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Stem cell survival strategy key to blood and immune system health

Stem cells of the aging bone marrow recycle their own molecules to survive and keep replenishing the blood and immune systems as the body ages, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered.

Medical research created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Health and environment: A closer look at plastics

Plastics have transformed modern society, providing attractive benefits but also befouling waterways and aquifers, depleting petroleum supplies and disrupting human health.

Health created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists uncover potential drug target to block cell death in Parkinson's disease

Oxidative stress is a primary villain in a host of diseases that range from cancer and heart failure to Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Now, scientists from the Florida campus of ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover gene behind rare disorders

Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The Neuro, McGill University working with a team at Oxford University have uncovered the genetic defect underlying a group of rare genetic disorders.

Genetics created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Metabolism in the brain fluctuates with circadian rhythm

(Medical Xpress)—The rhythm of life is driven by the cycles of day and night, and most organisms carry in their cells a common, (roughly) 24-hour beat. In animals, this rhythm emerges from a tiny brain ...

Neuroscience created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key protein's newly discovered form and function may provide novel cancer treatment target

Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators suggests that safeguarding cell survival and maintaining a balanced immune system is just the start of the myeloid cell leukemia sequence 1 (MCL1) protein's ...

Cancer created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protecting the brain when energy runs low

Researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Edinburgh and Dundee have shed new light on the way that the brain protects itself from harm when 'running on empty.'

Neuroscience created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research provides insights into cell division and metabolism

Cells are the building blocks of the human body. They are a focus of scientific study, because when things go wrong at the cellular and molecular level the consequences for human health are often significant.

Medical research created Aug 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chronic exposure to methyl-mercury increases of neurodegenerative disease

The research team led by Prof. Samuel Lo, Associate Head of the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, recently discovered that chronic exposure to low-dose methyl-mercury, an environmental ...

Health created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Molasses extract decreases obesity caused by a high-fat diet

Experimental results to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that ...

Medical research created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study offers new clues about hereditary spastic paraplegia

(Medical Xpress) -- New research from Rice University and Italy's Eugenio Medea Scientific Institute is yielding clues about hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a group of inherited neurological disorders ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemical thermodynamics

Chemical thermodynamics is the study of the interrelation of heat and work with chemical reactions or with physical changes of state within the confines of the laws of thermodynamics. Chemical thermodynamics involves not only laboratory measurements of various thermodynamic properties, but also the application of mathematical methods to the study of chemical questions and the spontaneity of processes.

The structure of chemical thermodynamics is based on the first two laws of thermodynamics. Starting from the first and second laws of thermodynamics, four equations called the "fundamental equations of Gibbs" can be derived. From these four, a multitude of equations, relating the thermodynamic properties of the thermodynamic system can be derived using relatively simple mathematics. This outlines the mathematical framework of chemical thermodynamics.

For more information about Chemical thermodynamics, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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