A new study suggests that there is a positive correlation between height and IQ (intelligence). During the five-year-study, researchers from threeuniversities in UK- Edinburgh University, Aberdeen University and University College London– looked at DNA markers of 6,800 people, part of the Scottish Family Health Study. Participants, who were unrelated, underwent tests that measured their ability to recall, language […]
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Marijuana Disrupts Cancer Pathway of Cigarettes
18th February 2014 – 19:49
According to new research conducted in Japan; chemicals in marijuana (THC and CBD) block the activity of a cancer causing enzyme that is common in cigarette smokers. The researchers concluded that these compounds could be useful in the treatment of cancer. “Accordingly, CBD and its related compounds, which are potent inhibitors of CYP1A1 activity, would […]
Study: cannabis compound might have use as an HIV drug
17th May 2013 – 12:00
SOURCE: http://www.wired.co.uk The chemical compound in cannabis, THC, appears to be able to damage and weaken the most common strain of the HIV virus. Before you light up a spliff, though, this is only a preliminary result reached under laboratory conditions, and further research will be needed. THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, is the main psychoactive ingredient […]
Anti-cocaine vaccine eats up drug ‘like a little Pac-Man’
17th May 2013 – 11:38
SOURCE: http://www.wired.co.uk/ An anti-cocaine vaccine has been used successfully on non-human primates, bringing it one step closer to approval for use in human addiction therapy. The vaccine (dAd5GNE) combines elements of the common cold virus with the particle GNE, which mimics cocaine. The vaccine works by preventing the dopamine high associated with taking cocaine. “The […]
Alien of the Deep
17th August 2010 – 15:06
News Source : http://news.nationalgeographic.com by James Owen Photograph courtesy Julius Nielsen, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Looking like a creature from the Alien movies, this nightmarish “longhead dreamer” anglefish (Chaenophryne longiceps) was until recently an alien species to Greenland water.