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(University of Rochester Medical Center) Scientists are finding that particles that are barely there -- tiny objects known as nanoparticles that have found a home in electronics, food containers, sunscreens, and a variety of applications -- can breech our most personal protective barrier: the skin.

(Duke University Medical Center) Duke University Medical Center scientists have made a significant finding that could lead to better drugs for several degenerative diseases including Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

Compounds that block the activity of a specific enzyme prevented brain injury and greatly improved survival in fruit flies that had the same disease process found in Huntington's disease.