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Harvard Medical School (EUA)
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Rescue Attempt
Publicado em 06 fevereiro 2020
Antioxidant reverses BPA-induced fertility damage in worms
From plastics to pesticides, it seems like every week delivers fresh news about the dangers of endocrine disruptors—chemicals in the environment that alter the body’s hormones and can lead to reproductive, developmental, neurologic and immune problems and cancer.
Industry regulation and individual consumer choice can reduce exposure to such chemicals, but there are few options to counteract damage that has already [...]
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Revving the Engine
Publicado em 27 janeiro 2020The heart’s ability to beat normally over a lifetime is predicated on the synchronized work of proteins embedded in the cells of the heart muscle. Like a fleet of molecular motors that get turned on and off, these proteins cause the heart cells to contract, then force them to relax, beat after life-sustaining beat. Now a study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Oxford shows that when too many of the heart’s [...]ver notícia -
Ants and Antifungals
Publicado em 04 agosto 2014Bacteria that assist fungus-farming ants may be a source of new drugsver notícia