Archive: 07/13/2010
Divide and conquer: Genes decide who wins in the body's battle against cancer
Researchers funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have discovered for the first time that two proteins called Mahjong and Lgl could be star players in helping to identify how the body's own cells fight back against ...
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Report suggests nearly 5 percent exposed to dengue virus in Key West
An estimated 5 percent of the Key West, Fla., population - over 1,000 people - showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Gene therapy breakthrough heralds treatment for beta-thalassemia
Italian scientists pioneering a new gene transfer treatment for the blood disorder β-thalassemia have successfully completed preclinical trials, claiming they can correct the lack of beta-globin (ß-globin) in patients' ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
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Study examines how sexual agreements affect HIV risk, relationship satisfaction
A new study examining the relationship dynamics of gay male couples finds that couples make "sexual agreements" -- rules about whether sex with outside partners is allowed -- primarily because they want to strengthen and ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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'Mahjong' gene is key player when cancer, normal cells compete
A landmark study by Florida State University biologists, in collaboration with scientists in Britain, is the first to identify a life-or-death "cell competition" process in mammalian tissue that suppresses cancer by causing ...
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Poll: New Yorkers favor legalizing medical marijuana
(PhysOrg.com) -- The newest Empire State Poll finds New York state residents support legalizing medical marijuana and are leery of gas drilling.
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Scientists identify molecular predictor of prognosis for pancreatic cancer patients
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging tumors to treat. Identifying patients who have more aggressive disease could better inform treatment decisions and predict survival prognosis. A new finding from scientists ...
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Addressing the DNA Backlog
(PhysOrg.com) -- Valerie Neumann was drugged and raped in 2006, but the DNA her attacker left behind is still untested. Her case is not unusual.
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Report proposes new research agenda on pregnancy intentions of HIV-positive women
A report issued by the Program on International Health and Human Rights at the Harvard School of Public Health proposes a new research agenda to address the sexual and reproductive health and rights of HIV-positive women.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
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Regional variations in kidney care raise questions about spending, says Stanford nephrologist
The type and intensity of treatment older Americans receive for kidney failure depends on the region where they receive care rather than on evidence-based practice guidelines and patient preferences, according to a study ...
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New Research Model Improves Lobster Population Forecasting
(PhysOrg.com) -- Managing the Gulf of Maine’s $300 million lobster industry has been a practice mostly reliant upon the physical size of adult stocks, a system called stock assessment and one that’s made policymaking largely ...
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Lessons from efforts to reduce hospital-acquired infections
In health care reform discussions, talk inevitably turns to making hospitals and physicians accountable for patient outcomes. But in a commentary being published in the July 14 issue of the Journal of the American Medical As ...
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Tropical Storm Conson sweeping through the Northern Philippines
Tropical Storm Conson became a typhoon overnight with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the storm as it was making landfall in Luzon, the Philippines. Conson ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Prediction tool helps estimate local recurrence in patients with noninvasive breast cancer
The decision regarding treatment following breast-conserving surgery for patients diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in-situ (DCIS) has long been an area of discussion and confusion for patients and physicians alike. While the ...
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See what's brewing in 'hurricane alleys' live online, on iPad and iPhone via GOES satellite
Scientists working for NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. have developed continually updating "movies" of satellite ...
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