Tagged : receptors
Chickens outperform humans in ability to see colour
Washington, Feb 17 - ANI: Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that chicken retina outperforms humans in ability to see colour. They have mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They .......
Published : Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 15:05 | Read More
Washington, Feb 17 - ANI: Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that chicken retina outperforms humans in ability to see colour. They have mapped five types of light receptors in the chicken's eye. They .......
Published : Wednesday 17 Feb 2010 15:05 | Read More
How mosquitoes smell their human prey
London, Feb 4 - ANI: Researchers at Yale University have discovered over two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat. The study, which may help in the development of better traps and mosquito.......
Published : Thursday 04 Feb 2010 16:56 | Read More
London, Feb 4 - ANI: Researchers at Yale University have discovered over two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat. The study, which may help in the development of better traps and mosquito.......
Published : Thursday 04 Feb 2010 16:56 | Read More
Chemicals in pot stimulate tongue receptors to taste sweetness
Washington, Dec 23 - ANI: Scientists from Monell Centre and Kyushu University in Japan have made a novel discovery that may help control feeding behaviour, thus paving way for interventions to combat burgeoning rise in obesity and related diseases........
Published : Wednesday 23 Dec 2009 13:06 | Read More
Washington, Dec 23 - ANI: Scientists from Monell Centre and Kyushu University in Japan have made a novel discovery that may help control feeding behaviour, thus paving way for interventions to combat burgeoning rise in obesity and related diseases........
Published : Wednesday 23 Dec 2009 13:06 | Read More
Humans, apes use odor-detecting receptors differently
Washington, Dec 9 - ANI: Apes and humans have same receptors for detecting odours related to sex, but they are used in different ways in all the species which plays a major role in mate selection and prevents cross-species couplings, according to Duke Uni.......
Published : Wednesday 09 Dec 2009 14:05 | Read More
Washington, Dec 9 - ANI: Apes and humans have same receptors for detecting odours related to sex, but they are used in different ways in all the species which plays a major role in mate selection and prevents cross-species couplings, according to Duke Uni.......
Published : Wednesday 09 Dec 2009 14:05 | Read More
Inhibiting nicotine receptors may double survival time for lung cancer patients
Washington, June 9 - ANI: Conducting experiments on mice, a team of Italian researchers have suggested that in a lung cancer treatment that inhibits nicotine receptors may help double survival time. .......
Published : Tuesday 09 Jun 2009 12:08 | Read More
Washington, June 9 - ANI: Conducting experiments on mice, a team of Italian researchers have suggested that in a lung cancer treatment that inhibits nicotine receptors may help double survival time. .......
Published : Tuesday 09 Jun 2009 12:08 | Read More
Our potheads make their own marijuana
Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Our brain makes proteins that act directly on the marijuana receptors in the head, say researchers........
Published : 21 Apr 2009 12:11 | Read More
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Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Our brain makes proteins that act directly on the marijuana receptors in the head, say researchers........
Published : 21 Apr 2009 12:11 | Read More