Health
Masturbation actually has health benefits
Conduct an Internet search for "masturbation," and you will find hundreds, if not thousands, of slang phrases for the act.
Dec 5, 2013
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News tagged with proliferation
Neuroscience
Oleic acid, a key to activating the brain's 'fountain of youth'
Many people dread experiencing the cognitive and mood declines that often accompany reaching an advanced age, including memory disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and mood conditions like depression. While searching for ...
Mar 22, 2022
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Diabetes
Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
(Medical Xpress)—Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated with an increased risk of neuroendocrine ...
Mar 27, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover gene that permanently stops cancer cell proliferation
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a mutant form of the gene, Chk1, that when expressed in cancer cells, permanently stopped their proliferation and caused cell death without ...
Aug 1, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Starving cancer cells by blocking their metabolism
Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for glutamine breakdown—while leaving normal cells intact. The discovery opens new ways to treat liver cancer.
Jun 14, 2016
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Health
Role of vitamin D in vascular complications and vascular access outcome in patients with chronic kid
In recent years, a growing interest has prompted research to find new links between vitamin D and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), cell proliferation, and anti-apoptotic cell paths in the vascular system. ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Cardiology
An injectable gel that helps heart muscle regenerate after heart attack
In mammals, including humans, the cells that contract the heart muscle and enable it to beat do not regenerate after injury. After a heart attack, there is a dramatic loss of these heart muscle cells and those that survive ...
Nov 29, 2017
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Marijuana use linked to epigenetic changes
Recent and long-term marijuana use is linked to changes in the human epigenome, a new Northwestern Medicine study published in Molecular Psychiatry has found.
Jul 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Almost one in four skin biopsies is melanocytic proliferation
(HealthDay)—About one-quarter of skin biopsies are diagnosed as melanocytic proliferation, according to a study published online Nov. 1 in JAMA Dermatology.
Nov 3, 2017
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Medical research
Proteins in histone group might influence cancer development, study shows
Spool-like proteins called histones play a crucial role in packaging the nearly seven feet of DNA found in most human cells. A new study shows that a group of histones that are thought to behave the same way actually are ...
Sep 3, 2013
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