Archive: 01/16/2008
Five-year U.K. breast cancer trial starts
Two British charities are joining to initiate the first U.K.-based clinical trial for women with a specific aggressive form of breast cancer.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs may not prevent Alzheimer's disease
Contrary to some reports, taking statins, which are cholesterol-lowering drugs, offers no protection against Alzheimer’s disease, according to research published in the January 16, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Clams Convert Air Into Food
Only plants can take nitrogen gas from the air and use it to make the protein they need to grow. Or so biologists thought.
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Gold Nanoparticles Shine Brightly in Tumors
Solid gold nanoparticles have long been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and more recently have shown promise in treating various types of cancer. Now, thanks to work by Shuming Nie, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the Emory-Georgia ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Extended work hours should factor into return to job after injury
Rehabilitation specialists guiding injured workers back to full-time employment should factor unconventional work schedules into their assessments and planning, new research suggests.
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Nanotubes Help Advance Brain Tumor Research
The potential of carbon nanotubes to diagnose and treat brain tumors is being explored through a partnership between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., and City of Hope, a leading cancer research ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Portable Device Quickly Detects Early Alzheimer's
The latest medications can delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, but none are able to reverse its devastating effects. This limitation often makes early detection the key to Alzheimer’s patients maintaining ...
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Songbirds' Brains Provide Clues to Human Speech
Analyzing how the brains of songbirds respond to singing patterns has provided new information about how humans learn to communicate with each other, according to Duke University researchers.
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MESSENGER Reveals Mercury in New Detail
As MESSENGER approached Mercury on January 14, 2008, the spacecraft’s Narrow-Angle Camera on the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) instrument captured this view of the planet’s rugged, cratered landscape ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Rare lung disease cells indicate higher death risk
Large numbers of certain cells in the lungs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may increase their chance of death, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered.
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Researchers identify mechanism that controls activation of stem cells during hair regeneration
Researchers at the University of Southern California have identified a novel cyclic signaling in the dermis that coordinates stem cell activity and regulates regeneration in large populations of hairs in animal models. The ...
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Human auditory neurons more sensitive than those of other mammals
The human ear is exquisitely tuned to discern different sound frequencies, whether such tones are high or low, near or far. But the ability of our ears pales in comparison to the remarkable knack of single neurons in our ...
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Parasite morphs ant into ripe red berry
A newly discovered parasite so dramatically transforms its host, an ant, that the ant comes to resemble a juicy red berry, ripe for picking, according to a report accepted for publication in The American Na ...
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Universities' alternative to Google launched
An internet search engine rivalling the multimillion pound Google is to be launched at the end of January by The University of Manchester's national data centre Mimas.
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New model of a nuclear pore complex is based on crystal structure of its key component
Everything that goes in and out of a cell’s nucleus must pass through one of its nuclear pores. In the second nuclear pore study to come out of Rockefeller University in as many months, researchers have determined the crystal ...
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