AT&T to try selling wireless broadband laptops
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. is going to go beyond cell phones and test selling laptops in its stores in Atlanta and Philadelphia.
Glaxo seeks OK to expand breast cancer drug use
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(AP) -- GlaxoSmithKline PLC on Wednesday applied for approval in the U.S. and Europe to sell an existing breast-cancer drug as a first-line treatment.
Researchers identify a protein that may help breast cancer spread, beat cancer drugs
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New research from UC Davis Cancer Center shows that a protein called Muc4 may be the essential ingredient that allows breast cancer to spread to other organs and resist therapeutic treatment. The study, which appears in the ...
Researchers discover new fat-fighting pathway
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a process that controls the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source. Disruption of this process ...
The immune system's role in hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation
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A new study pinpoints certain aspects of the immune system that may play a role in the recurrence and progression of hepatitis C virus (HCV) after liver transplantation. The study is in the April issue of Liver Transplantation, a jour ...
New research shows lower educational outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer
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New research funded by the Canadian Cancer Society has discovered poor educational achievement and learning difficulties for some childhood cancer survivors, especially those diagnosed with brain tumours. This first-of-its-kind ...
Some radiation therapy treatments can decrease fertility
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In female cancer patients of reproductive age, radiation treatment directly to the ovaries should be avoided because there is a direct relationship between certain types of radiation therapy and fertility problems, according ...
Study: White wine can make tooth stains darker
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It has long been known that red wine causes teeth to stain. But white wine? A recent study by NYU dental researchers found that drinking white wine can also increase the potential for teeth to take on dark stains.
New evidence explains poor infant immune response to certain vaccines
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For years, researchers and physicians have known that infants' immune systems do not respond well to certain vaccines, thus the need for additional boosters as children develop. Now, in a new study from the University of ...
Tropical forest seed banks: A blast from the past
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Seeds of some tree species in the Panamanian tropical forest can survive for more than 30 years before germinating. That is 10 times longer than most field botanists had believed.
Researchers examine bacterial rice diseases, search for genetic solutions
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As a major food source for much of the world, rice is one of the most important plants on earth.
Study: Health undervalued in reproductive rights debate
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Women's health is increasingly undervalued in conflicts over reproductive rights, including clashes based on moral objections under so-called conscience clauses, a new study by a University of Illinois legal expert found.
Verizon Wireless sees Kindle-type e-readers coming
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Amazon's Kindle might soon be getting new competitors in the market for electronic-book devices.
Cracking the code of a killer
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(PhysOrg.com) -- More than one million people die from malaria every year - most of them in the world's poorest areas. While it's no surprise to find Cambridge scholars at the forefront of the battle against ...
Investigation detects cyber espionage network
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Information Warfare Monitor - a joint effort of the SecDev Group (Ottawa) and the Citizen Lab (University of Toronto) - detected a cyber espionage network involving over 1,295 compromised computers in ...
