Pedal pusher: Engineering professor, students plan citywide bike paths
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An earthy mobile of cyclists hangs above Peter Furth’s office computer. A gift from his children, the dangling artifact originates from an African country where bikes are a primary mode of ...
New target discovered to treat epileptic seizures following brain trauma or stroke
Dec 05, 2008 |
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New therapies for some forms of epilepsy may soon be possible, thanks to a discovery made by a team of University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute neuroscience researchers.
Protein function may hold key to cures
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not exactly the most well-known protein in the medical world, but they could become very important says University of Alberta biochemist Dave Brindley.
Secondhand smoke raises odds of fertility problems in women
Dec 05, 2008 |
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If you need another reason to quit smoking, consider that it may diminish your chances of being a parent or grandparent. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that women exposed to second hand ...
Transporting juvenile salmon hinders adult migration
Dec 05, 2008 |
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Scientists have discovered that management efforts intended to assist migrations of salmon and steelhead trout can have unintended consequences for fish populations. Juveniles that are transported downstream on boats can ...
A new approach improves prioritization of disease-associated SNPs
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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The more often a gene is differentially expressed, the more likely it is to contain disease-associated DNA variants. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology shows how a list of SNP ...
Photoacoustics useful in cancer research
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Photoacoustics can be used to show the development of blood capillaries in and around a tumour. PhD student, Kiran Kumar Thumma, of the University of Twente (Netherlands) is the first to use ...
UC Davis researchers exploring gene therapy to fight AIDS
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 05, 2008 |
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The apparent success of a case in which German doctors cured a man of AIDS using a bone marrow transplant comes as no surprise to Gerhard Bauer, a UC Davis stem cell researcher. Bauer has been working for more than 10 years ...
NASA Sets Target Shuttle Launch Date for Hubble Servicing Mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA announced Thursday that space shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope is targeted to launch May 12, 2009.
Scientists demonstrate their commitment to the environment by going 'virtual'
Dec 05, 2008 |
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Scientists from around the world proved their green credentials by participating in a conference on climate change and carbon dioxide storage in the virtual world, this week (3 December).
Discovery of a debilitating genetic syndrome
Dec 05, 2008 |
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Canadian researchers announce the discovery of MEDNIK Syndrome, a debilitating genetic syndrome. In a study published today in the online version of PLoS Genetics, and in the December edition, a research team led by Dr. Patrick ...
Prion infectivity found in white and brown fat tissues of mice
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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Researchers from the National Institutes of Health and the Scripps Research Institute have found novel prion infectivity in white and brown fat tissues of mice. The study appears December 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Pa ...
Intervention in infants with cystic fibrosis key to slowing progression
Dec 05, 2008 |
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Early detection of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF), combined with aggressive treatment in infants, may be the key to controlling the progression of the disease, according to a recent study. New research shows that contrary ...
Scientists discover novel histone demethylase protein complex
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Dec 05, 2008 |
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The Stowers Institute's Workman Lab has discovered a novel histone demethylase protein complex characterized in work published today in Molecular Cell.
Double threat: Deadly lung disease also linked to heart attacks
Dec 05, 2008 |
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Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events—including heart attacks—than people without the disease, according to a recent study that analyzed the risk ...
