Archive: 09/02/2007
Southern California facing blood shortage
The American Red Cross Blood Services of Southern California is facing a potential year-long drought due to a lack of adults donating blood, experts say.
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Scientists develop low-cost recipe for patterning microchips
Creating ultrasmall grooves on microchips -- a key part of many modern technologies -- is about to become as easy as making a sandwich, using a new process invented by Princeton engineers.
Sep 02, 2007 |
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Cell that triggers symptoms in allergy attacks can also limit damage
A blood cell known as a troublemaker for triggering the itch and inflammation in allergy attacks, the mast cell, can also calm down the flare-ups, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have found.
Sep 02, 2007 |
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A drug-sensitive 'traffic cop' tells potassium channels to get lost
Our brains are buzzing with electrical activity created by sodium and potassium ions moving in and out of neurons through specialized pores. To prevent the constant chatter from descending into chaos the activity of these ...
Sep 02, 2007 |
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First reproducible connection made between genes and height in humans
It became clear nearly a century ago that many genes likely influence how tall a person grows, though little progress, if any, has followed in defining the myriad genes. Now an international research team brings light to ...
Sep 02, 2007 |
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Coming together: tDNAs, RNA pol III and chromatid cohesion
In the September 1st issue of G&D, Drs. Rudra Dubey and Marc Gartenberg (UMDNJ) reveal a surprising new role for tDNAs and RNA polymerase III-associated proteins in sister chromatid cohesion.
Sep 02, 2007 |
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Girls who begin dieting twice as likely to start smoking
Starting to diet seems to double the odds a teenage girl will begin smoking, a University of Florida study has found. UF researchers, who analyzed the dieting and smoking practices of 8,000 adolescents, did not find the same ...
Sep 02, 2007 |
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Melanoma drug revs immune cells but cancer cells ignore it
A new study shows that an important drug used in the treatment of malignant melanoma has little effect on the melanoma cells themselves. Instead, it activates immune-system cells to fight the disease.
Sep 02, 2007 |
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Work time is the largest influence to the duration of a person's sleep
Work time is the primary lifestyle factor with the largest reciprocal relationship to a person’s sleep time – the more hours a person works, the less sleep that he or she gets, according to a study published in the September ...
Sep 02, 2007 |
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U.K. foot-in-mouth reports submitted
Reports on the latest outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Britain have been turned over to government officials.
Sep 02, 2007 |
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