Automotive safety systems get more dependable
May 16, 2008 |
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As automotive safety systems become more complex, the risk of failure increases. But European researchers believe they have found a way to improve dependability.
Precision control of movement in robots
May 16, 2008 |
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A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, Spain, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics ...
Study shows that administering calcium and magnesium effectively reduces neurological sensitivity
May 16, 2008 |
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Researchers in the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) have shown that patients who receive intravenous calcium and magnesium before and after the chemotherapy drug oxaliplatin for the treatment of advanced colon ...
New drug combination brings 1-2 punch against acute leukemia
May 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a drug combination that kills leukemia cells by shutting down their energy source and hastening cell starvation.
Chemotherapy might help cancer vaccines work
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Chemotherapy given in conjunction with cancer vaccines may boost the immune system’s response, potentially improving the effectiveness of this promising type of cancer therapy, according to a study by researchers in the Duke ...
Protein predicts Gleevec resistance in gastrointestinal tumors
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Excess amounts of a protein called IGF-1R in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) could indicate that the patient would be less responsive to the drug imatinib mesylate (known as Gleevec), according to Andrew ...
Disabling mouse enzyme increases fertility
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Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found. The change ...
