Caffeine interacts with a neurotransmitter- adenosine- receptors, inhibiting the functions that adenosine would normally activate- namely, sleepy feelings. One theory behind caffeine withdrawal...
Spicy foods contain a chemical called capsaicin, which activates a receptor found in your mouth and on your tongue called a TRPV1 receptor. There is some variation in the sensitivity of these...
When you spend hours proofreading and retyping essays, you get to wondering- why do we refer to large letters as upper case, and small as lower case? It’s actually a remnant of a past where...
Bladder cancer in humans has been associated with cigarette smoking. Since dogs can also develop this deadly cancer, they can serve as model for evaluating treatment methods. In a study at the...
A breast cancer cell line known as MCF-7 is used by researchers around the world. The name comes from the Michigan Cancer Foundation where the cell line was first established in 1973 after...
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