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Scientists identify roots of diabetic tissue damage

(PhysOrg.com) -- Results from comprehensive assessments of diabetes' effects on cell metabolism may aid efforts to reduce diabetic damage to nerves, blood vessels and other tissues, according to researchers at Washington ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Toxic molecule may help birds 'see' north and south

Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a toxic molecule known to damage cells and cause disease may also play a pivotal role in bird migration. The molecule, superoxide, is proposed as a key ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research provides new insight into age-related muscle decline

If you think the air outside is polluted, a new research report in the September 2009 issue of the journal Genetics might make you to think twice about the air inside our bodies too. That's because researchers show how ab ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

MicroRNA drives cells' adaptation to low-oxygen living

Researchers have fresh insight into an evolutionarily ancient way that cells cope when oxygen levels decline, according to a new study in the October 7th issue of Cell Metabolism. In studies of cells taken from the lining ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0