Archive: 12/14/2008
Discovery could improve the lives of premature babies
Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have identified a potential new avenue for altering lung development in the embryo which may help to improve the outcome for very premature ...
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Researchers find potential links between breast density and breast cancer risk
Having dense breasts - areas that show up light on a mammogram - is strongly associated with increased breast cancer risk, but "why" remains to be answered. Now, by examining dense and non-dense tissue taken from the breasts ...
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Breast cancer risk varies in young women with benign breast disease
A type of benign breast disease (BBD) known as atypical hyperplasia substantially increases a young woman's risk of developing breast cancer, even if there is no history of breast cancer in her family, say researchers at ...
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Planned safety analysis of a breast cancer prevention study reveals encouraging news for Exemestane
An interim analysis of a breast cancer prevention study using exemestane (Aromasin®) finds an "acceptable" level of bone loss.
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Brain background to body mass
A genetic study of more than 90,000 people has identified six new genetic variants that are associated with increased Body Mass Index (BMI), the most commonly used measure of obesity. Five of the genes are known to be active ...
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Preventing a broken heart: Research aims to reduce scarring from heart attacks
A heart damaged by heart attack is usually broken, at least partially, for good. The injury causes excessive scar tissue to form, and this plays a role in permanently keeping heart muscle from working at full capacity.
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Blocking molecular pathway with whimsical name possible therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
A possible new therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, the most lethal form of human cancer, has been identified in the proteins whose DNA recipe comes from gene, "Seven-In-Absentia," according to researchers at the American ...
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Practice as well as sleep may help birds learn new songs
The reorganization of neural activity during sleep helps young songbirds to develop the vocal skills they display while awake, University of Chicago researchers have found.
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Immunity stronger at night than during day
The immune system's battle against invading bacteria reaches its peak activity at night and is lowest during the day.
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Snoring or soaring? Strength of fruit-fly immune system varies
A fruit fly's immune system can tell time, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found, and how hard it punches back against infections depends on whether the fly is snoozing or cruising. The discovery ...
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Method sorts out double-walled carbon nanotube problem
It's hard to study something with any rigor if the subject can't be produced uniformly and efficiently. Researchers who study double-walled carbon nanotubes -- nanomaterials with promising technological applications -- find ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
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Six new genes suggest obesity is in your head, not your gut
Is obesity all in your head? New research suggests that genes that predispose people to obesity act in the brain and that perhaps some people are simply hardwired to overeat.
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Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells
MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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More food at lower cost: Important step forward towards increasing crop yields
In the face of climate change, being able to increase crop yields by enabling plants to take up nutrients and water more efficiently becomes increasingly important, as fertiliser and water supplies incur significant ...
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Single adult stem cell can self renew, repair tissue damage in live mammal
The first demonstration that a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal was reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2008 in San Francisco.
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