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Ruthless behavior may be genetic

Israeli researchers said genetics may play a role in the behavior of selfish dictators.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 05, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Scientists devise potential approach to treat spinal muscular atrophy

In the neuromuscular disease called spinal muscular atrophy, or SMA, a protein deficiency caused by a single gene mutation leads to serious damage in growing nerve cells and the muscles they control.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

T-cadherin affects blood vessel growth in breast cancer, hormone from fat cells may play a role

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) may have found a new option for targeted breast cancer therapy by showing the link between a certain protein and the formation and development of blood vessels ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Yale scientists visualize the machinery of mRNA splicing

Recent research at Yale provided a glimpse of the ancient mechanism that helped diversify our genomes; it illuminated a relationship between gene processing in humans and the most primitive organisms by creating ...

Biology /

created Apr 05, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Pieces coming together in Parkinson's, cholesterol puzzle

In 2006, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers published a study that found people with low levels of LDL cholesterol are more likely to have Parkinson's disease than people with high LDL levels.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 05, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Russian-American research team examines origins of whaling culture

Recent findings by a Russian-American research team suggest that prehistoric cultures were hunting whales at least 3,000 years ago, 1,000 years earlier than was previously known. University of Alaska Museum of the North archaeology ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 05, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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