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Medical Can cleaning chemicals or basement mold cause blackouts?

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Medical Regenerative Healing: Lee Spievak Re-Grows Finger Tip

  • Ivan Seeking
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Medical Can you have an allergic reaction on first exposure to an allergen?

  • Holocene
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Why don't cold-blooded animals produce body heat?

  • at2341
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How does bacterial DNA have directionality if its ends are joined?

  • at2341
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Cell cryoperservation with DMSO

  • HappMatt
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How Do GPS Tracks Reveal the Migration Patterns of Arctic Foxes?

  • wolram
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What is the future of Biotechnology?

  • BioCore
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How long to centrifuge at 3,000xg instead of 5,000xg for RNA purification?

  • fleetwood99
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Do You Have Effective Biology Mnemonics to Share?

  • pink_ele
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Can viruses be used to diminish the effects of genes?

  • bioquest
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Questioning Negative Sentiment Surrounding Doctors

  • LightbulbSun
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Sample selection bias in gerontology research?

  • EnumaElish
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Classification of Exocrine Glands

  • Soaring Crane
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Mice and Yeast Lifespans: Does SCH9 + SIR2 Knockout Increase Longevity?

  • bioquest
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Can Employers Legally Fire You for Medical Marijuana Use?

  • Ivan Seeking
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How are the mole rats able to feel aches if they lack Substance P?

  • Q_Goest
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What has evolutionary theory advanced from Darwin's initial work?

  • DaveC426913
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Is Plasmodium an example of a syncytium?

  • Soaring Crane
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Can RNA interference silence the SIR2 and SCH9 genes?

  • bioquest
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New Species of Giant Salamander Found

  • wolram
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Sleep cycles, circadian rythms, etc

  • dst
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Humor me; can our bodies be smaller but the same?

  • rusrus
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Medical Can deep-brain stimulation reverse memory loss?

  • Ivan Seeking
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And the good news is, you'll get old

  • EnumaElish
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Organ Transplant Scam Shocks India: Urban Myth is Real

  • EnumaElish
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Can extra copies of the SIR6 gene slow or reverse aging?

  • bioquest
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Bad Science - Washing the numbers, selling the model

  • hypnagogue
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Medical What is that machine at the opthamologist's clinic?

  • rohanprabhu
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What Factors Influence Our Ability to Change Gene Expression?

  • bioquest
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How Can Chronic Inattention Be Managed?

  • Werg22
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The Impact of Delta Protein Expression on Aging Cells

  • bioquest
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Smart or Attractive? Biology's Debate on Selection

  • Evo
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Can life be categorised by actions rather than by structure?

  • nughret
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How long can blood be stored before it becomes unusable?

  • bioquest
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What Role Does Endocrinology Play in Understanding Love?

  • poeteye
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Medical Does sleeping soon after eating increase fat deposition?

  • rohanprabhu
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Medical Mobile phone radiation wrecks your sleep

  • SF
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Modern animals that look like dinosaurs

  • Cyrus
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Cellular respiration weird question.

  • alexwaylo2008
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Evolution in a Bottle: Can Artificial Environments Create New Species?

  • poeteye
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Medical Does CPR show spikes on an ECG monitor during asystole?

  • Invictious
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Medical What Are the Career and Salary Differences Between MD and MD/PhD Programs?

  • Jin S Zhang
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Mind vs Reality: What is the Technical Term?

  • jimmy1200
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Fibula and tibia fracture while dancing - recovery timeline and arthritis concern

  • Greg Freeman
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Medical Can Neck Muscle Size Really Prevent Passing Out from a Chokehold?

  • easyrider
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Dirty Jobs - What was that animal?

  • DaveC426913
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Medical NITRIC OXIDE CARDIO vascular system

  • djflush
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What Causes Scaly Eye Pigmentation Around the Iris?

  • GreenLRan
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Can a Healthy Diet Prevent Diabetes in Those with a Family History?

  • ShawnD
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Medical Would you die in a room with 100% oxygen atmosphere?

  • AFG34
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Medical Does vitamin B12 and folic acid deficiency cause fatigue?

  • wolram
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What is it like to own a pet fox?

  • Benzoate
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Bacterial death in a growing population

  • ViktigLemma
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Genetic Structure: Does Age Affect It?

  • bioquest
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Has a Benficial Addition Mutation been observed?

  • lewis198
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Why Do Some Body Coordination Challenges Seem Gender-Specific?

  • lisab
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Do Crows Have Counting Abilities?

  • Math Is Hard
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Medical Why do I experience strange dreams and nightmares?

  • W3pcq
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Reasons for dinosaurs being so big?

  • W3pcq
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Minimum acceleration that humans can sense

  • pixel01
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Fossil of Josephoartigasia monesi, a one-tonne Pleistocene rodent

  • neutrino
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Is it possible to totally block NFKappaB in humans?

  • bioquest
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Medical Why is post-ejaculation causing itching and redness for my husband?

  • Jekertee
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The Science of Memory: Remembering Your Firsts

  • wolram
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Electroshock therapy coming back with a vengeance

  • fourier jr
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Medical Emotional response when listening to instrumental music

  • Destrio
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Do All Cells and Microorganisms Meet the Criteria of Life?

  • physarrista
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Has anyone had an endoscopic throat exam?

  • wolram
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Medical What causes an orgasm—neurotransmitters, hormones, or nerve impulses?

  • Nuklear
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What is stereological measurement and how is it used in various disciplines?

  • Math Is Hard
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Can beer in a beaker catch loose Drosophila?

  • Dorothy Baum
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What is this mysterious formation?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Molecular visualization software?

  • Phalanx
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Medical Are contact lenses dangerous for eyes and do colored ones exist?

  • En_lizard
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Will humans evolve into a different species over thousands of years?

  • Holocene
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Surviving a 47-story fall

  • Ivan Seeking
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SIR2: Could a Gene Extend Human Lifespan 6x?

  • bioquest
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Medical Sports - Working out - Recovery

  • rocomath
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Is Animal Breeding for Profit Worth It?

  • NeoDevin
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Medical Parasite theory: Helminths and harmony

  • Ivan Seeking
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How do brids navigate during migration?

  • Lisa!
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National geographic, finland, polar bears

  • jostpuur
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Medical What Branch of Psychology Should I Major In?

  • Skhandelwal
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Medical My brain doesn't get rest, is that unhealthy?

  • Skhandelwal
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Evolution of blood clotting mechanism

  • Defennder
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Sudden itchy rash on feet, legs, hands and eyes

  • wolram
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Medical Try Li+ Salt (USP Grade) as an Alternative to D2 and SSRI

  • thankz
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Purdue students sniff manure for science

  • ZapperZ
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The central dogma: proteins first?

  • Adeimantus
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Medical What Is Vasculitis?

  • godwinscareer
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Medical First Zero-G Surgery Succeeds on Human Patient

  • Ivan Seeking
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Medical Top five pandemics we human beings are facing today

  • Jin S Zhang
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Medical What Belongs in Medical Sciences vs. Biology Sections?

  • bioquest
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News Evolution Vs. Intelligent Design in Florida

  • vincentm
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Are there differences between blood from different human populations?

  • bioquest
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Case of penetrating head trauma with screwdriver

  • Moridin
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