Archive: 06/06/2007
Studies to find better ways to preserve human eggs, ovarian tissue under way
The goal is to make human eggs, ovarian tissue, blood vessels, even whole organs available when needed.
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Heading to Siberia: UH signs agreement with Russian Academy of Sciences
Ruling out the weather, Houston and Siberia have a lot in common. Sharing interests in medical research, the energy industry and space exploration, the University of Houston recently signed an agreement with two prestigious ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Crucial progress in understanding Fragile X mental retardation protein
Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine have identified a new regulatory target for the Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP), laying the groundwork ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Study shows big power of small RNAs, not just proteins, in halting cancer
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) researchers led by Lin He, Xingyue He, and Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator (HHMI) Greg Hannon have identified a family of micro RNAs (miRNAs) that enable a critical tumor ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Online shoppers will pay extra to protect privacy, study shows
People are willing to pay extra to buy items from online retailers when they can easily ascertain how retailers’ policies will protect their privacy, a new Carnegie Mellon University study shows.
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Cosmonauts Outside Station for Second Spacewalk
Two International Space Station cosmonauts began a spacewalk of a little over five hours from the Pirs docking compartment airlock at 10:23 a.m. EDT Wednesday. They will install a section of Ethernet cable ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Caribbean Amphibians Started with a Single, Ancient Voyage on a Raft from South America
Nearly all of the 162 land-breeding frog species on Caribbean islands, including the coqui frogs of Puerto Rico, originated from a single frog species that rafted on a sea voyage from South America about 30-to-50-million ...
Biology /
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Largest ever study of genetics of common diseases published today
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and coronary heart disease, today publishes its results in the journals Nature and Na ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Aging stem cells in mice may hold answers to diseases of the aged
As stem cells in the blood grow older, genetic mutations accumulate that could be at the root of blood diseases that strike people as they age, according to work done in mice by researchers at the Stanford University School ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Forgetting helps you remember the important stuff, psychologists say
For the first time, Stanford researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have discovered that the brain's ability to suppress irrelevant memories makes it easier for humans to remember what's really important.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 06, 2007 |
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On-Chip Optics Makes Continuous Visible Light from Low-Power Infrared
If you shine a red laser pointer through a glass window you wouldn't expect it to come out blue on the other side, but with a much brighter beam it just might. At high intensities light energy tends to combine and redistribute, ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Nanocomposite labeled cancer cells can be targeted and destroyed using lasers
A nanocomposite particle can be constructed so that it has a mix of properties that would not otherwise happen in nature. By combining an organic matrix with metallic clusters that can absorb light, it is possible to incorporate ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Nanomedicine opens the way for nerve cell regeneration
The ability to regenerate nerve cells in the body could reduce the effects of trauma and disease in a dramatic way. In two presentations at the NSTI Nanotech 2007 Conference, researchers describe the use of nanotechnology ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Talcum powder stunts growth of lung tumors
Talcum powder has been used for generations to soothe babies’ diaper rash and freshen women’s faces. But University of Florida researchers report the household product has an additional healing power: The ability to stunt ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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Researchers reprogram normal tissue cells into embryonic stem cells
Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to take normal tissue cells and reprogram them into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, the cells that are able ...
Jun 06, 2007 |
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