Archive: 06/01/2007
Enzyme delivered in smaller package protects cells from radiation damage
A University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine research team, collaborating with scientists from Stanford University, have developed a new, smaller gene therapy vector that may be effective in delivering a radioprotective ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Pregnant mom's exposure to flu vaccine kick-starts fetal immune system
Some researchers have hypothesized that the fetus can be exposed to and mount an immune response against allergens to which the mother has been exposed, and this may have an effect on the development of allergic sensitivity ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein marker for prostate cancer survival
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers have identified a protein that is a strong indicator of survival for men with advanced prostate cancer. The C-reactive protein, also known as ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Brain inflammation may be friend, not foe, for Alzheimer's patients
Inflammation in the brain may not be so bad after all when it comes to Alzheimer’s disease.In the June 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a team of scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Scientists connect climate change, origins of agriculture in Mexico
New charcoal and plant microfossil evidence from Mexico’s Central Balsas valley links a pivotal cultural shift, crop domestication in the New World, to local and regional environmental history. Agriculture ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Agent slows aging in mice
Aspirin didn’t pan out. Neither did two other potential anti-aging agents. But a synthetic derivative of a pungent desert shrub is now a front- runner in ongoing animal experiments to find out if certain chemicals, ...
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Jun 01, 2007 |
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Long-distance record -- 'Quantum keys' sent 200 kilometers
Particles of light serving as “quantum keys”—the latest in encryption technology—have been sent over a record-setting 200-kilometer fiber-optic link by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Lilly studies try to shed light on impact of race
Statistics show lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in African-Americans, with 21,550 new cases expected to be diagnosed and 16,700 deaths expected this year. Equally devastating, lung cancer is the leading ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Cells re-energize to come back from the brink of death
The discovery of how some abnormal cells can avoid a biochemical program of self-destruction by increasing their energy level and repairing the damage, is giving investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital insights ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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UC San Diego physicists devise viable design for spin-based electronics
Physicists at the University of California, San Diego have proposed a design for a semiconductor computer circuit based on the spin of electrons. They say the device would be more scalable and have greater computational ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Researchers achieve atomic spectroscopy on a chip
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have performed atomic spectroscopy with integrated optics on a chip for the first time, guiding a beam of light through a rubidium vapor cell integrated ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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How to Rip a Fluid
In a simple experiment on a mixture of water, surfactant (soap), and an organic salt, two researchers working in the Pritchard Laboratories at Penn State have shown that a rigid object like a knife passes ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Astronomers Find Their Third Planet With Novel Telescope Network
Astronomers using the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) network of small telescopes are announcing today their discovery of a planet twice the mass of Jupiter that passes in front of its star every 31 ...
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Research reveals link between pesticide use and Parkinson's
Exposure to pesticides and traumatic head injury are associated with Parkinson's disease, according to EU-funded researchers.
Jun 01, 2007 |
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EU project to develop first fuel-cell aircraft
Designing the first fuel-cell manned intercity aircraft is the goal of a recently launched EU-funded project.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 01, 2007 |
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