Researchers witness assembly of molecules critical to protein function
Jun 16, 2008 |
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A Virginia Tech research group lead by two biochemistry graduate students has isolated proteins responsible for the iron-sulfur cluster assembly process and witnessed the necessary protein interactions in ...
Mini subs to probe odd structures in BC lake
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Single person submersibles have been called in to help scientists retrieve samples from a lake in northern British Columbia that may hold vital clues to the history of life on Earth and on other planets.
New intrusion tolerance software fortifies server secrurity
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Jun 16, 2008 |
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In spite of increased focus and large investments in computer security, critical infrastructure systems remain vulnerable to attacks, says Arun Sood, professor of computer science at George Mason University. The increasing ...
When the powerless rise up
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 16, 2008 |
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In an effort to reconcile the science stating that power leads to action and lack of power leads to inhibition -- despite constant historical reminders of the powerless rising up and taking action -- new research in the June ...
Phoenix Digs Deeper Trench
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2008 |
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This color-coded elevation map shows the "Dodo-Goldilocks" trench dug by the Robotic Arm on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander.
Medicines derived from cannabis: a review of adverse events
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Researchers at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), McGill University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) determined that medical use of cannabinoids do not cause an increase in serious adverse events, but ...
Complex Changes in the Brain's Vascular System Occur after Menopause
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Many women experience menopausal changes in their body including hot flashes, moodiness and fatigue, but the changes they don’t notice can be more dangerous. In a new study, researchers at the University of Missouri have ...
Immune molecule that plays a powerful role in avoiding organ rejection identified
Jun 16, 2008 |
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When a mouse's immune system is deciding whether to reject a skin graft, one powerful member of a molecular family designed to provoke such a response can effectively reduce the visibility of the mouse's own cells and help ...
Novel compound may treat acute diarrhea
Jun 16, 2008 |
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In a development that may lessen the epidemic of diarrhea-related deaths among children in developing countries, scientists in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Ferid Murad, M.D., Ph.D., at The University of Texas Health Science ...
Research finds aging is satisfying
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 16, 2008 |
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University of Queensland research is turning conventional wisdom on its head when it comes to grumpy old men and women.
Team finds key mechanism of DDT resistance in malarial mosquitoes
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Jun 16, 2008 |
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University of Illinois researchers have identified a key detoxifying protein in Anopheles mosquitoes that metabolizes DDT, a synthetic insecticide used since World War II to control the mosquitoes that spread ...
Lou Gehrig's protein found throughout brain, suggesting effects beyond motor neurons
Jun 16, 2008 |
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Two years ago researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that misfolded proteins called TDP-43 accumulated in the motor areas of the brains of patients with amyotropic lateral ...
Aquatic insect 'family trees' provide clues about sensitivity to pollution
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A North Carolina State University study published online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that examining an insect's "family tree" might help predict a "cousin" insect's level of tolerance to pol ...
Protein linked to Alzheimer's disease also has role in HIV progression
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The apolipoprotein (apo) E4 isoform has been implicated in neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease, cardiovascular disease, and stroke. Now, investigators at the Gladstone Institutes, the University of California, San Francisco, ...
Age at puberty linked to mother's prenatal diet
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A high-fat diet during pregnancy and nursing may lead to the child having an early onset of puberty and subsequent adulthood obesity, according to a new animal study. The results were presented Monday, June 16, at The Endocrine ...
