House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products
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(AP) -- The federal government would for the first time have regulatory powers over the tobacco industry under a bill the House approved Thursday after years of campaigning by anti-smoking forces.
Coke ads 'totally unacceptable' in Australia
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Australia's consumer regulator has ordered Coca-Cola to publish corrections after it claimed in "unacceptable" ads that health risks from the soft drink were a myth, the watchdog said Thursday.
Internet hoaxes launched for April Fools' gags
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- While the potentially dangerous Conficker worm was being tracked throughout April Fools' Day, more harmless hoaxes were being fired out across the Internet.
Researchers peer into nanowires to measure dopant properties
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Semiconductor nanowires -- tiny wires with a diameter as small as a few billionths of a meter — hold promise for devices of the future, both in technology like light-emitting diodes and in ...
Protein protects neurons in brain from damage due to inflammation
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla has identified a protein in the brain of mice that protects neurons from excessive ...
Diseased cartilage harbors unique migratory progenitor cells
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A new study finds previously unidentified fibrocartilage-forming progenitor cells in degenerating, diseased human cartilage, but not in cartilage from healthy joints. The research, published by Cell Press in the April 3rd ...
Neuroscientists demonstrate link between brainwave acticity and visual perception
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Can we always see what is in front of us? According to Dr. Tony Ro, a Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at The City College of New York (CCNY), the answer is "no." New research published in "The Journal of ...
Alzheimer's disease linked to mitochondrial damage
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated that attacks on the mitochondrial protein Drp1 by the free radical nitric oxide—which causes a chemical reaction called S-nitrosylation—mediates ...
Researchers unravel role of priming in plant immunity
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered a naturally occurring compound that triggers a plant's immune system, thereby protecting the plant from a secondary bacterial infection.
Nuclear hormone receptors, microRNAs form developmental switch
Apr 02, 2009 |
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A particular nuclear hormone receptor called DAF-12 and molecules called microRNAs in the let-7 family form a molecular switch that encourages cells in the larvae of a model worm to shift to a more developed state, said a ...
Milkshakes are medicine for anorexic teens in family-based outpatient therapy
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Getting your teenager to drink a chocolate milkshake isn't something most parents need to worry about. But this is just the approach used in one treatment for anorexia nervosa. Known as Behavioral Family Therapy, or the Maudsley ...
Healing heart attack victims, one cell at a time
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By using the amount of carbon 14 in the atmosphere from above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and 1960, researchers have determined that cells in the human heart develop into adulthood.
Brain study could yield clues to schizophrenia
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have revealed the role of one type of brain cell in the development of a process crucial for memory and learning.
'Green chemistry' could ease manufacture, boost usefulness of cancer drug (w/Video)
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Research by Michigan State University chemist Kevin Walker is paving the way for potentially cleaner, more efficient production of cancer-fighting paclitaxel -- better known as the blockbuster drug Taxol.
Probing Question: Are social networking sites useful for business?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- If you’re reading this, odds are you have an Internet connection. And if you have an Internet connection, chances are good that you also have a social network profile. Facebook and Myspace — the two most ...
