News tagged with physiological abnormalities
Why antidepressants don't work for so many
More than half the people who take antidepressants for depression never get relief. Why? Because the cause of depression has been oversimplified and drugs designed to treat it aim at the wrong target, according to new research ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Chemical can reproduce complications for some patients
Medical science took a giant leap forward with the development of techniques that, at least temporarily, perform the function of vital organs. These processes, including the use of the heart-lung machine and renal dialysis, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 01, 2009 |
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Researchers reveal an RNA modification influences thousands of genes
Over the past decade, research in the field of epigenetics has revealed that chemically modified bases are abundant components of the human genome and has forced us to abandon the notion we've had since high school genetics ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Textile-based cardiac sensors integrated into conventional sports bra and vest
An interdisciplinary team of engineers at the University of Arkansas has developed a wireless health-monitoring system that gathers critical patient information, regardless of the patient’s location, ...
May 04, 2012 |
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Study examines how diving marine mammals manage decompression
Any diver returning from ocean depths knows about the hazard of decompression sickness (DCS) or "the bends." As the diver ascends and the ocean pressure decreases, gases that were absorbed by the body during ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Planting depth's effect on container-grown trees
Many landscape trees are started in-ground, then sold as bare-root ''liners'' to producers who plant them in large containers to grow. To minimize wind damage and to facilitate transport from potting areas ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Researchers identify structure of apolipoprotein
Using a sophisticated technique of x-ray crystallography, researchers Xiaohu Mei, PhD, and David Atkinson, PhD, from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have for the first time obtained an "image" of the structure ...
Nov 04, 2011 |
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OpenSim open-source software from Stanford accurately models human motion
There are 640 muscles in the human body, or maybe it is 639. Or maybe it is 850. Or 656. It all depends on whom you ask. In any case, it is a lot. Stanford bioengineer Scott Delp knows; he has programmed almost every one ...
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Circadian clocks in a blind fish
Do animals that have evolved for millions of years underground, completely isolated from the day-night cycle, still "know" what time it is? Does a normal circadian clock persist during evolution under constant darkness? A ...
Sep 06, 2011 |
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Researchers explain how railways in cells are built
Every cell in the human body contains a complex system to transport essential cargoes such as proteins and membrane vesicles from one point to another. These tiny molecular motor proteins move at high speeds on miniature ...
Sep 02, 2011 |
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New discovery positions Smithsonian to bolster genetic diversity among cheetahs
Researchers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have discovered why older females are rarely able to reproduce—and hope to use this information to introduce vital new genes into the pool. ...
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Severe low temperatures devastate coral reefs in Florida Keys
Athens, Ga. – Increased seawater temperatures are known to be a leading cause of the decline of coral reefs all over the world. Now, researchers at the University of Georgia have found that extreme low ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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