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Melanin: Aging of the Skin and Skin Cancer
"Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is responsible for 90% of the visible signs of aging on the skin of whites," says Dr. Michael J. Martin, former Assistant Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at University of California, San Francisco. Blacks' skin, however, ages much slower. Why are most dark-skinned blacks protected from harmful UV rays? Because compared to whites, blacks possess more melanin, the pigment that gives skin its color. Melanin Melanin offers protection against UV rays for blacks and other dark-skinned people. Conversely, fair-sk ...
Author: Diana Clarke
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DNA, Fiction and Society; How it Affects Thought
A book called the Seven Daughters of Eve by Richard Sykes is worthy of a read and talks about what we have learned about the flow of human beings populations through DNA research. Thus it is safe to say that certain members of our species have developed differently and in different ways, meaning the brain also learns differently. As Scientists look at different human brains while doing various tasks and watch which areas light up with energy as it works through these different thoughts and tasks we are finding just how unique and different each mind really is. Yet as we learn more abo ...
Author: Lance Winslow
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Gloucester County Times Examines Fertility Clinics' Role in Debate Over Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
The Gloucester County Times on Sunday discussed how some people view in vitro fertilization clinics -- which help couples create embryos and implant many of the embryos to create a pregnancy -- as being indirectly involved in human embryonic stem cell research... click link for more info.
Day_22_(AUDIO ISSUES FIXED) Stem Cell Research - YOU kill the embryos or THEY kill the embryos. Either way, we're not helping anyone.
Today, lets discuss: Scotty McClellan and Rove, parents that beat their children so they wont turn out gay, Arnold is not just a Govenor and finally Stem Cell Research. Now, lets be honest, if I had an hour long show, I could talk about this a lot more than I have. Regardless, listen to the facts, embryos are being killed even when we dont do the research. Twentysecond in a series of observations, rants, truths, etc About the state of the nation and the view of the republican party.
Reform Jewish Leader Condemns Dobson's Comparison of Stem Cell Research and Nazi Experimentation
In response to the recent statement of Dr. James Dobson, comparing stem cell research and Nazi experiments during the Holocaust, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, issued the following statement:
In Our View: Stem-cell research opportunity may be quashed
Stem cells offer the promise of cures for some of the worst ailments afflicting humanity.But American scientists will not be on the cutting edge if the U.S. Senate and President Bush have their way.The House of Representatives approved legislation authorizing federal funding for stem cell research using cells from human embryos.
A home for stem cell research
Our View: We're not ashamed to come off a tad parochial: The headquarters of California's great research effort into stem cells belongs in San Diego County.
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Enabling Technology
You know you are a PC addict when you can't tear yourself away from what you're doing to watch X-Files. On the plus side, you know you can cope with your addiction if you can manage to raise yourself out of the swivel chair for long enough to set the video. Millions of people watch X-Files and even there are fan clubs on the Net. Its members call themselves X-Philes the sort of word play that only works online.
Of course, with huge viewers you hardly need to go online to contact a fellow fan, but it's an example of the way in which PC technology enables you to extend your enjoyment of a ...
Author: Dr. Adnan Ahmed Qureshi
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Can Motherhood Make You Smarter?
Copyright 2005 Mary Desaulniers
It was not too long ago that the I.Q. test was a routinely administered exercise in elementary and secondary schools. At that time (late seventies and early eighties), schools placed great faith in these magic numbers. Flag those above 125 and those below 90, teachers were told. And we did, dutifully assigning enrichment or remedial programs accordingly.
Those were the years when we worked within a narrow understanding of the brain’s potential. Content dictated everything from test scores to curriculum because the model of the brain we worked from ...
Author: Mary Desaulniers
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SINUS CYSTIC FIBROSIS INFECTION: A closer look
Have you heard of the infection called Sinus Cystic Fibrosis Infection? From the name itself it sounds for a serious ailment isn’t it? What is this all about and how does it affects future sufferers? Let’s try to figure out how!
According to scientific research Sinus cystic fibrosis infection is an inherited disorder of the exocrine glands, affecting children and young people. It is caused by a genetic abnormality in the sinus cystic fibrosis infection transmembrane conductance regulator gene that results in the disruption of chloride transfer across cell membranes. As a consequence, ch ...
Author: Marlon D. Ludovice
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