On episode #62 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Dickson, and Alan discuss STEP HIV-1 vaccine failure caused by the adenovirus vector, presence of West Nile virus in kidneys for years after initial infection, adaptation of ...
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• HIV: GENETICALLY MODIFIED HUMAN STEM CELLS AGAINST VIRUS

  
  SALUTE DOMANI ? IL PORTALE DEL BENESSERE — Authority: 148
  There is a desperate need for effective therapies to fight chronic viral infections. The immune response is normally fastidious at controlling the majority of viral infections and a therapeutic strategy aimed at reestablishing immune control represents a potentially powerful approach towards treating persistent viral ...
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• Unexpected weakness in H1N1 may aid in creating future vaccines

  
  Eideard — Authority: 149
  New surprise in old virus.
  3 weeks ago

• Human blood stem cells engineered to kill HIV

  
  Innovation Toronto — Authority: 140
  Image via Wikipedia A proof-of-principle study has demonstrated that it is possible to engineer human blood stem cells into cells that can target and kill HIV -infected cells. The result is the equivalent of a genetic vaccine which is not only good news in the fight against HIV – the process could also be ...
  3 weeks ago

• Adding Chemo to Tamoxifen Helps Some Breast Cancer Patients (HealthDay)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 168
  HealthDay – THURSDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) — Adding chemotherapy to standard cancer-suppressing tamoxifen can boost survival in postmenopausal women with the most common type of breast cancer, known as estrogen receptor-positive, and it’s best given before the tamoxifen regimen starts, according to a new ...
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• Vaio netbook with integrated Digital TV

  
  topdospods.com — Authority: 114
  Sony has launched a new member of the P line of notebooks. Maybe it is not a netbook, but Sony prefers to call it a mini-notebook, whose main attraction is the presence of a TV receiver Digital decoder.That’s right, no accessories, such as signal receivers 1-Seg, to view digital TV in the widescreen 8-inch P [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Potential New Target Found for Alzheimers Disease

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 466
  WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The low-density lipoprotein receptor may help reduce brain damage caused by Alzheimers disease , a new study suggests. read more
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• Humans, apes use odor-detecting receptors differently

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): Apes and humans have same receptors for detecting odours related to sex, but they are used in different ways in all the species which plays a major role in mate selection and prevents cross-species couplings, according to Duke University researchers.All the species use odour receptors in ...
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• Stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 731
  Washington, Dec 9 (ANI): For the first time, researchers have been successful in demonstrating that human blood stem cells can be engineered into cells that can target and kill HIV-infected cells - a process that potentially could be used against a range of chronic viral diseases.The study by scientists at the UCLA ...
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• Stem Cells Could Hold the Answer for HIV Vaccine

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 143
  We have the proof of principle but more work is needed.  As noted below this type of treatment could be expanded into other area of chronic diseases.  The testing so far has been with mice but a big step forward.  BD  AIDS researchers have for the first time demonstrated that human blood stem cells can be ...
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• Women and Cellulite – Why More Women Than Men Develop Cellulite

  
  Natural Remedy for Yeast Infection — Authority: 144
  Women are quite concerned about the appearance of cellulite in their body, especially during summer months where hanging out in the beach is the top most priority. Many who suffer from this condition tend to stay away from these places where the outfit is composed of bikinis and swimsuits – after all, who want to go ...
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