Diet and lifestyle critical to recovery, says study
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Diet and lifestyle may play a much more significant role in a person’s ability to respond favourably to certain drugs, including some cancer therapies, than previously understood, say scientists.
Paired microbes eliminate methane using sulfur pathway
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Anaerobic microbes in the Earth's oceans consume 90 percent of the methane produced by methane hydrates – methane trapped in ice – preventing large amounts of methane from reaching the atmosphere. Researchers now have evidence ...
Scientists uncover role of cancer stem cell marker: controlling gene expression
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Scientists at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have made an extraordinary advance in the understanding of the function of a gene previously shown to be part of an 11-gene “signature” that can predict which ...
Scientists may have identified new target for HIV vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 17, 2008 |
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By coaxing the HIV-1 protein to reveal a hidden portion of its protein coat, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School have provided a newly detailed picture of how protective, ...
Scientists find new genetic mutation that halts the development of lupus
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The new study was published in the January 18 edition (Volume 28, Issue 1) of the journal Immunity.
Researchers reveal HIV peptide's possible pathway into the cell
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have uncovered what they believe is the long-sought-after pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells. The theorists analyzed two ...
Team finds an economical way to boost the vitamin A content of maize
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A team of plant geneticists and crop scientists has pioneered an economical approach to the selective breeding of maize that can boost levels of provitamin A, the precursors that are converted to vitamin A ...
Island monkeys do not recognize big cat calls
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Monkeys living on an island without big cat predators do not show any particular alarm when recorded tiger growls are played to them, according to research by a UC Davis graduate student. The pig-tailed langurs do, however, ...
Engineered mice provide insight into Alzheimer's disease
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One factor that determines how at risk an individual is of developing late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) is the version of the APOE gene that they carry — those carrying the gene that enables them to make the apoE4 form of ...
A tricky tumor virus
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human-pathogenic virus which belongs to the herpes virus family. Almost every adult carries EBV inside. With an infestation rate of more than 90 %, EBV is one of the most successful human viruses. ...
ISU scientist researches ways to squeeze two fuels from one kernel of corn
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Getting ethanol from a corn kernel has changed the way the country looks at a corn field. Now, that view might change again.
Deep-ocean researchers target tsunami zone near Japan
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Rice University Earth scientist Dale Sawyer and colleagues last month reported the discovery of a strong variation in the tectonic stresses in a region of the Pacific Ocean notorious for generating devastating earthquakes ...
Predators do more than kill prey
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The direct effect predators have on their prey is to kill them. The evolutionary changes that can result from this direct effect include prey that are younger at maturity and that produce more offspring.
Short birth length more than doubles risk of violent suicide attempts
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Short male babies run more than double the risk of a violent suicide attempt as an adult, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Evidence found for genes that affect risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
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Through one of the largest studies yet of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients and their brothers, sisters, and children, researchers at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville have found strong evidence that genes other than the well-known ...
