Science of smell wins medicine Nobel

Article Abstract:

The scientists Linda Buck and Richard Axel won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004 for their seminal work on olfaction-the sensory system concerned with smell that would help to illuminate the general problem of sensory perception than was vision. The scientists believe that olfaction will serve as a model for understanding how ones brain processes all the sensory information gleaned from ones world.

Achievements and awards, Smell, Nobel laureates, Senses and sensation, Senses, Buck, Linda, Axel, Richard

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The root of the problem

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The debate surrounding the targeting of cancer stem cells as a way to finish tumors off once and for all is discussed. Scientists believe that if the concept of stem cell repairs performed beyond expectation, then the root-killing generation of therapeutics will emerge to ensure permanent remissions, to protect patients from deadly cancer recurrence.

United States, HEALTH SERVICES, Cancer Therapy, Ambulatory Health Care Services, Care and treatment, Cancer, Cancer treatment, Stem cells, Stem cell transplantation, Leukemia

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Growing old gracefully

Article Abstract:

The genetic and environmental factors allowing some people to remain healthy and active into their eighties, nineties and beyond, is investigated. Research, to promote healthy ageing rather than simply treating the diseases of old age, is newly focused.

Aging, Diseases, Old age, Aging (Biology)

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