They can spitting up acid that corrode armors and such.
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Gout is a particularly painful condition, consisting of a build-up of uric acid crystals (or urates) in the joints.
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Another possibility is that they get flushed up by the acid reflux.
The researchers expected to see a build-up of lactic acid and an acidic environment in the brain, as seen in other organs suffering from oxygen deprivation.
"My legs get really heavy and lactic acid builds up, " he says.
The acid cleans things up on the palate and the fruit leaves you with a nice memory.
Henry tries to swallow the panic seeping up into his throat like acid.
They created linaclotide out of 14 amino acids, 6 of which are cysteines that bind so tightly they keep the whole from getting dissolved by stomach acid or chewed up by digestive enzymes in the intestines.
The shape that the amino-acid chain wraps itself up into is critical to its function.
But when the virus produces protein, a troublesome mutation results in a change to the amino acid sequence that makes up the protein.
He came up with a compound called acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) which appeared to share the therapeutic properties of other salicylates, without causing stomach irritation.
This mutation causes a change in one of the amino acid molecules that makes up an important enzyme for proper bone growth and formation.
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In higher-temperature climates, for example, the cost of installing and running the air conditioning necessary to properly cool the lead acid batteries can represent up to 50 percent of the total power consumed at each cell tower site.
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The legislation contains harsher penalties for rapists, including the death penalty, and up to 10 years in jail for acid attacks.
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What happens is that when someone eats too much, too fast, too late or even the wrong kinds of food, the digestive acid in his stomach rises up in the gullet.
My chicken burrito opened the acid reflux gates and kept me up all night.
You're as likely to see someone rocking the heavy raw denim popular among '60s bikers and rebellious youth, an '80s-inspired high-waisted, flower print, or the acid-washed, ripped-up grunge look of the '90s.
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To minimise the possibility of the foetus developing spina bifida, woman are advised to take folic acid supplements in the months leading up to conception and the first three months of pregnancy.
But that was worse: up to your ass all day in sticky juice, with acid eating into the cuts on your hands.
Hands shoot up and the testimonials begin: Antioxidant-loaded XanGo calms acid reflux, cures migraines, chases away brown spots on the skin of someone's mother.
For instance, Dannenberg says, Celebrex is being tested in human trials to prevent Barrett's Esophagus, a pre-malignant condition associated with some cases of serious acid reflux (otherwise known as heartburn) that reach up into the esophagus.
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Illinois-based company Renew Power has said it has already come up with a fuel cell compatible with mobile phones, by using formic acid, the chemical sprayed by black ants on the attack.
In the procedure, called injection augmentation of the vocal folds, a doctor threads an endoscope through the patient's nose or mouth into the throat, then injects a tiny amount of collagen, fat, hyaluronic acid or a gel filler into the vocal cords to plump them up.
The acid test for Spanish product will be to see how that demand holds up.
The goal is to tighten up or otherwise improve the faulty valve, called the esophageal sphincter, that lets acid reflux back into the esophagus.
Professors Brian Wharton and Ian Booth, from the Institutes of Child Health in London and Birmingham, warned that in people with vitamin B12 deficiency, consumption of folic acid may mask a condition called megaloblastic anaemia - which if not picked up can lead to degeneration of the spinal cord.
It seems to stimulate overeating by speeding up production of a chemical messenger in the brain called GABA, or gamma-amino butyric acid.
He added that the exact chemical make up of the herbal extract and its effects on the gullet were unclear, and that the anti-acid drug used was one of the least effective available to doctors.
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