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06.29.09
Companies Warned To Follow Correct Safety Procedures When Operating Machinery And Drills, UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers and their staff to be mindful of following the correct safety procedures when operating machinery and drills, following the prosecution of a West Bromwich firm. An employee at Aluminium Products Ltd lost part of his index finger during an incident on 15 October last year.

06.18.09
Trans Fats Hinder Multiple Steps In Blood Flow Regulation Pathways

Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in processed foods contain trans fatty acids that interfere with the regulation of blood flow. A new report reveals a new way in which these "trans fats" gum up the cellular machinery that keeps blood moving through arteries and veins.

04.13.09
CSHL Researchers Explain Process By Which Cells 'Hide' Potentially Dangerous DNA Segments

Chp1, a histone-binding protein, helps recruit molecular machinery that establishes heterochromatin 'silencing' domains The DNA in the 23 pairs of chromosomes in each of the billions of cells of the human body is so tightly packed that it would measure six feet in length if stretched end to end.

04.01.09
New insights into how brain responds to viral infection

Scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have discovered that astrocytes, supportive cells in the brain that are not derived from an immune cell lineage, respond to a molecule that mimics a viral infection using cellular machinery similar to that used by classical immune cells in the blood.