Fatal Mistakes Can’t Be Undone
As soon as he took a bite, his lips, where a smudge of peanut butter had stuck, swelled to almost double their original size. Large angry hives formed next under his armpits and quickly spread throughout his body. His tongue began to swell and he began clutching his throat like he was choking….
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Why consumer groups are filing a petition to the FDA over hair dyes
Popular men’s cosmetic products are raising concerns over a potentially harmful ingredient. Lead acetate can be found in Grecian Formula and Youthair hair dye products in the U.S. Consumer groups filed a petition to the FDA to crack down on this lead compound, which is a known neurotoxin.For…
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Plant pollen and fungal spores can be found at variable elevations, study shows
Plant pollen and fungal spores can be found at variable heights in the air, even at elevations up to 2000 meters. This is the conclusion of a report by researchers of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technical University of Munich together with Greek colleagues, which was published in the…
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Instrument for flurometric analysis given to research lab by DeNovix
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Tags: Cancer, Cell, Nucleic Acid, Protein
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Considering the role of gravity for accurate weighing results, described in new Mettler Toledo whitepaper
Fighting colorectal cancer
Paul J. Limburg, M.D.
Colorectal cancer is a combined term to describe the malignant tumors that occur in the large intestine; the colon being the upper part of the large intestine and the rectum being the lowest part of the large intestine.
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UK Medical announce range expansion of biopsy products to interventional products
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Tags: Biopsy, Bone, Bone Marrow, Cardiology, Healthcare, Radiology, Urology
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Researchers develop new technologies to measure key proteins that serve as markers for tumors
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Tags: AIDS, Bone, Bone Marrow, Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Diagnostics, Drugs, Genes, Genome, Genomics, HIV, HIV/AIDS, Immune System,…
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Research finding could set stage for potential development of new antimicrobial drugs
Research teams from the National Institutes of Health and abroad have identified the first inhibitor of an enzyme long thought to be a potential drug target for fighting disease-causing parasites and bacteria. The teams, led by NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences…
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Novel technique helps researchers to study function of neurons that innervate adipose tissue
A research team led by Ana Domingos, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), developed a new genetic technique that allows the elimination of specific neurons of the peripheral nervous system without affecting the brain. Using this novel technique in mice, the researchers…
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Novel technique helps researchers to study function of neurons that innervate adipose tissue
A research team led by Ana Domingos, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), developed a new genetic technique that allows the elimination of specific neurons of the peripheral nervous system without affecting the brain. Using this novel technique in mice, the researchers…
Source: Novel technique helps researchers to study function of neurons that innervate adipose tissue