Nanotech researchers discover cancer cells 'feel' much softer than normal cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 02, 2007 |
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A multidisciplinary team of UCLA scientists were able to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells in patient samples using leading-edge nanotechnology that measures the softness of the cells.
Newly-identified exercise gene could help with depression
Dec 02, 2007 |
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Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine.
A real attention grabber
Dec 02, 2007 |
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The person you’re speaking with may be looking at you, but are they really paying attention? Or has the person covertly shifted their attention, without moving their eyes? Dr. Brian Corneil, of the Centre for Brain and ...
How cells keep in shape
Biology /
Dec 02, 2007 |
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Cells in our body come in various shapes and sizes. Each cell is shaped in such a way as to optimise it for a specific function. When things go wrong and a cell does not adopt its dedicated shape, its function ...
'Exciting' project may not get to space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 02, 2007 |
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The upcoming launch of a laboratory to the International Space Station has been clouded by NASA's failure to deliver a device to study the universe's origins.
Human embryonic stem cell -- derived bone tissue closes massive skull injury
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Dec 02, 2007 |
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There are mice in Baltimore whose skulls were made whole again by bone tissue grown from human embryonic stem cells (hESCs).
Leading cause of death in 'preemies' might be controlled by resetting a molecular switch
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Dec 02, 2007 |
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Blocking signals from a key molecular receptor that normally switches on the intestine’s immune response but instead becomes too intense in the presence of stress and toxins may help reverse necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), ...
Natural compound in broccoli could treat devastating genetic skin disorder
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Dec 02, 2007 |
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The compound sulforaphane whose natural precursors are found at high levels in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables has been hailed for its chemopreventive powers against cancer. Now sulforaphane has demonstrated new ...
Lupus gene finding prompts call for more DNA samples
Dec 02, 2007 |
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Wellcome Trust researchers have identified a key gene involved in the disease Lupus, which affects around 50,000 people in the UK, mostly women. The lead researcher behind the study has called for more patients to volunteer ...
Mutant sperm guide clinicians to new diseases
Dec 02, 2007 |
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Research published today in Nature Genetics shows that some rearrangements of the human genome occur more frequently than previously thought. The work is likely to lead to new identification of genes involved in disease and to ...
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