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Nobel Prize Technology Illuminates a New Path for Lipid Research
For the first time, scientists have used light beams to manipulate lipid rafts in artificial cell membranes.
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Excessive Drinking Induces Epigenetic Changes
Researchers suggest that binge and heavy drinking may trigger a long-lasting genetic change that results in an even greater craving for alcohol.
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Do Chemicals Make Us Fat?
An EU project aims to develop methods to identify chemical compounds that disrupt metabolic processes in the body and pinpoint biochemical mechanisms that trigger these disruptions, which may lead to conditions including obesity.
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Birds-of-Paradise: Novel Genome Findings
A new study published explores the genomes of a fascinating group of birds, birds-of-paradise, with work providing genome sequences from 5 birds-of-paradise species: 3 that did not have available genome sequences.
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Endocarditis Risk Increased for Injected Opioid Users
People who inject opioids have a significantly increased risk of infective endocarditis, a serious bacterial heart infection, possibly related to the growing use of a specific opioid, hydromorphone.
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Training the Brain to Form Good Habits Through Repetition
You can hack your brain to form good habits - like going to the gym and eating healthily - simply by repeating actions until they stick, according to new psychological research involving the University of Warwick.
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FGL2 Protein May Be an Effective Target for Glioblastoma
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered an immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma progression by shutting down immune surveillance, indicating a potential new area of therapeutic investigation.
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Not All Fats are Created Equal
Not only whether fats are saturated or not but the type of saturated fats we eat can affect our risk of a heart attack.
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What Food You Eat Could Impact Your Brain and Memory
"You are what you eat."
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Joining the Dots: Sleep, Stress, and Apoptotic Pathways
Mice intermittently exposed to a variety of mild stressors during sleep showed an increase in the duration and continuity of REM sleep, and showed altered expression of apoptosis-related genes.
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