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Quantity and Frequency of Drinking Influence Mortality Risk
How much and how often people drink — not just the average amount of alcohol they consume over time — independently influence the risk of death from several causes, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
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NIAID Scientists Identify New Cellular Receptor for HIV
A cellular protein that helps guide immune cells to the gut has been newly identified as a target of HIV when the virus begins its assault on the body's immune system, according to researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
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Antiaging pill works for yeast, worms, flies and mice, and may work for humans too
... but will likely take a long time to prove it. The Food and Drug Administration has approved a clinical trial on 85 volunteers for a proprietary formulation of resveratrol developed by Sirtris Pharmaceuticals.
New Test for Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers from Stanford University and other institutions claim that they developed a non-invasive test that...
Hope for a New Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
"For the first time, we've identified the chemical that triggers the events in the brain that cause this disorder. We believe these findings can be used to develop therapies that can actually stop or slow this process." (William J. Burke, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurology at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
Scientists Retrace Evolution of an Important Human Protein
Study improves our understanding of evolution by identifying steps in the evolution of a protein over the last 450 million years.
New, More Direct Pathways from Outside of Cells to Cell Nuclei Discovered
Material outside of a cell can move into cell nucleus more easily than previously believed.
Shining Light on Pancreatic Cancer
Experimental techniques show promise in screening for one of the nation’s deadliest diseases
New Imaging Technique Could Promote Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis
New imaging techniques could promote early detection of conditions such as multiple sclerosis.
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Type 2 Diabetes Similar at Molecular Level
Protein analysis may offer new therapeutic route
"Nurse Cells" Make Life and Death Decisions for Infection-Fighting Cells
"Nurse cells" play an important role in deciding which developing infection-fighting cells, called T cells, live and which die.
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