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Bacteria have hair-like protrusions with a sticky protein on the tip that lets them cling to surfaces. The coiled, bungee cord-like structure of the protrusions helps the bacteria hang on tightly, even under rough fluid flow inside the body, researchers report in the journal PLoS Biology. A group of researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle and ETH Zurich in Switzerland have...Discovery in the evolution of the immune system absorbing cells
Led by Dr J Oriol Sunyer, of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and formed by researchers from Philadelphia, St Louis and Idaho (USA) and by Dr Lluís Tort of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, the group has been able to show that B cells in fish as well as in amphibians are capable of strong phagocytosis both in in vivo and in vitro experiments. The work has...Cells selectively absorb short nanotubes
DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to health, according to scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The results of their laboratory studies appear in an upcoming issue of Advanced Materials.* Eyed for uses ranging from electronic display...Capillary Action Absorbant Pads; 50 pcs (SIGNET) from Covance Research Products, Inc
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A non absorbable antibiotic which stays in the gut has been found to be an effective long-term treatment for irritable// bowel syndrome (IBS) according to researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The study has been published in the October 17 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine It is the first to demonstrate benefits from antibiotic use even after end of the course of treatme...Southern Oceans Ability to Absorb CO2 Has Reached a Saturation Point: Study
An international team of researchers from the University of East Anglia, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry have found that that the Southern Oceans ability to absorb carbon dioxide has reached a saturation point. During their four-year study, researchers found that an increase in winds over the Southern Ocean, caused by greenhouse g...Non Smoking Workers Absorb the Carcinogen Immediately
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A study conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has led to the identification of a protein that absorbs lipids in the upper part of the intestine, raising hopes that it may provide a novel approach for obesity treatment in the future. Principal investigator Dr. Nada A. Abumrad, the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Professor of Medicine and Obesity Res...Surgicel Fibrillar Absorbable Hemostat (oxidized regenerated cellulose)
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