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The weight of nations: An estimation of adult human biomass

The world population is over seven billion and all of these people need feeding. However, the energy requirement of a species depends not only on numbers but on its average mass. New research published in BioMed Central's ...

Health created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intestinal bacteria produce neurotransmitter, could play role in inflammation

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified commensal bacteria in the human intestine that produce a neurotransmitter that may play a role in preventing or treating inflammatory ...

Inflammatory disorders created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Control gene for 'conveyor belt' cells could help improve oral vaccines, treat intestinal disease

Scientists have found a master regulator gene needed for the development of M cells, a mysterious type of intestinal cell involved in initiating immune responses.

Immunology created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Manipulation of a specific neural circuit buried in complicated brain networks in primates

A collaborative research team led by Professor Tadashi ISA from The National Institute for Physiological Sciences, The National Institutes of Natural Sciences and Fukushima Medical University and Kyoto University, developed ...

Neuroscience created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

India firm shakes up cancer drug market with price cuts

Indian pharmaceutical tycoon Yusuf Hamied revolutionised AIDS treatment more than a decade ago by supplying cut-price drugs to the world's poor -- and now he wants to do the same for cancer.

Medications created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Freud's theory of unconscious conflict linked to anxiety symptoms in new brain research

An experiment that Sigmund Freud could never have imagined 100 years ago may help lend scientific support for one of his key theories, and help connect it with current neuroscience.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast