Cell-Permeable Peptide Hampers Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in Mice, Report Investigators in Atherosclerosis - sometimes called "hardening of the arteries" - is a leading cause of death and morbidity in Western countries. A cell-permeable peptide containing the NF-kB nuclear localization...
Virginia Tech researchers successfully used a gene disruption technique to change the eye color of a mosquito - a critical step toward new genetic strategies aimed at disrupting the transmission of diseases such as dengue fever. Zach Adelman and Kevin Myles, both associate professors of...
I purchased a USB Aux cable adapter for my 2009 Hyundai Elantra and it works as described - displays the song name on the stereo screen, and I can select a particular category like Playlists or Artists and then the respective sub-categories (specific artist, album, song). However, navigating...
On the road at night or on a tennis court at dusk, the eye can be deceived. Vision is not as sharp as in the light of day, and detecting a bicyclist on the road or a careening tennis ball can be tough. New research reveals the key chemical process that corrects for potential visual errors in...
I just changed my power from Fire DPS to Gadgets Controller but I don't know that much about gadgets. Also what is the best weapon for gadget controller?
He tends to state things and I rarely ever get to have my way even if its MY money. This is the situation, I'm moving in with him and his family and I'm paying them $200/monthly I will be moving in there the 27th of May and my boyfriend said I should pay the money every 27th of the month and it...
You guys are like always right, you want things to be perfect, you have these rules about what's classy or what's right, or how people are wrong. I live with a virgo mother, a virgo sister, and two virgo close friends. Oh and my virgo godmother and virgo aunt too, who's always over. And they...
Angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels, is a complex process during which different signalling proteins interact with each other in a highly coordinated fashion. The growth factor VEGF and the Notch signalling pathway both play important roles in this process. VEGF promotes vessel growth...
Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new mechanisms by which RNA drugs can control gene activity. A comprehensive review article in Nucleic Acid...
elements a possibility? First read before thinking I'm crazy. (Fully if you can)
I'm fascinated with the elements, and more specifically, their control. If you really have no idea what I'm talking about, watch the cartoon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, it basically sums it up nicely.
Anyway...
...the elements a possibility? First read before thinking I'm crazy. (Fully if you can)
I'm fascinated with the elements, and more specifically, their control. If you really have no idea what I'm talking about, watch the cartoon, Avatar: The Last Airbender, it basically sums it up nicely...
He has a real problem with me talking to men he doesn't know.
He only allows me to go clubbing/to bars on special occasions.
He won't allow me to eat pork, however, i used to be veggie and asked him if i was still a veggie would you give up meat for me since i gave up eating pork. He said he...
At random I have these thoughts they flash on my mind all the time. I am 20 and its really hard being a gaming nerd who is white and hasn't got laid by a woman yet. It really blows. I used to be pissed off about having these gay urges since I was 12 but I said"screw it" and just moved on. But I...
Brain damage due to birth asphyxia where the brain is starved of oxygen around the time of delivery is normally treated by cooling the infant, but this only helps one baby in nine. New research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, could now pave the way for new...
This person I started talking to online kind of started complaining about my pictures. I guess they felt they were too sexy and that I had other ones that they liked better and felt were 'more appropriate'. One was of me in a bikini, one was a short dress and she said she preferred the one with...
With stem cells so fickle and indecisive that they make Shakespeare's Hamlet pale by comparison, scientists have described an advance in encouraging stem cells to make decisions about their fate. The technology for doing so, reported here at the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the...
A number of history books i have read have suggested that religion was used as a method to control people. i.e. If you don't do what the bible and church say you will go to hell or be punished.
They also suggest that religion is one of the biggest money making businesses in the world. I have...