Nursing Homes in Littlefork, MN
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 Littlefork Medical Center Medicare and Medicaid Location: 912 Main Street, Littlefork, Minnesota 56653 Ratings: Phone: (218) 278-6634 |
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Human neurons employ highly compartmentalized signaling, study shows
Human neurons are much larger than those of model organisms mice and rats, so it's been unclear whether it's size that makes a difference in our brain's computational power.
Nektar to present new NKTR-102 Phase 2 clinical data in multiple cancers at ASCO annual meeting
Nektar Therapeutics today announced that new Phase 2 clinical data for NKTR-102, Nektar's lead oncology candidate being evaluated in multiple cancer indications, have been selected for presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology being held June 3-7, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.
Cobinamide may help reverse effects of cyanide toxicity
Smoke inhalation is the major cause of death in fire victims due to cyanide poisoning. However, new research presented at CHEST 2012, the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, shows that a new antidote, cobinamide, may help reverse the effects of cyanide toxicity.
Accumulation of small protein in brain's blood vessels can drive early cognitive impairment
A team of Stony Brook University researchers led by William Van Nostrand, PhD, Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, has discovered in a model of Alzheimer's disease that early accumulation of a small protein, known as amyloid β, in the blood vessels of the brain can drive early cognitive impairment.
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