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Trace Elements and the Human Body
What are the major elements of the body? What are the "trace elements" and in what quantity do we need these elements and for what purpose?
http://www.carbon-negative.us/soil/firewater.htm

Hennemuth=158 nuerons (not all work), Roundworm=302 neurons, Fly=100,000 neurons, Human-=Read-on!

Specific Nerves Responsible for Itch (not pain)

Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy is the Number One Cause of Mental Retardation in the U.S.
Cranial Neural Crest
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=124946

Primary Cilia Act as an Antenna to the Cell
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/science/19cilia.html?_r=1&ref=science

Growth Factors Turn on Growth of Limbs (with Graphic)

Eating Fish Reduces Dementia
Excellent Cell Animations, Especially Protein Transport and Synthesis

Protein Synthesis Molecular Machine
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=protein+synthesis+animation&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=xLwKSq6mA8WMtgeQ4_2iAQ&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

This is the Molecular machine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3fOXt4MrOM&feature=related

G1/S Checkpoint of Cell Division and Cyclin Dependent Kinases, Cell Cycle

G1/S Checkpoint and Mitosis Regulation


Nerve Cells & Action Potentials
http://outreach.mcb.harvard.edu/animations/actionpotential.swf

Pinpointed Animation on Resting Potential, AP, Refractory Period
http://www.mrothery.co.uk/images/nerveimpulse.swf

Stem Cell Treatment Fight Off MS


Epigenome in Chromatin

Decoding Blood Analysis (Chart Interactive)

HPV Can Be As Common as 50% in 20 - 24 Year Olds!

HPV Enters the Political Arena

Revealing a Few Theories for the Causes of Cancer. This has a reference to the most cited article in Cell and discusses "microbiome"!

APP Protein Seems to Act Like Alzheimer's 
Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease (Good Video)