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aboutcoolscience (64)in StemSocial • 11 months ago
The Evolution of Sleep
Why do we need to sleep?
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aboutcoolscience (64)in StemSocial • last year
The Sirtuin Connection: A New Approach to Understanding Aging and Diabetes
The connection between Sirtuin, aging and diabetes
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 5 years ago
The science of scamming people
I work as a scientist in an academic institution and like many people in the field, sometimes I ask myself questions. Sometimes these questions are inherent to scientific…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 5 years ago
Cinnamon's story and therapeutical effects
Cinnamon is a spice that has been used for thousands of years. It comes from the bark of a tree (cinnamomum verum) that can grow up to 12 meters high, but you won’t probably ever…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 5 years ago
Thoughts on life and evolution
We all know what life is, yet if you were asked to provide a comprehensive definition of life, you may find yourself struggling. Maybe the most simplistic definition you can…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #economy • 5 years ago
On trade wars...
If you live in the US you can probably read about this issue almost daily. Basically Trump believes that buying cheap goods from China hurts US economy. He thinks that China is…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemit • 5 years ago
Cleaning up some witness votes
It's been a while since my last post. I realized I only use this account to post about science, but I may start writing about other things too since I don't always have enough…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
Why do we age? The role of telomeres in aging
In my last post I tried to give you an overview of different aging theories that are either un-true or that just partially explain this phenomenon. However, by the time I…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
Why do we age?
Something that sets us apart from other species is the ability of making things up. You may wonder: how imagining and talking about things that don’t exist can be an advantage…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
The laws of immunity
We are surrounded by pathogens, we even host billions of bacteria, yet instead of living in constant sickness, most of us can conduct normal lives. This is because of our immune…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
A cure for ALL
I know that it would be cool to have a universal cure for all diseases, but unfortunately, that will remain a fantasy. In this post I am going to talk about something real: Acute…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
Much more than macrophages
Much more than macrophages Much effort today is devoted in directing cell fate towards therapeutically useful phenotypes. The more we learn about it and the more we realize…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steem • 6 years ago
This could be a different marketing tool to promote Steem
I was reading this recent post by @therealwolf and I found an interesting discussion in the comments section triggered by @smooth where it was brought up the need for more…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
BMP-2, too much of a good thing?
BMP-2, too much of a good thing? Like everybody else, scientists and clinicians hold opinions, and in some cases, they are not seeking the objective truth but a reaffirmation…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
About T-Cells
About T-Cells Every time our organism is exposed to a substance (I’ll refer to it as antigen) that originates either from our body (self) or that is foreign, our immune system…
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byoblu (32)in #italia • 6 years ago
IL FURTO DEL DEBITO PUBBLICO, SPIEGATO BENE - Guido Grossi
Se non avete mai capito come funziona la macchina infernale del debito pubblico, tra meno di mezz'ora sarete assolutamente convinti che oggi si tratta di un furto con destrezza…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
Stopping these bloodsuckers
Stopping these bloodsuckers This post was inspired by a sleepless night. These bastards sneaked in my house last night and they kept whispering in my ears, biting and sucking…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #blog • 6 years ago
Why you may want to go to the SteemStem/Utopian meetup in Italy
Why you may want to go to the SteemStem/Utopian meetup in Italy Gosh I’m totally biased about this but in this post I will try explain why you would want to go to the…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
Interesting facts about Ginseng
Interesting facts about Ginseng If you have been following my blog for a while you probably know that, among other things, I also have an interest in plants. I see them as the…
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aboutcoolscience (64)in #steemstem • 6 years ago
mRNA modifications to overcome stability and delivery issues
In one of my previous posts I discussed the potential of using mRNA instead of plasmid DNA for gene therapy applications. Here, I wanted to discuss in greater detail what are the…
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