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Does gene variant make women more prone to alcoholism?
(07/09/2008)
A particular gene variant might make women more susceptible to alcoholism. At least, a study carried out by the Universities of Bonn and Sweden's Karolinska Institute makes this a plausible conclusion. Accord-ing to this, a gene in the endorphin ...
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Bonn scientists discover new hemoglobin type
(03/19/2008)
Instruments falsely report anoxia in affected people
Scientists at the University of Bonn have discovered a new rare type of haemo-globin. Haemoglobin transports oxygen in the red blood corpuscles. When bound to oxygen it changes colour. The new haemoglobin type appears optically to be transporting ...
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Researchers implant embryonic cells into damaged hearts and prevent life-threatening heart arrhythmias
(12/10/2007)
When researchers at Cornell, the University of Bonn and the University of Pittsburgh transplanted living embryonic heart cells into cardiac tissue of mice that had suffered heart attacks, the mice became resistant to cardiac arrhythmias, thereby ...
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New blood-clotting inhibitor that can be switched off by irradiation
(10/11/2006)
Built-in BlockerDrug and antidote in the same molecule
In cases of serious side effects or overdoses of medications, it can be vital to have a fast-acting antidote on hand. This is especially true of drugs that inhibit blood clotting, which are used to prevent and treat thromboses and embolisms, to ...
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Research casts doubt on circulating stem cells
(08/05/2005)
Bone marrow-derived cells fail to meet high expectations says Bonn study
Adult stem cells taken from bone marrow are the "shooting stars" of their field. Many research scientists have been speculating that the cells might be able to pass through the blood into diseased organs and replace defective tissue. Such cells are ...
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