A warning against consumption of raw oyster

...h. Oysters that are properly cooked are safe for consumption. But raw oysters may be prone to bacteria that is found naturally in saltwater and proliferates in warm water. The state has temporarily closed the Totten and Eld inlets in South Sound and three other oyster-growing areas in Hood Canal. There may...

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Genzyme Announces Data from First Phase 3 Study of Tolevamer in Patients with C. difficile Associated Diarrhea

...ly designed, multi-center clinical study that will compare the efficacy of the current standards of care. About Clostridium difficile C. difficile proliferates in the setting of altered normal colonic bacterial flora, most commonly due to the administration of broad-spectrum antibiotics. Once established in t...

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Good news for the medical marijuana movement: pot proliferates brain cells and boosts mood

Most drugs of abuse decrease the generation of new neurons in the brain, but the effects of marijuana on this process, called neurogenesis, had not been clear. In a paper appearing online on October 13 in advance of print publication of the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation,...

Cancer: Another step towards medication

... a protein which, as a transcription factor, controls the expression of up to 15 % of all human genes. When this gene mutates to an oncogene, the cell proliferates excessively and apoptosis is inhibited. Thereby the gene plays a decisive role in the development of many tumors. The problem is that pharmacological ...

Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets

...llow, David Kisailus (first author), and graduate students Mark Najarian and James C. Weaver. The simple sponge fits into the palm of your hand, and proliferates in the ocean next to the UCSB campus, said Morse. "When you remove the tissue you're left with a handful of fiberglass needles as fine as spun glass o...

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Are you a citizen of the "Google Nation?"

... Just as Wal-Mart proliferates the American landscape, Google is achieving a similar position in our daily lives. A day does not go by that Google's brand and services don't touch...

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Helper T cell

... antigens displayed by the Class II MHC molecules found on professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Once bound to an antigen, the T H cell proliferates and differentiates into activated T H cells and memory T H cells. Activated T H cells secrete cytokines , proteins or peptides that sti...