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Monday, October 03, 2005

news of the day

Who says chemistry can't be "sexy?" U of MN scientists believe that sex pheromes can be used as a migratory attractant and when artificially synthesized, can be used to trap lampreys in the Great Lakes.

Oh, and my nerdy interest in science resurfaces. The scientists who originally studied H. pylori just won this year's Nobel Prize. H. pylori contributes to stomach ulcers by inducing inflammation and attracting interleuking and other pro-inflammatory markers to the lumen of the stomach.

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