Archive: 02/06/2008
Scientists confirm new virus responsible for deaths of transplant recipients in Australia
In the first application of high throughput DNA sequencing technology to investigate an infectious disease outbreak, scientists from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, the Victorian Infectious Diseases ...
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Oldest Australian crayfish fossils provide missing evolutionary link
Crayfish body fossils and burrows discovered in Victoria, Australia, have provided the first physical evidence that crayfish existed on the continent as far back as the Mesozoic Era, says Emory University paleontologist Anthony ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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Gene plays 'Jekyll and Hyde' in brain cancer
Perhaps the only positive spin one can put on the brain cancer glioblastoma is that it’s relatively uncommon. Other than that, the news is bad. It is nearly always fatal, it tends to strike people in the prime of their lives, ...
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Gene found to play a suppressor role in skin cancer development
Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham Institute) have provided genetic evidence that Activating Transcription Factor 2 (ATF2) plays a suppressor role in skin cancer development. ATF2 is a protein ...
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FDA acts against unapproved colchicine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it will take action against companies marketing unapproved injectable colchicine, a drug used to treat gout.
Medicine & Health / Medications
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High blood pressure pill cuts risk of Parkinson's disease
People taking a widely used group of drugs known as calcium channel blockers to treat high blood pressure also appear to be cutting their risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in the February 6, 2008, ...
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Breaking New Ground in Relationship of Language to Thought
Jürgen Bohnemeyer, assistant professor in the Department of Linguistics in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 42-month $250,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a comparative ...
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Toshiba develops the world's fastest speed embedded DRAM technology
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has realized the world's fastest circuit technology for embedded DRAM for System LSI, achieving a speed of 833MHz at 32Mb density. The technology will be applied ...
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SanDisk to Launch 43-Nanometer Multi-Level NAND Flash Memory in Mass Production
SanDisk Corporation today announced the introduction of Multi-Level (MLC) NAND flash memory using 43 nanometer process technology co-developed with Toshiba Corporation in Japan.
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Very young found to process fear memories in unique way
Very young brains process memories of fear differently than more mature ones, new research indicates. The findings appear in the Feb. 6 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The work significantly advances scientific unders ...
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Impact of electronic personal health record on hypertension under study
Whether patients with an electronic handle on their health are more successful at beating one of the nation’s leading chronic diseases is under study.
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HP Introduces Advanced Family of Disk Arrays at Entry-level Prices
HP today introduced a new family of entry-level disk arrays with enterprise-class features that can help customers more effectively centralize storage to lower costs, increase administrator efficiency and reduce business ...
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Barnacles go to great lengths to mate
Compelled to mate, yet firmly attached to the rock, barnacles have evolved the longest penis of any animal for their size - up to 8 times their body length - so they can find and fertilize distant neighbours.
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IMEC realized full CMOS multiple antenna receiver for 60 GHz
At today’s IEEE International Solid State Circuit Conference, IMEC introduced its prototype of a 60GHz multiple antenna receiver, and invites industry to join its 60GHz research program. The 60GHz band offers ...
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Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV infection in individuals with HSV-2
An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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