Researchers solve piece of large-scale gene silencing mystery
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Dec 04, 2008 |
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A team led by Craig Pikaard, Ph.D., WUSTL professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, has made a breakthrough in understanding the phenomenon of nucleolar dominance, the silencing of an entire parental set of ribosomal RNA genes ...
New bone implant technology using techniques normally used to make catalytic converters
Dec 04, 2008 |
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A method of producing synthetic bone, using techniques normally used to make catalytic converters for cars, is being developed by researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick.
Red alert! How disease disables tomato plant's 'intruder alarm'
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Dec 04, 2008 |
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How a bacterium overcomes a tomato plant's defences and causes disease, by sneakily disabling the plant's intruder detection systems, is revealed in new research out today (4 December) in Current Biology.
Safer, better, faster: addressing cryptography’s big challenges
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every time you use a credit card, access your bank account online or send secure email cryptography comes into play. But as computers become more powerful, network speeds increase and data storage grows, ...
Coerced medication used in psychiatric care despite lack of clinical evidence
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Researchers are calling for more studies into the practice of forcing psychiatric patients to take medication, after a research review showed that there have been very few rigorous investigations of the procedure.
Novel basis identified for tamoxifen failure
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Tamoxifen may worsen breast cancer in a small subset of patients. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research suggests that in patients who show reduced or absent expression of the pr ...
Researcher designs robot that jumps like a grasshopper
Dec 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration.
Interferon as long-term treatment for hepatitis C not effective
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Use of the drug interferon as a long-term maintenance strategy to slow the progression of liver disease associated with the hepatitis C virus is ineffective, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and their colleagues ...
Largest study of fertility patients shows concerns about embryo disposition
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Fertility patients who are done having children feel responsible for the stored, frozen embryos left over from their treatment, yet more than half are against implanting the embryos in anyone else, according to a new study ...
Extraordinary immune cells may hold the key to managing HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 04, 2008 |
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People who manage to control HIV on their own are providing scientists with valuable information about how the immune system eliminates virus-infected cells. A new study, published in the December 4th issue of Immunity, a Cell ...
Study finds treatment fails to improve common form of heart failure
Dec 04, 2008 |
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A medication used for high blood pressure does not improve a common form of heart failure, according to new results from a large, international study.
Study strengthens link between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in boys with asthma
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Boys with asthma who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke have higher degrees of hyperactivity, aggression, depression and other behavioral problems, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical ...
Engineers work to make historic buildings safer during strong earthquakes
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Recent simulated earthquake tests conducted by UC San Diego engineers are expected to lead to retrofit schemes that make historic buildings safer. The structural engineers tested a structure similar to those ...
Crystallography reveals the 3-D structure of mammalian sperm receptor
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Dec 04, 2008 |
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have determined the first 3D structure of ZP3, a protein essential for the interaction between the mammalian egg coat and sperm. The findings, presented in ...
Researcher develops screening tool to identify patients with prediabetes
Dec 04, 2008 |
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A third of Americans with diabetes do not know that they have it, and many more who have prediabetic conditions are unaware that they are at risk. A University of Missouri researcher has created a clinical tool to identify ...
