The IV Danger
When you're hooked up to an IV, are you receiving only fluids? Or is there something more harmful in there?
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Who Needs Stem Cells, Anyway?
By understanding how cell specialization is regulated, scientists could be able to convert one cell type into another, rendering the harvesting of stem cells from embryonic tissue unnecessary.
Genetics May Play Role in Alcohol-Related Birth Defects
Genetics may help explain why the children of some women who drink alcohol during pregnancy have birth defects and others do not.
This Is Your Brain on Pot … No, Really
This is not just a pipe dream: The brain apparently does make its own marijuana.
A Better Way to Anesthetize?
Researchers have created a new system of slow-release delivery for anesthetic drugs, producing long-lasting local anesthesia in rats without signs of toxicity in their nerve or muscle cells.
Of Hearing Loss in Mice and Men
Progressive hearing loss, a common but poorly understood condition, is related to a newly discovered gene that affects the sensory hair cells in the inner ear.
Eating Creosote: A Poisonous Response to Climate Change
Genetic mutations are allowing woodrats to eat toxic creosote as climate change makes their preferred diet of juniper harder to find.
The Non-Stick Stem Cell?
Certain stem cells, coated with a material known popularly as Teflon, have been shown to be delivered to their destination in the body without triggering an immune response.
Addiction Is Just the Start of Nicotine’s Bodily Harm
You can add this to the list of things that are unhealthy about smoking cigarettes: Not only is nicotine addictive, it can interfere with dozens of cellular interactions in the body.