Scientists have shown that hydrogen cyanide, urea and other substances considered essential to the formation of the most basic biological molecules can be obtained from the salt Prussian blue. In order to carry out this study the scientists recreated the chemical conditions of the early Earth.
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An overwhelming majority of people who have periodontal disease are also at high risk for diabetes and should be screened for diabetes, a nursing-dental research team has found. The researchers also determined that half of those at risk had seen a dentist in the previous year, concluded that dentists should consider offering diabetes screenings in [...]
Scientists are the first to prove that the Notch signaling pathway targets heart muscle cells and thus reveal its crucial role in heart development and repair.
Physicians should be comfortable referring some patients with chronic kidney disease for effective stroke prevention surgery, according to a new study. The findings indicate that CKD patients gain a significant benefit from the procedures without an increased risk of dying from surgical complications.
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Groundbreaking findings reveal a new mechanism to explain how splicing works. Researchers have discovered that the structure of DNA itself affects the ways RNA is spliced. The findings promise to bring scientists closer to understanding diseases like cystic fibrosis and certain forms of cancer that result from the failure of the human body to edit [...]
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It may seem odd to add scent to products like sewing thread, automobile tires, and tennis balls, as some companies have done. But a new study says scent helps consumers remember product information.
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The most comprehensive study to date of the proteins in a species of salamander that can regrow appendages may provide important clues to how similar regeneration could be induced in humans.
New research strengthens the link between longevity proteins called sirtuins and the lifespan-extending effects of calorie restriction.
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A visit to your local graveyard can provide not only a history lesson, but a science lesson as well. Historians have long scoured old burial sites to piece together the stories of those who rest there, but today scientists are learning much more from those letters carved in stone. Gravestones are telling the story of [...]
Math1 is a master hub for the genes that control various parts of neural networks for hearing, balance, the unconscious sense of one’s position in space called proprioception and in a new finding, interoception, which is associated with activities such as awakening because of a full bladder or a distended colon, according to new research.