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Two Proteins Stop Mice Getting Fat
Researchers from McGill University have shown that mice lacking two proteins (4E-BP1 and 4E-BP2) are more obese than normal mice. Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Official site of this library (and related cultural institutions) in Alexandria, Egypt, that has a goal of being "a center of excellence in the production and dissemination of knowledge and to be a place of dialogue, learning and understanding between cultures and peoples."The site features information about collections and programs for the library, planetarium, antiquities museum, art centers, and more. Also includes images, including some of the striking library building. Also available in Arabic and French. Imaging Study May Help Point Toward More Effective Smoking Cessation T
Results of a new imaging study, supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, show that the nicotine received in just a few puffs of a cigarette can exert a force powerful enough to drive an individual to continue smoking. The amount of nicotine in one puff of a cigarette can occupy about 30 percent of the brain's most common type of nicotine receptors; three puffs can occupy about 70 percent. Unusual Data On Rapid Eye Movements Shed New Light On Brain And Inhibi
When a child has a problem focusing or acts too quickly with inappropriate behavior, it's enough to drive adults nuts. Thanks to a closer look at unexpected data, University of Oregon researchers may have tapped into a developmentally based explanation for why kids respond as they do. Obese Heart Attack Patients Are More Likely To Survive After Treatment
Obese and very obese patients have a lower risk of dying after they have been treated for heart attacks than do normal weight patients, according to new research. Researchers found that amongst patients who had received initial treatment for a specific type of heart attack, those that were obese or very obese were less than half as likely to die during the following three years as patients who had a normal body mass index. Surgical Robot 'Scrubs In' At UNC, May Be More Precise Than Convention
The new surgical assistant at the University of North Carolina Hospitals arrived in February sporting three arms, a computerized brain and a glowing track record in helping to repair heart valves, remove cancerous prostates, bypass blocked coronary arteries and perform gastric bypass operations for morbid obesity. Voice Chat in Erotic Worlds
Speaking of ... speaking, what's the state of VOIP in sexy 3-D? In Sex Drive Daily. Hazardous Alcohol Drinking Causes Nearly Half Of Deaths In Working-age
Hazardous alcohol drinking causes 43% of deaths in Russian men aged 25-54, conclude authors of a study published in The Lancet. Hazardous drinking includes both excessive consumption of regular beverage-alcohol such as beer, wine, and sprits; and drinking of non-beverage alcohol such as colognes, medical tinctures and cleaning agents. Children's Hospital Boston Launches Major Genetic Study Of Autism
Children's Hospital Boston has begun enrolling patients as part of an ambitious new multidisciplinary study of autism that will attempt to pin down its genetic and biochemical causes. Results could be available in a year or two, and could yield a greater biological understanding of autistic spectrum disorders, better diagnostic and prognostic techniques, and potential medical treatments. Welcome to the Wired Wiki
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