Archive: 08/07/2008
TORC at UH turns to virtual world of Second Life for new study
The University of Houston department of health and human performance is launching an international effort to recruit 500 participants for a study promoting healthy dietary habits and physical activity. The study will take ...
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Researchers study diet and autism
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have embarked on one of the first double-blind, clinical studies to determine whether gluten and dairy products play a role in autistic behavior as parents ...
Aug 07, 2008 |
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B cells can act alone in autoimmune disease
B cells, the source of damaging autoantibodies, have long been thought to depend upon T cells for their activation and were not considered important in the initiation of autoimmune diseases like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.
Aug 07, 2008 |
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'Silencing' HIV with small bits of RNA
Researchers have shown that they can effectively tackle HIV-1 with small bits of gene-silencing RNA by delivering them directly to infected T cells, the major targets of the virus. While earlier studies had shown such a strategy ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Multi-tasking molecule holds key to allergic reactions
As the summer approaches most of us rejoice, reach for the sunscreen and head outdoors. But an ever-growing number of people reach for tissue instead as pollen leaves eyes watering, noses running and spirits dwindling. Hay ...
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Scientists replicate diseases in the lab with new stem cell lines
A set of new stem cell lines will make it possible for researchers to explore ten different genetic disorders—including muscular dystrophy, juvenile diabetes, and Parkinson's disease—in a variety of cell and tissue types ...
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Aug 07, 2008 |
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People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels
Despite some improvements to lower "bad" cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease Prevention Program ...
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Computer scientist aims for a better-networked military
Patrick Crowley, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, has received a one-year, $499,765 grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak Aug. 12
The annual Perseid meteor shower will be visible in the night sky throughout Colorado and will peak during the early morning hours of Aug. 12, according to an astronomy expert at the University of Colorado ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Toshiba Launches the Largest Density Embedded NAND Flash Memory Devices
Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of 32GB embedded NAND flash memory modules that offer the largest density yet announced plus full compliance with the e-MMC and eSD standards. The embedded devices ...
Aug 07, 2008 |
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People with heart disease still have trouble controlling blood lipid levels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite some improvements to lower “bad” cholesterol levels, people with cardiovascular diseases still need to do a better job controlling overall blood lipid levels, according to a UC Irvine Heart Disease ...
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Pheromones enhance sex, slow aging -- in worms
(PhysOrg.com) -- People will pay big bucks for pills that promise to enhance sex or slow aging. Now, a Cornell researcher and colleagues have uncovered a class of small molecules in tiny worms that not only ...
Biology /
Aug 07, 2008 |
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Researching the power of the placebo effect in arthritis patients
(PhysOrg.com) -- People with arthritis are to take part in new research carried out at The University of Manchester to find out more about how the placebo effect works.
Aug 07, 2008 |
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It's enough to make you blush
An academic from the University of St Andrews is to delve into a series of embarrassing situations in an attempt to discover who makes us blush.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 07, 2008 |
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