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Calcium is crucial when mending a broken heart say scientists

By: camorim

 Calcium is crucial for heart regeneration by cardiac stem cells following cardiovascular problems say scientists in an article to be published in the journal Circulation Research1  this 9th of October. The study also identifies the body molecules controlling calcium levels in the stem cells and reveals, how their manipulation, can lead ...

about 1 month ago

THE FIGHT AGAINST TB

By: hasnain

TB is an infectious disease that spreads through a germ known as mycobacterium tuberculosis. It usually affects the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body like, kidneys, lymph nodes, brain, joints, bones, spine, etc. SN: What is an infection? Disease that spread through germs is called an infection. It has the ability to spread from one ...

4 days ago

How we're winning the war on breast cancer

By: dustgeer

 I was 18 when I first felt a lump in my breast. Of course, I was convinced that I was going to die. This was three decades ago -- back when we knew far less about breast cancer. A general surgeon removed the lump, which, thank goodness, wasn't malignant. But before I was even a fully developed woman, I was rendered lopsided and ...

about 1 month ago

Artificial Rabbit Penises: When the Burrow's a-Rockin', Don't Come a-...

By: antonianoel

  Rabbits everywhere who had suffered penile injuries squealed with joy when they heard the success of lab-created penises grown from their own tissues. Researchers were able to re-grow penile tissues by taking muscle and blood-vessel cells from individual male rabbits and grafting them back onto the bunnies. Eventually, these boy bunnies ...

14 days ago