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Is Your Heart Aging Faster Than You Are?
Despite the increasing evidence that managing high cholesterol reduces cardiovascular events, many people do not achieve recommended lipid levels. This is due, in part, to patients'lack of understanding about their risk factors and the potential benefits of lifestyle modifications and therapy. 'Smart' Nanoprobes Light Up Disease: Quantum Dots Programmed To Glow I
Researchers from Rice University's Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) have developed a "smart"beacon hundreds of times smaller than a human cell that is programmed to light up only when activated by specific diseases. Altered expression of particular proteases is a common hallmark of cancer, atherosclerosis and other diseases. The research appears in the September issue of the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. The Nose Knows: How Your Brain Helps You Become A Wine Expert
You don't need to sign up for pricey wine appreciation classes to parse the subtle difference between the bouquet of a pinot noir and a cabernet. Just pour yourself a couple glasses and sniff. Your brain will quickly help you become a modest oenophile. A new study by Northwestern University shows that the brain learns to differentiate between similar smells simply through passive experience. The study also revealed for the first time where the brain updates information about smells. Mild Form Of Bird Flu Slows Down Migration Of Swans
Migratory swans carrying a mild form of avian influenza depart from the Netherlands more than a month after their healthy counterparts do. They also feed slower and fly shorter distances. These insights will be published on January 31, 2007 in PLoS ONE, the International, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication from the Public Library of Science (PLoS) by scientists from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) and the Department of Virology of the Erasmus MC. Chinese Medicine Compound Has Satisfactory Anti-cancer Effects On Hepa
Traditional Chinese medicine is world renowned. It has effects on some diseases, but some of the reasons are still unknown. Human hepatocellular carcinoma is a challenging disease worldwide and researchers have long sought an effective cure. A research group in China has found that a Chinese medicinal compound, delisheng, had satisfactory anti-cancer effects on HCC with one exceptive. Rats With Migraines Provide Jefferson Scientists Insights To Improved
When Michael Oshinsky, Ph.D., gives his rats a headache, he has good reason.The animals are helping Dr. Oshinsky study how migraine treatments work. In recent experiments, the animals provided evidence showing that DHE, a standard drug currently used to treat acute migraine pain can also work against the onset of a phenomenon called "central sensitization,"or "allodynia,"which involves, as most migraine sufferers know, a heightened sensitivity to touch. Prevalence Of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Varies By Ethnicity
A new study has found hepatic steatosis -- fatty liver disease -- in nearly one third of American adults in a large urban population sample. The prevalence of the disease varied significantly among ethnic groups. Hispanics had a higher prevalence than whites, while blacks had a lower prevalence than whites. Rats On A Road Trip Reveal Pollution-heart Disease Risk
Rats that rode in a truck on the New York State Thruway between Rochester and Buffalo and were exposed to the same highway pollution that motorists encounter, showed a drop in heart rate and effects on the autonomic nervous system, according to a study published this month in the journal Inhalation Toxicology. How Shall a Generation Know Its Story: The Edgar Bowers Conference and
Exhibit about the life and works of William Edgar Bowers Jr., "one of the finest American poets of the 20th century."He was born in Georgia and taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from 1958-1991. Features a brief biography accompanied by photographs, poems, correspondence, and related material. Includes a list of books and awards. From the Charles E. Young Library Department of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. Toward Next-generation Integrated Circuits Made From Carbon Nanotubes
Scientistsare reporting the first simple and inexpensive method for building the large-scale networks of single-walled carbon nanotubes needed for using these microscopic wisps in a future generation of faster, smaller, and more powerful computers and portable electronic devices. They point out that no assembly method has solved all of the key problems involved in fabrication of large networks.
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