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...protein kinase that is responsible for facilitating the replication of DNA, especially in damaged and dividing cells. While ATR plays a minimal role in normal cells, recently damaged and precancerous cells need the function of ATR, Nghiem explained. The researchers determined that low levels of caffeine have no effect on normal cells. The study specifically addressed the preventative effects of caffeine for cases of Squamous Cell Carcinoma—the second most common type of skin cancer in the United States. It has not been proven to have a similar effect in reducing the risk of melanoma or other varieties...
...Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital have published findings on a new, more accurate method to predict stroke risk through a statistical model that screens for thousands of potentially stroke-causing genes. The model—called a Bayesian network—differs from existing methods that examine only the effect of a single factor, instead allowing researchers to study the interaction of multiple genes. The study, released last month, found the formula could predict a person’s risk for the most common stroke in the U.S. with 86 percent accuracy—which the researchers said...
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Center on Media and Child Health reported on Monday that television has neither a positive nor negative effect on the cognitive development of young children...
Previous studies have found that although overall television viewing had no effect on children, watching baby videos specifically had a negative impact on vocabulary...
...Vegas of the past. The casino floor is dominated by a color that the company says used to be standard in casinos in the bad old good old days - just call it whorehouse red. But it works here, with the brilliant red chandeliers, the whole effect muted a bit by judicious use of off-white fabric. The other delicate touches are cast, oddly enough, by natural light streaming in from either end of the casino floor. And not only through windows - the main entrance to the Encore casino takes you through a lush, plant-and-tree-filled atrium over three...