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Multiple health concerns surface as winter, vitamin D deficiences arrive.
NewsRx Health & Science; 12/13/2009; 1352 words; ...infections. Experts believe advances in the use of cathelicidin may form the basis for new therapies. Once believed to be related primarily...Cathelicidin can profoundly boost the innate immune system, and could form the basis for new therapies to combat pathogenic infections...

Control of blood clotting by platelets described; provides medical promise.
NewsRx Health & Science; 12/13/2009; 826 words; ...molecular interactions at the surface of platelets that control blood...receptor that resides on the surface of platelets. A protein that...converts fibrinogen into fibrin to form a network that traps red blood...inside of the platelet to the surface, where it interacts with the...

New findings suggest strategy to help generate HIV-neutralizing antibodies.
NewsRx Health; 12/13/2009; 880 words; ...b12 binds to gp120, an HIV surface protein, at one of the few...infected cells in inactive forms of viral debris or non-functional...to bind to non-functional forms of gp120 cannot bind to gp120...binding allows gp120 to neatly form its normal trimeric structure...than targeting the plentiful ...

New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy.
NewsRx Health & Science; 12/13/2009; 985 words; ...NMDA receptors-special receptors on the surface of brain cells-activates another protein...SREBP-1 is largely kept in an inactive form by a protein known as Insig-1. After...1, which increases the level of active form of SREBP-1. "How over-activation...

Rich ore deposits linked to ancient atmosphere.
NewsRx Health & Science; 12/13/2009; 890 words; ...ore minerals require sulfur to form, but neither seawater nor the...The key evidence came from a form of sulfur known as sulfur...whether or not a deposit will form. "Ore deposits are a tiny...of a percent of the Earth's surface, yet economically they are...