Archive: 04/05/2008
Ruthless behavior may be genetic
Israeli researchers said genetics may play a role in the behavior of selfish dictators.
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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.
Apr 05, 2008 |
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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