Labeling Cells with Magnetic Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Investigators at the German Cancer Research Center have developed silica-coated iron oxide nanoparticles that allow for cell tracking in a live animal using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). More sensitive methods for tracking ...
Less is more for label readers, research shows
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Apparently, most grocery-store goers shop for what they don’t want. Of course, they don’t want calories. But what about looking for the good stuff — the vitamins, nutrients, and other goodies listed on the ...
Why is the heart heart-shaped?
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Feb 20, 2007 |
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How does the heart attain its characteristic shape? Shape may be sculpted by cell movement, cell division, or changes in cell size and shape, all of which can be influenced by the local environment. The heart appears as ...
Sense and sensibility in short-term memory
Feb 20, 2007 |
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More than three centuries ago, Sir Isaac Newton reflected on the similarities between the sense of hearing and the sense of sight. Newton’s speculations were impossible to test scientifically, until now. A novel Brandeis ...
Researchers find that chronic dizziness may be caused by psychiatric and neurologic illnesses
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Approximately 9 million to 15 million people in the U.S. suffer from recurrent bouts of dizziness and 3 million experience symptoms of dizziness nearly every day. According to a paper that appears in the February issue of ...
Living in densely populated areas linked to lower body mass
Feb 20, 2007 |
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New York City dwellers who reside in densely populated, pedestrian-friendly areas have significantly lower body mass index levels compared to other New Yorkers, according to a new study by the Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Do you hear what i see?
Feb 20, 2007 |
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New research pinpoints specific areas in sound processing centers in the brains of macaque monkeys that shows enhanced activity when the animals watch a video.
Study links attempted suicide with genetic evidence identified in previous suicide research
Feb 20, 2007 |
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A Johns Hopkins-led study has found evidence that a genetic tendency toward suicide has been linked to a particular area of the genome on chromosome 2 that has been implicated in two additional recent studies of attempted ...
Novel test identifies leukemia patients likely to respond to new therapy
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a genetic signature identifying cases of lymphoma that are uniquely susceptible to a newly developed molecular targeted therapy. ...
Detecting Radiation on Lunar and Mars Missions
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Astronauts on lunar and Mars missions will need to continually assess their radiation risk and exposure. The faculty and midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) are developing a small device to ...
Scientists warn of climate change risk to marine turtles
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Feb 20, 2007 |
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North American marine turtles are at risk if global warming occurs at predicted levels, according to scientists from the University of Exeter. An increase in temperatures of just one degree Celsius could completely eliminate ...
Adobe Ships Photoshop Lightroom 1.0
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Adobe Systems announced that its Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 software is now out of beta and available for customers at a special introductory price of US $199. New Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is the professional ...
Brain's role in menopause to be studied
Feb 20, 2007 |
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The U.S. National Institute on Aging is funding a five-year, $1.4 million research project to study how the brain might control the timing of menopause.
Potential for malaria transmission higher than previously thought
Feb 20, 2007 |
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Each year, malaria results in more than a million deaths. Controlling this disease involves understanding its transmission, and understanding its transmission means understanding its basic reproductive number, R0. For all ...
Gene profiling predicts resistance to breast cancer drug Herceptin
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Using gene chips to profile tumors before treatment, researchers at Harvard and Yale Universities found markers that identified breast cancer subtypes resistant to Herceptin, the primary treatment for HER2-positive breast ...
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