As we continue to have more complex conversations about what it means to be a man today, the more our old-fashioned ideas of masculinity come into question. In a recent thread on Reddit, women started sharing some of the things that they’ve noticed straight guys do that are meant to show how manly they are… […]
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New gene segment discovery has potential against cancer, autoimmune disorders
A small segment of a human gene STING, stimulator of interferon genes, could hold the key to treating autoimmune diseases and cancer, according to a study by Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists. Dr. Pingwei Li, AgriLife Research biochemist and structural biologist, College Station; post doctorates Drs. Baoyu Zhao, and Fenglei Du and graduate student Pengbiao […]
Saliromanie (Salirophilie) – The Lust for dirt
Saliromanie or better Salirophilie derives from the French word for „beschmutzen“ from. Salirophiler referred to a people, the sexual arousal at the Spot of other people, self or objects felt. Among the substances with which such people daub, mud, food, semen, blood, urine, or feces. Table of contents Risks koprophiler practices Risks urophiler practices Exkrementophilie […]
For example, electric devices off – with these tips get you through the heat
The summer has arrived in Germany. Of Freud, the other suffering: Because high temperatures can be very exhausting. But what is best against the heat wave? Stiftung Warentest examined 2018 air-conditioning units. So-called split units, with a separate outer part, therefore, more efficient than mono devices blow the exhaust air via a hose out the […]
The treasure chamber: rest Where once Gold was stored, now the data of millions of stem cell donors
The heart of the machinery suggests 20 meters below the surface – at the most secure location of Dresden. In the 200-square-metre vault of the former Federal Bank branch, 30 servers are located in a container-like space. “Down here, money and Gold stored in the past,” says Thomas shepherd, pointing to the eggplant-colored vault door, […]
Researchers explore the epigenetics of daytime sleepiness
Everyone feels tired at times, but up to 20 percent of U.S. adults report feeling so sleepy during the day that it interferes with daily activities, including working, having meals or carrying on conversations. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) can lead to car accidents and work-related injuries and may increase risk of stroke and heart disease. […]
The large dementia Test: With these 60 questions, you check your personal risk
Most of the risk factors for Alzheimer’s can be a positive influence. The Neuro-physician, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai are convinced. In her book, “The Alzheimer’s solution” do you have suggestions on how this works. For this, everyone should know, first, where the personal weaknesses are. With an extensive questionnaire, the Alzheimer’s experts, Dean and Ayesha […]
The case of death, Mount Everest: the highest mountain in the world so dangerous
The last victim was 62 years of age, a US-American who died while descending from the 8848 metre-high summit of Mount Everest. Shortly before his death, the dream of the passionate mountain climber fulfilled had: once, on the highest peak of the earth. But in the end it was not he who defeated the mountain […]
Gene therapy for gamma-sarcoglycanopathy moves toward a clinical trial
Isabelle Richard’s team, a CNRS researcher in an Inserm unit at Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, has demonstrated the efficacy of gene therapy and determined the effective dose for treating a rare muscle disease, gamma-sarcoglycanopathy, in mouse models of the disease. Based on these encouraging results, published in Molecular Therapy: Methods and Clinical Development, the researchers […]
A children’s doctor used syringes, apparently several times – and now hundreds of children are HIV-positive
In the South of Pakistan, nearly 700 people were infected, and presumably by contaminated syringes with the Aids Virus. Until Saturday, Rato Dero area of 681 people in the town are HIV positive have been tested, including 537 children between the ages of two and twelve years, a government official said on Sunday in a […]