Hormone receptor genes

	Aggressive women - genes' fault
... conducted a study where it was revealed that variations in serotonin receptor gene are closely related to hostility and ill temper in women. As it was previously showed by various researches, the hormone serotonin plays an important part in regulating aggressive behavior for animals and people. Thus the lower level of serotonin, the more are the chances that an individual will show hostility or act in aggressive and a...
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	Beijing is Ready for Sex Tests for Olympic Athletes
... news agency stated that professionals, working at the lab, which is located at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, will analyze doubtful cases based on their external features and observe sex hormones, genes and chromosomes from blood samples. It is worth mentioning that sex testing has been practiced at the Olympic Games for many years. The reason to launch the procedure was the fears that male athletes might ...
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	Beautiful flirty women choose machos for procreation
...ould choose masculine-looking men in most cases. The reasons explaining such choice of a mate have a biological basis. Since the physical signs of masculinity are connected to high levels of male hormone testosterone this makes those men a better males: energetic, strong and healthy. However, men with higher levels of testosterone are known to live shorter than those with lower levels of testosterone, that make them u...
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	Men look at face, women look down there
...ng at genitals. However, the results were unexpected and quite the opposite. Women were more attracted at sexual acts first and men would pay their attention at faces. Previous study, published in Hormones and Behavior magazine concluded that sexual stimuli outlines gender differences, particularly for brain activity of men and women. Presumably women who took hormonal pills were more often focused on genitals and tho...
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	Nano-nose to help identify illnesses
...ngs to distinguish among different proteins and detect the illness, as reported by the New Scientist. According to Vince Rotello from the University of Massachusetts the human nose has a series of receptors, which react differently to different compounds. Thus it is not a specific smell that the receptors react to, but it is a generalized response produced by the receptors, which creates the smell. Teamed up with hi...
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	Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming
... all the food. And only animals able to evolve and to reset their biologic clocks will make it to places of greenest grass and beautiful pastures. Ultimately, these species will be able to pass their genes to following generations, changing the genetic code according to current global situation. Some traces of this kind of evolution can be already seen this year: in some regions, were the abnormal warm winter and an earl...
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	PandaLabs' List of Unusual Malicious Software
... most religious virus: USBToy.A worm has been awarded this prestigious title. The reason for this was that each time an infected computer restarted, the worm showed the following Bible line, from the Genesis: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there ...
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	Genes Permanently Turned On by Smoking
...Those who smoke tobacco should know that this habit is not considered to be sexy anymore. However, smoking can turn on permanently some of the genes. A study, which was published in BMC Genomics, an on-line open-access journal, was able to explain why those people who used to smoke still have a higher risk for lung cancer development than those who never had the bad habit. Wan L Lam and Stephen Lam, who work at the BC Ca...
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	Animal Crew Returns from Space
...-support system, were they were videotaped. Scientists tried to study the impact of gravity on mice and learn how these conditions can affect their water metabolism. In another experiment called "Receptor" 20 French snails (Helix lucorum Linnaeus) took part in a study where scientists were trying to understand the gravity impact on sensory receptors. Some experiments conducted in space may seem even weird, but the...
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	The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away
...argeting in mice. This technology is applied in many areas of biomedicine, which encompasses basic experiments, researches and development of therapies. The new technology is used to make particular genes inactive and such experiments have led to understanding of the roles of various genes in embryonic development, aging, adult physiology and diseases. Thanks to this technology over ten thousand mouse genes were made ina...
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	Evolution of Animal Vision - New Facts Discovered
...their attention at Hydra, the aquatic animal that belongs to cnidarians and has inhabited Earth for hundreds of millions of years. The scientists became the first to study and analyze light-receptive genes called opsins in cnidarians that represent an ancient class of animals that also comprises jellyfish, corals, and sea anemones. The scientists didn't discover these vision genes in earlier evolving animals such as s...
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	Late Risers Protest to Change Work Schedule
...-person(early riser) has a longer version of this gene. Angela Clow, a professor from the University of Westminster in London also claims that early birds are known to have higher levels of stress hormone cortisol. Dr.Kring has launched a B-society encouraging the companies to recognize late risers. In a half of the year, the group already includes 5,500 members throughout the Europe and North America. The lates...
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	The Main Genetic Difference between Humans and Chimpanzees Revealed
...In spite of the fact that humans and chimpanzees have almost 99 percent of genes identical, their difference is so great that it lead scientists to question where is the core of the matter. The study conducted at the University of Toronto Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research compared brain and heart tissue of humans and chimpanzees to uncover the difference. Scientists found that the essence of these differen...
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