New drug discovery could halt spread of brain cancer
The tissues in our bodies largely are made of fluid. It moves around cells and is essential to normal body function.
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The tissues in our bodies largely are made of fluid. It moves around cells and is essential to normal body function.
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Whales, bats, and even praying mantises use ultrasound as a sensory guidance system—and now a new study has found that ultrasound can modulate brain activity to heighten sensory perception in humans.
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Gratuities, gifts, sponsorship, product price, free samples, favors all can influence judgment and decision-making. If a person is influenced in their choice of cereal, the result is a bit of income for a manufacturer. But ...
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A Virginia Tech professor is working on a vaccine that could help smokers conquer their nicotine addiction, making many smoking-related diseases and deaths relics of the 21st century.
Oct 23, 2014
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A stroll through international statistics about walking reveals the grim reality of foot travel in the United States.
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(Medical Xpress)—The fight against breast cancer is never-ending, but Virginia Tech researchers in the Medical Informatics and Systems Division at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have found additional diagnostic markers ...
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Virginia Tech released today the results of a new rating system of adult football helmets that is designed to reduce the risk of concussions. One currently manufactured helmet received the top "5 star" rating, and a total ...
May 10, 2011
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From humans to plants to single-cell organisms, there's a protein that rules them all.
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For more than a decade, scientists have accepted that cholesterol—a key component of cell membranes—did not uniformly affect membranes of different types. But a new study led by Assistant Professor Rana Ashkar of the ...
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The pouring rain and blustery wind gusts are brutal. The crowd is bone-chillingly cold, but they don't care.
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