Imperial Valley News Center
Scientists produce clearest-ever images of enzyme that plays key roles in aging, cancer
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- Written by Stuart Wolpert
Los Angeles, California - An enzyme called telomerase plays a significant role in aging and most cancers, but until recently many aspects of the enzyme’s structure could not be clearly seen.
Our ancestors probably didn’t get 8 hours a night, either
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- Written by Meg Sullivan
Los Angeles, California - They stay up late into the evening, average less than 6 1/2 hours of sleep and rarely nap.
How the ‘social brain’ is functionally impaired in people with autism
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- Written by Kim Irwin
Los Angeles, California - UCLA scientists have found that in young people with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder, the areas of the brain that are linked to social behaviors are both less developed and less-sufficiently networked than they are in young people without autism.
Measurements of dinosaur body temperatures shed new light on 150-year debate
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- Written by Stuart Wolpert
Los Angeles, California - Were dinosaurs really fast, aggressive hunters like the ones depicted in the movie “Jurassic World”? Or did they have lower metabolic rates that made them move more like today’s alligators and crocodiles? For 150 years, scientists have debated the nature of dinosaurs’ body temperatures and how those temperatures influenced their activity levels.
UCLA-led study shows deadly prostate cancer cells have stem cell qualities
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- Written by Mirabai Vogt-James
Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have shown that the cells responsible for generating deadly prostate cancer share some genetic qualities with the tissue-specific stem cells that naturally reside in the healthy prostate.
Stereotypes In Health Care Make Patients Feel Worse
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- Written by Beth Newcomb
Los Angeles, California - Warning: Stereotypes may be harmful to patients’ health.
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