Goddard Engineers and Divers Multi-Task for Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Ever wonder how NASA astronauts prepare for Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions? I wish I could say it’s rocket science, but what it really comes down to is lots of preparation. And the astronauts spend ...
Regulation of the retinoic acid gradient in zebrafish embryos
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Nov 20, 2007 |
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Human embryos that get too much or too little retinoic acid, a derivative of Vitamin A, can develop into babies with birth defects. New research published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology shows for the fi ...
Bush hails skin cell-stem cell findings
Nov 20, 2007 |
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U.S. President George Bush said Tuesday he was pleased to learn that scientists have reprogrammed skin cells into stem cells "within ethical boundaries."
Many employers do not implement programs to improve quality and value of health benefits
Nov 20, 2007 |
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A new survey indicates that among large employers, many have not examined data on physician quality or shared health plan or physician data with employees that could help improve the value and quality of health benefits, ...
Study suggests adjusting PSA scores for obese men or cancers may be missed
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Doctors may be missing cancers in obese men because the telltale blood marker used to detect the disease can be falsely interpreted as low in this population, according to a new study led by Duke Prostate Center researchers.
Monkeys able to fend off AIDS-like symptoms with enhanced HIV vaccine
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that using an immune system gene to enhance a vaccine used to study HIV in macaque monkeys provides the animals with greater protection against ...
Year-old Storm virus still infecting PCs
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Anti-spam experts in the United States predicted the year-old, constantly mutating Storm virus could send up to 500 million messages during the holiday season.
Stress response in the brain relies on a blood-thinning protein
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Nov 20, 2007 |
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A stressed-out mouse tends to be a bit timid, tentative, even fearful. For that matter, so does a stressed-out human. Our ability to learn from frightening situations is part of what helps us avoid them in the future. When ...
Selfish DNA and the Genetic Control of Vector-Borne Diseases
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Nov 20, 2007 |
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Mosquito borne diseases such as malaria and dengue cause suffering and death around the world. Malaria alone causes at least one million deaths annually, and is particularly devastating in children under the age of five. ...
EPA unveils air quality check tools
Nov 20, 2007 |
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The same technology that allows computer users to zoom in on satellite pictures of their homes is now available to learn about air quality, U.S. regulators say.
FDA announces three lab grants
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Three lab grants designed to enhance food-screening capabilities and spot radioactive materials in food were awarded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Cap-and-trade policies could hurt Utah
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Utah consumers could face billions in losses from a state or regional cap-and-trade policy approach to climate change, a survey said.
Most college students wish they were thinner, study shows
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Most normal-weight women -- almost 90 percent in a Cornell study of 310 college students -- yearn to be thinner. Half of underweight women want to lose even more weight, or stay just the way they are, thank you very much.
S. Korea outlines space program
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 20, 2007 |
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South Korean space officials said Tuesday they plan to send an unmanned probe to the moon's orbit in 2020 and land a probe on the moon's surface in 2025.
Study shows how embryos regulate vitamin A derivatives
Nov 20, 2007 |
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Human embryos that get too much or too little retinoic acid, a derivative of Vitamin A, can develop into babies with birth defects. New research at UC Irvine shows for the first time how embryonic cells may regulate levels ...
