Health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase…
Month: December 2009
Marine Research Is Key To ‘Super Foods’ Market
Milk drinks that lower blood pressure, meat products that reduce the risk of heart disease,…
IKK may act as both inhibitor and promoter of Huntington’s disease
The kinase IKK phosphorylates the protein mutated in Huntington’s disease to promote its removal and…
Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry
People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or…
Synergistic interaction enhances pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have identified a synergistic interaction that disrupts normal intracellular transport mechanisms and leads to…
Opening new frontiers: First volume of microbial encyclopedia published
The Earth is estimated to have about a nonillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) microbes in, on, around, and…
Facebook Traffic Jumps in Japan but It Still Lags Mixi (PC World)
PC World – Facebook has seen an almost fourfold increase in the number of visitors…
Role of addiction cannot be ignored in obesity epidemic
Researchers argue that food addiction in some individuals may be a reality and needs to…
Air pollution linked to hospitalizations for pneumonia in seniors
A study found that among older individuals, long-term exposure to traffic pollution independently increased their…
New pathway discovered that may prevent tissue damage resulting from inflammation
Interferon gamma is a protein secreted by lymphocytes that is used to fight the bacteria…