Health Medicine Posted August 6, 2013: Why

Posted August 6, 2013:

• Why Tumors Become Drug-Resistant


• Emotional Behavior of Adults Could Be Triggered in the Womb


• New Design May Produce Heartier, More Effective Salmonella-Based Vaccines


• From Harmless Colonizers to Virulent Pathogens: Microbiologists Identify What Triggers Disease


• Timber Rattlesnakes Indirectly Benefit Human Health: Not-So-Horrid Top Predator Helps Check Lyme Disease


• Super Sunscreen from Fjord Bacteria


• Breakdown of Fat 'on Hold': Biochemists Discover 'Parking Position' of Fat-Burning Enzymes


• Walking to Work Cuts Risk of Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

Posted August 5, 2013:

• New Way to Dramatically Raise RNA Treatment Potency: Proof-of-Principle Drug Candidate Powerfully Neutralizes Myotonic Dystrophy Defect


• Scientists Add New Bond to Protein Engineering Toolbox


• Alzheimer Disease and Parkinson Disease Do Not Appear to Share Common Genetic Risk


• Long-Term Use of Some High Blood Pressure Drugs Associated With Increased Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women


• Celiac Disease Patients With Ongoing Intestine Damage at Lymphoma Risk


• Genes That Drive Brain Cancer Revealed


• Could Discovery Lead to End of Sunburn Pain?


• Insulin Pills? More Intestinal Cells Than Thought Can Absorb Larger Particles


• Stem Cells Found in Gum Tissue Can Fight Inflammatory Disease


• How Switch Proteins Are Extracted from the Membrane: Proteins Hoist the Anchor


• Close-Up View of Water Pores Needed in the Eye's Lens: Aquaporins Could Hold Clues to Cataract


• Great-Grandmother's Cigarette Habit Could Be the Cause of Child's Asthma


• Questions Answered With the Pupils of Your Eyes


• Putting the Brakes on Pain: Researchers Protect GABA Neurons from Oxidative Stress


• Feelings for Fetus May Vary Smoking Amount


• Breastfeeding May Reduce Alzheimer's Risk


• Depressed Fish Could Help in the Search for New Drug Treatments


• Working-Life Training and Maternity Leave Are Related to Slower Cognitive Decline in Later Life


• Moss Beats Human: Simple Moss Plants Outperform Us by Gene Number


• Obesity More Likely in Preschoolers Drinking Sugar-Sweetened Beverages


• Immune System Molecule Promotes Tumor Resistance to Anti-Angiogenic Therapy


• Not Only Bone Density, but Also Quality of Bone Predicts Fracture Risk


• Do Antioxidants Improve a Woman's Chances of Conceiving?


• Origin of Inflammation-Driven Pancreatic Cancer Decoded