Archive: 10/16/2006
In-womb birth defect treatments possible
British-led research into cleft lip and palate might lead to babies with certain craniofacial disorders being successfully treated in the womb.
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Algae bloom to be studied in Gulf of Maine
A new program focused on the southern Gulf of Maine and adjacent New England shelf waters could aid managers of U.S. offshore shellfish beds.
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Ecosystem of vanishing lake yields valuable bacterium
In the salt flats near a slowly vanishing lake, a team of researchers have found never-before-seen bacterium that could clean up some of humanity's pollution. In three scientific papers currently being written, Brent Peyton, ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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NASA Orbiter Reveals New Details of Mars, Young and Old
During its first week of observations from low orbit, NASA's newest Mars spacecraft is already revealing new clues about both recent and ancient environments on the red planet.
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Using chemistry to predict the dynamics of clotting in human blood
University of Chicago chemists have demonstrated for the first time how to use a simple laboratory model consisting of only a few chemical reactions to predict when and where blood clotting will occur. The ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Learning to live with oxygen on early Earth
Scientists at the Carnegie Institution and Penn State University have discovered evidence showing that microbes adapted to living with oxygen 2.72 billion years ago, at least 300 million years before the rise of oxygen in ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Commonplace sugar compound silences seizures
Though in clinical use for decades, a small, sweet-tasting compound is revealing a startling new face as a potential cure for epilepsy.
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Altered Perception of Reward in Human Cocaine Addiction
People addicted to cocaine have an impaired ability to perceive rewards and exercise control due to disruptions in the brain’s reward and control circuits, according to a series of brain-mapping studies and ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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HIV exploits competition among T-cells
A new HIV study shows how competition among the human immune system's T cells allows the virus to escape destruction and eventually develop into full-blown AIDS. The study, which employs a computer model of simultaneous virus ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Mass vaccination unnecessary in the event of a large bioterrorist US smallpox attack
Mass vaccination would not be necessary in the event of a large-scale smallpox bioterrorist attack in the United States, according to a study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center that appears online ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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New mechanism underlying pain found
Researchers at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development (J&JPRD) today announced that they have discovered a new molecular mechanism that may underlie neuropathic pain. The clearer understanding of the root-cause ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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New study evaluates methods to prevent importation of illicit nuclear materials
The nightmare scenario in homeland security is a terrorist detonation of a nuclear weapon on U.S. soil. In a paper published this week in Risk Analysis: An International Journal, Dr. Lawrence Wein of the Standard University ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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DNA computing targets West Nile Virus, other deadly diseases
Researchers say that they have developed a DNA-based computer that could lead to faster, more accurate tests for diagnosing West Nile Virus and bird flu. Representing the first "medium-scale integrated molecular ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Cause of nerve fiber damage in multiple sclerosis identified
Researchers have identified how the body's own immune system contributes to the nerve fiber damage caused by multiple sclerosis, a finding that can potentially aid earlier diagnosis and improved treatment for this chronic ...
Oct 16, 2006 |
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Children's Hospital Boston neurosurgeons to perform brain tumor removal during live Web cast
On Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, neurosurgeons at Children's Hospital Boston will remove a brain tumor employing functional mapping of the cortex on a 13-year-old pediatric patient during a live Webcast. ...
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