Single adult stem cell can self renew, repair tissue damage in live mammal
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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.
More food at lower cost: Important step forward towards increasing crop yields
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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 ...
Method sorts out double-walled carbon nanotube problem
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 14, 2008 |
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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 ...
Nanotubes sniff out cancer agents in living cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 14, 2008 |
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MIT engineers have developed carbon nanotubes into sensors for cancer drugs and other DNA-damaging agents inside living cells.
Six new genes suggest obesity is in your head, not your gut
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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.
Discovery could improve the lives of premature babies
Dec 14, 2008 |
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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 ...
Brain background to body mass
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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 ...
Breast cancer risk varies in young women with benign breast disease
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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 ...
Preventing a broken heart: Research aims to reduce scarring from heart attacks
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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.
Researchers find potential links between breast density and breast cancer risk
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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 ...
Tau protein expression predicts breast cancer survival -- though not as expected
Dec 14, 2008 |
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Expression of the microtubule-binding protein Tau is not a reliable means of selecting breast cancer patients for adjuvant paclitaxel chemotherapy, according to research led by The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer ...
Immunity stronger at night than during day
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The immune system's battle against invading bacteria reaches its peak activity at night and is lowest during the day.
Practice as well as sleep may help birds learn new songs
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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.
Blocking molecular pathway with whimsical name possible therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer
Dec 14, 2008 |
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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 ...
Planned safety analysis of a breast cancer prevention study reveals encouraging news for Exemestane
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An interim analysis of a breast cancer prevention study using exemestane (Aromasin®) finds an "acceptable" level of bone loss.
