Lead aprons and thyroid shields on the bodies and eyes of dogs significantly block harmful scatter radiation and leakage from x-ray tubes.
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Dogs Need Shielding, Too
Author: smithgll
To tease out the complex interplay of immunity and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), biomedical researcher Stephen Ramsey has designed software that can analyze both gene expression measurements and genetic information. With this new tool, he and his interdisciplinary team have found a significant increase in heart disease among animals deficient in a particular protein that regulates the immune system.
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Molecules for Healing
Custom-designed molecules for treating human disease are being manufactured in an unlikely place: the tiny, forest-products town of Philomath.