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Proteins Linked To Stem Cells Could Lead To Alzheimer's Treatment
Scientists have discovered a link between protein and stem cells, which may lead to a new way to treat Alzheimer's disease. They combined a technique for transplanting stem cells into rats and a newly discovered compound, phenserine. It reduces the amount of a plaque that is a hallmark of Alzheimer?s disease. The combination triggered the regeneration of neurons that are destroyed by Alzheimer?s and are necessary for healthy brain functions. Open Wide And Say 'Zap': New Way To Clinically Assess Condition Of Too
A group of researchers in Australia and Taiwan has developed a new way to analyze the health of human teeth using lasers. By measuring how the surface of a tooth responds to laser-generated ultrasound, they can evaluate the mineral content of tooth enamel -- the semi-translucent outer layer of a tooth that protects the underlying dentin. LII New This Week: The Blurb
This week, in our debut newsletter on the new site, learn about funk, Harriet Miers, poetry, ex-pat voting, California's special election, the Japanese prime minister, Botox, the nutritional data of candy, hours of viewing pleasure with independent films, the 50th anniversary of "Howl,"and olives galore. We at LII hope you find these sites useful. -- Librarian-editors Karen, Wendy, Jennifer, Maria, Pat, Tom, and Charlotte. A Rose Is A Rózsa Is A ...: Image-search Tool Speaks Hundreds Of Langu
Although pictures can be appreciated in any language, digital image searches are often lost in translation. A new multilingual search tool, PanImages, makes the universal appeal of pictures available to all. A new multilingual search tool makes the universal appeal of pictures available to all. PanImages allows people to search for images on the Web using hundreds of languages. Scientific Literacy: How Do Americans Stack Up?
Having a basic knowledge of scientific principles is no longer a luxury but, in today's complex world, a necessity. And, according to a Michigan State University researcher, while Americans are holding their own, they are not even close to where they should be. Abnormal Pap Smears Not Unusual
A report, published in health journal Sexual Health, has found nearly all women had had at least one Pap smear test in their lives with 26 percent reporting an abnormal result. Two thirds of these women were treated at clinics after abnormal tests with about one in five women reporting negative effects on their sex lives. Elevated GGT Enzyme May Predict Risk Of Death From Cardiovascular Dise
A simple blood test may identify people who have an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Tomatoes
A compilation of almost two dozen recipes featuring tomatoes. Includes recipes for baked tomatoes, tomato salsa, and tomato pie. Also includes tips for selecting, storing, and preserving tomatoes. From a cookbook author. Very Large Diamonds Produced Very Fast
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory have learned to produce 10-carat, half-inch thick single-crystal diamonds at rapid growth rates (100 micrometers per hour) using a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. This size is approximately five times that of commercially available diamonds produced by the standard high-pressure/high-temperature (HPHT) method and other CVD techniques. In addition, the team has made colorless single-crystal diamonds, transparent from the ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths with their CVD process. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him.
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