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Bungled Insulin Production May Be A Culprit In Diabetes, University Of
Like pieces of origami that get mangled during folding, some insulin molecules get produced in bungled forms -- as well as the correct form -- inside the cells of the pancreas, new research shows. Vaporware 2006: Call for Entries
What were the technologies you most looked forward to that didn't pan out? Here's your chance to nominate your favorite vaporware of 2006. When Transgenes Wander, Should We Worry?
Just like their traditionally bred counterparts, transgenic crops have definitively been shown to crossbreed with crops or native plants growing nearby. In the July-September issue of the University of California's California Agriculture journal, a peer-reviewed review article documents widespread evidence that crop transgenes do, in fact, wander in the environment. But is this a cause for worry? Noise Can Help, Rather Than Hinder, People's Ability To Sense Things
We usually think of noise as a bad thing -- like the background sound of street traffic that makes it hard to hear a conversation or your favorite CD. Researchers know that such extraneous stimuli exist for other senses, too: Noise can affect your ability not only to hear, but also to see and feel. Unintended Pregnancy Predicts Feelings That Parenting Is A Burden
The relationship between a mother and her infant is believed by many to be the foundation of healthy childhood development, but researchers have recently found pregnancy acceptance to be the first step in forming the mother/child bond. Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM)
This fact sheet explains adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs), loans for which "the interest rate changes periodically, usually in relation to an index, and payments may go up or down accordingly."Includes questions to consider, consumer cautions, ideas for reducing risk associated with ARMs, a glossary, and a mortgage checklist for comparing different types of mortgages. Also available in Spanish. From the Federal Reserve Board. Ozone Levels Drop When Hurricanes Are Strengthening
Scientists are continually exploring different aspects of hurricanes to increase the understanding of how they behave. Recently, NASA-funded scientists from Florida State University looked at ozone around hurricanes and found that ozone levels drop as a hurricane is intensifying. Museum of Online Museums: MoOM
This site provides "links to online collections and exhibits covering a vast array of interests and obsessions."Includes links to museums ("most of these sites will have multiple exhibits"), a "permanent collection"of links to exhibits of particular interest to design and advertising, and links to "an eclectic and ever-changing list of interesting ... collections and galleries."From a design and advertising company. Common Virus Becomes A New Target For Cancer Treatment
A typically innocuous virus found in 90 percent of people worldwide is the key to a new treatment for a cancer particularly common in North Africa and Southeast Asia. A new study showing that antigens produced by the Epstein Barr virus may provide an ideal target for therapy will be published in the March 1, 2005, issue of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology. Specific Type Of Cell Death May Accelerate Decompensated Heart Failure
Autophagy, a normal process by which cells eat their own proteins to provide needed resources to the body in times of stress, may paradoxically cause harm to hearts already weakened by disease, researchers have found.
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