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Are you interested in participating in male sexuality research? If yes, we need your help! We are a team of researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, exploring how men view their bodies and genitals. …

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Reversing a protein deficiency through gene therapy can correct motor function, restore nerve signals and improve survival in mice that serve as a model for the lethal childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy, new research shows. This muscle-wasting disease results when a child’s motor neurons — nerve cells that send signals from the spinal cord to muscles — produce insufficient amounts of what is called survival motor neuron protein, or SMN.

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Beewolves house beneficial bacteria on their cocoons that guarantee protection against harmful microorganisms. Scientists have discovered that bacteria of the genus Streptomyces produce a cocktail of nine different antibiotics and thereby fend off invading pathogens. Using imaging techniques based on mass spectrometry, the antibiotics could be displayed on the cocoon’s surface. Moreover, it was shown that the use of different kinds of antibiotics provides effective protection against infection with a multitude of different pathogenic microorganisms.

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New research has identified four aspects of immune system disturbance which lead to the development of celiac disease. Nearly 40 different inherited risk factors which predispose to the disease have now been identified. These latest findings could speed the way towards improved diagnostics and treatments for the autoimmune complaint that affects 1 in 100 of the population, and lead to insights into related conditions such as type 1 diabetes.

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The following studies will be presented at the 2010 AAAAI Annual Meeting in New Orleans, La.

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A new technique to study protein dynamics in living cells has been created by a team of University of Illinois scientists, and evidence yielded from the new method indicates that an in vivo environment strongly modulates a protein’s stability and folding rate.

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The first order of business for any fledgling plant embryo is to determine which end grows the shoot and which end puts down roots. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute expose the turf wars between two groups of antagonistic genetic master switches that set up a plant’s polar axis with a root on one end and a shoot on the other.

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Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging. Saturday, January 16 at 2 - 3:05pm. D. Science and Entertainment: Beyond Blogging - Tamara Krinsky and Jennifer Ouellette. Description: Over the past several years, the Internet has tangibly …

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How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic (A comprehesive set of rebuttals to common “climate skeptic” talking points vetted and endorsed by the professionals at Real Climate). Profile. coby. This is what I look like. Read my “About” page here. …

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