Rising skin cancer rates are more likely to affect wealthy people, says 12-year review
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Skin cancer levels have shown a significant increase in Northern Ireland since the early 1990s and are more likely to affect men, older people and those living in more affluent areas, according to a study just published in ...
Migration alert -- How tumor cells home in on the lymphatic system
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A Swiss-based research team has published a new mechanistic description of how tumor cells migrate to the lymphatic system in the early stages of tumor metastasis. This new understanding holds significant potential for developing ...
Researchers identify fifth gene responsible for Joubert syndrome
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An international study by researchers at Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands has identified a new genetic cause ...
Atlantis Spacewalkers Work to Activate Truss
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2007 |
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STS-117 Mission Specialists Jim Reilly and John “Danny” Olivas kicked off the mission’s first spacewalk at 4:02 p.m. EDT. The duo is performing tasks necessary to activate the Starboard 3 and 4 (S3/S4) segment, ...
Avian influenza on people's minds
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Researchers at the Food Policy Institute at the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station have conducted a nationwide survey of public knowledge, attitudes, intentions and behaviors related to the threat of highly ...
Sleep deprivation affects airport baggage screeners' ability to detect rare targets
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A lack of sleep may affect the performance of airport employees, which can, in turn, compromise the safety of airline passengers. Sleep deprivation can impair the ability of airport baggage screeners to visually search for ...
World's endangered monuments are listed
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The 2008 list of the 100 most endangered world monuments has been released by the World Monument Fund.
TB patient fires back at health officials
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Tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker says he is being painted as a scofflaw in order to cover up the shortcomings of U.S. health officials.
Researchers shed light on shrinking of chromosomes
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A human cell contains an enormous 1.8 metres of DNA partitioned into 46 chromosomes. These have to be copied and distributed equally into two daughter cells at every division. Condensation, the shortening of chromosomes, ...
Sleep deprivation affects eye-steering coordination when driving
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WESTCHESTER, Ill. – Driving a vehicle requires coordination of horizontal eye movements and steering. A research abstract that will be presented Monday at SLEEP 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional ...
'Lucky 13' as new gene discovery offers further hope for childhood blindness
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An international research team has discovered a gene that, when mutated, causes one of the most common forms of inherited blindness in babies. Scientists at the University of Leeds, working in collaboration with experts from ...
Bird flu symptoms found in Malaysian pair
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Health officials in Malaysia are taking all precautions regarding a 31-year-old man and a teenager who recently showed symptoms of the bird flu virus.
