Archive: 10/08/2007
Animal study identifies potential treatment for Huntington's disease
MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegererative Disorders (MIND) researchers have identified a compound that may lead to a treatment that could protect against the effects of Huntington’s Disease (HD). Their report, which will ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Study shows genetically engineered corn could affect aquatic ecosystems
A study by an Indiana University environmental science professor and several colleagues suggests a widely planted variety of genetically engineered corn has the potential to harm aquatic ecosystems. The study is being published ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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CSHL researchers discover three new genes that cause lung cancer
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered three genes that interact with cancerous results in 20% of lung cancers. The three genes are located next to each other on human chromosome 14 and two are ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Newfound ancient African megadroughts may have driven the evolution of humans and fishes
From 135,000 to 90,000 years ago tropical Africa had megadroughts more extreme and widespread than any previously known for that region, according to new research.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Study links chemical to inhibited milk synthesis, secretion in humans
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have identified the neurotransmitter serotonin as the chemical responsible for inhibiting milk production and secretion in human mammary glands.
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Central nervous system infections rare but devastating following heart transplantation
Central nervous system infections develop infrequently following heart transplants but are a significant predictor of death, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the December 2007 print issue of ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Elevated inflammatory marker may be linked to increased risk of age-related eye disease
High blood levels of C-reactive protein, a substance linked to inflammation, appear to be associated with an increased risk for age-related macular degeneration, according to a report in the October issue of Archives of Op ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Study: Tasers are safe to use
U.S. scientists examining the safety of Tasers used by some law enforcement officers have found the devices are safe, causing few serious injuries.
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Researcher says computers misunderstood
A U.S. computer historian says new computer technology is still often poorly understood by business leaders.
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Plant viruses from past provide ecological clues
Taking the medical history of a grassland may seem a bit esoteric – after all, how sick can grass be? However, scientists have discovered plant viruses from as early as 1917 containing information crucial ...
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Oct 08, 2007 |
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Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome?
Which came first, the chicken genome or the egg genome? Researchers have answered a similarly vexing (and far more relevant) genomic question: Which of the thousands of long stretches of repeated DNA in the ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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VLBA Changes Picture of Famous Star-Forming Region
Using the supersharp radio "vision" of the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), astronomers have made the most precise measurement ever of the distance to a famous star-forming region. ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Cassini is on the Trail of a Runaway Mystery
NASA scientists are on the trail of Iapetus' mysterious dark side, which seems to be home to a bizarre "runaway" process that is transporting vaporized water ice from the dark areas to the white areas of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 08, 2007 |
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FUSE Space Telescope Reaches the End; Astronomers Say Farewell
The intrepid never-say-die space telescope known as FUSE has finally reached its mission's end and will be turned off after more than eight years of discoveries on everything from planets and nearby stars ...
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Researchers create system to build transplant tissue
One day soon, laboratories may grow synthetically engineered tissues such as muscle or cartilage needed for transplants. In a major step forward, Cornell engineers describe in the journal Nature Materials a micr ...
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