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Friday Science Review: February 5, 2010

Several neurological related stories this week and quantum biology? Glial Cells – They’ll turn against you: An unusual molecule can turn glial cells, which normally surround neurons, into killer cells that attack the neurons they are suppose to protect.  Researchers made the surprising discovery of proNGF’s role while trying to figure out its function in [...]

Friday Science Review: July 31, 2009

My first post… a two week round-up. New direction for treating obesity:  A study headed by Dr. Hans-Michael Dosch’s group at The Hostpital for Sick Children in Toronto demonstrated that killer T cells in visceral fat are activated to destroy fat cells and control insulin resistance.  With increasing weight gain, however, the killer T cells [...]

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