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Chocoholics Beware: Addiction could be worse than you think…
January 20, 2010 – 3:36 pm | No Comment
Chocoholics Beware: Addiction could be worse than you think…

A recent study by the Scripps Research Institute Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders reveals an interesting fact about food addiction. While it has been known that sugary or fatty foods can cause an …

Who needs embryonic cells anyway?
October 20, 2009 – 8:45 pm | One Comment
Who needs embryonic cells anyway?

An article released in Science last August (Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Generated from Patients with ALS can be Differentiated into Motor Neurons) prompted Time Magazine to name the discovery the No. 1 Medical Breakthrough of …