Scientists demonstrate dual intrinsic and extrinsic control of stem cell aging
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The Stowers Institute’s Xie Lab has published recent findings that reveal some of the factors underlying the aging of stem cells.
Quantum mechanics predicts unusual lattice dynamics of vanadium metal under high pressure
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A Swedish research team of Dr. Wei Luo & Professor Rajeev Ahuja and US team of Dr. Y. Ding & Prof. H.K. Mao have used theoretical calculations to understand a totally new type of high-pressure structural phase transition ...
Researchers link gene to cholesterol
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MIT researchers have discovered a link between a gene believed to promote long lifespan and a pathway that flushes cholesterol from the body.
Online Competition Brings Down Wine Prices In Local Stores
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New research suggests a good way to significantly reduce the price many Americans pay for a bottle of wine: knock down the trade barriers between states.
Video conferencing could help resolve conflicts at work and at home, researchers say
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The latest video technology could help to resolve conflicts between employees at work, neighbours or even family members, researchers from the University of Bath, UK, believe.
Prostate cancer increases hip fracture risk by eight times in 50 to 65 year-olds
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Men who have prostate cancer are on average four times more likely to suffer a hip fracture, with rates rising to eight times in men aged 50 to 65, according to a study of more than 60,000 men published in the October issue ...
Analysis of breast and colon cancer genes finds many areas of differences between tumors
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Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Ireland Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a new national study that has analyzed more than 18,000 genes, including 5,000 previously ...
Data on life expectancy show many countries clustered in high mortality traps
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Growing recognition of the importance of health as a contributing factor to economic development and societal change has prompted the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) to add a new subsection in Sustainabl ...
Self-help treatment for social anxiety will ease burden on mental health services and for sufferers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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New research from Macquarie University suggests certain self-help treatments for social anxiety disorder may be just as effective as more traditional, therapist only treatments.
VA privacy rules clamp down on cancer data
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U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals have stopped providing state registries with information on cancer patients because of privacy concerns.
Obesity boosts gullet cancer risk 6-fold
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Obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (oesophageal) cancer as people of ‘healthy’ weight, shows research published ahead of print in the journal Gut.
Potential early warning system for lung cancer identified
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An immune system protein could act as an early warning system for lung cancer, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Thorax.
New 'seed' therapy helps pinpoint breast tumors with more accuracy
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Physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center are the first in Texas to use a new technique in which a small radioactive pellet, or “seed”, is implanted into a mass or suspicious lesion in the breast to pinpoint its exact ...
