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A gene's first 'kiss' sets off that affair known as puberty

Puberty, that awkward phase when boys and girls are primed for their sexual reproductive years as men and women, appears to be triggered by the brain's own version of "It takes two to tango," whereby a signal literally gets turned on by a molecule that is produced by a gene aptly named KiSS-1. The couple ?a biochemical equivalent to Adam and Eve ?makes its sudden appearance in a region of...

Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

Intimate kissing with multiple partners almost quadruples a teenager's risk of meningococcal disease, finds a study published online by the BMJ today. The incidence and fatality rate among teenagers in England and the United States rose dramatically during the 199...

Protein receptor cools passion of 'kiss and run' nerve cells

A new subtlety in the process of how the body's nervous system relays information may hinge on how "wet" the "kiss" is when one neuron fires a packet of neurotransmitter across a synapse to a receptive nerve cell. A team of neuroscientists led by University of Illinois at Chicago biology professor Simon Alford report the finding in the March 14 issue of the Proceedings of the National Acad...
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Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

Kisssing may be responsible for a form of the herpes virus that causes an AIDS-related skin cancer called Kaposi’s sarcoma. Kaposi’s sarcoma causes purple skin blotches and can also attack the internal organs. The virus rarely causes sickness among people with normal disease defenses but attacks those with weakened immune system as in AIDS. The virus known as herpes virus 8...

Puberty may be due to GPR54 gene and KiSS-1 Molecule

The dawn of Genetic research has indeed unleashed several social and moral issues that are forcing governments, institutions and individuals to introspect within themselves.// However, it has also managed to shed new light on the understanding of human development. A recent announcement made by a U.S research team from the University of Pittsburg, has opened perhaps a new chapter in the...

Deadly Kiss - Peanut allergy kills a teenager

Christina Desforges a teenage girl died due to Peanut allergy after her boyfriend kissed her after having a peanut butter.// Desforges is from the city of Saguenay, though she received a dose of adrenaline soon after the kiss she could not be cured of the hypersensitivity reaction and died a week after the kiss. The exact cause of the death is being investigated and an autopsy has been...

Charlotte Church Warns kiss n tell girls not to flirt with Henson

London: Welsh singer Charlotte Church is one jealous kitten, when it comes to protecting her handsome lover Gavin Henson from the admiring glances of young ladies who drape themselves all over the rugby ace. // The singer, who recently confessed that she would rather quit singing forever than lose Henson, has reportedly admitted that she gets really annoyed when girls flirt with her bo...

Lip Service : Indiscriminate Kissing Spells Doom

Teenagers who lose count of the number of people with whom they have shared intimate kisses are in for trouble, increasing their risk of meningitis, by 4 times, according to a study to be published today.// Researchers discovered that 15- to 19-year-olds who kissed intimately with multiple partners were more likely, almost 3.7 times to get meningococcal disease. Children under 5 and adol...

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Kisses mother/infant matching

Description:The optional Kisses component of the Hugs system is designed to assist nursing staff in matching infants with their mothers while in the hospital. With the Kisses component, you have an easy, effective and electronic enhancement to manual band-matching systems....
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The Kisses Tag

Description:The Kisses tag is part of the Kisses mother/infant matching component of the Hugs system. The Kisses tag is given to a new mother after it has been bonded with the Hugs tag attached to her baby. he two tags remain electronically bonded throughout the mothers and infants stay in hospital....
Company:VeriChip Corporation
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