On average, each of us catches a cold two to three times a year. However, how the common cold virus actually infects us is only partly understood. Researchers from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories of the Medical University of Vienna and the ...
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Metal fabrication is a highly skilled profession, requiring properly licensed and qualified people to churn out products that meet very precise specifications. Not only is the job tough but it's competitive since there are many good ...
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Fit in 50 years: participation in high school sports best predicts one's physical activity after age 70 Seventy year olds who don't frequently visit the doctor have something unexpected in common - most played high school sports. They ...
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Genzyme, a Sanofi company (EURONEXT:SAN and NYSE:SNY), announced today that it has received a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its supplemental Biologics License Application seeking approval of ...
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South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor says that, among companies that make LED components only, it was the only one selected by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in the top 20 of its 2013 Semiconductor ...
Every year at New Year's millions of people make resolutions to change habits such as drinking alcohol, smoking, overeating, exercise, etc. However, research by Richard Wiseman from the University of Bristol shows that only 12% of New ...
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According to new study of normal-weight and overweight or obese individuals published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Obesity rates in the United States increased from 14.5% of the population in 1971-1974 to 35.9% ...
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Ocean warming and acidification are leading to an increase in the rate of sponge biomass and bioerosion. Combined German-Australian research, recently presented at the Ninth World Sponge Conference in Fremantle, used past, present and ...
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We are fundamentally dependent on the presence of copper in the cells of the body. Copper is actually part of the body's energy conversion and protective mechanisms against oxygen radicals, as well as part of the immune system, and it also ...
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Rho-associated protein kinase is an essential regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics during the process of neurite extension. However, whether Rho kinase regulates microtubule remodeling or the distribution of adhesive proteins to mediate ...
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In the factory that you own, there will be all kinds of machinery, ranging from the heavy to the light. The various parts of such machinery are required to be fastened together for assembling. In doing so, you will need different fasteners ...
Roughly 40 percent of all medications act on cells' G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). One of these receptors, beta 2 adrenergic receptor site (B2AR), naturally transforms between two base configurations; knowing the precise location of ...
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Butterfly valve, also called the flap valve, which is a kind of simple structure of the regulator, also can be used in low pressure pipeline medium valve butterfly valve in the switch control the way work is closed a (disc or disc) is a ...
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Normobaric oxygen has the rapid and non-invasive characteristics and may have therapeutic effects on ischemic/hypoxic disease. Dr. Chunhua Chen and colleagues from Peking University, China found that in rats which inhaled normobaric oxygen ...
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It will come into force gradually starting on 19 March 2014. The association's annual meeting of its Retail Liaison Group heard advice for retailers about the new CLP guidance to help companies manage the transition to the new CLP ...