Getting to the Roots of Sunflower Cultivation
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May 22, 2008 |
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Global warming could affect one of the world's major oil seed crops, the sunflower. Drawing on genetic information from early plant stocks is key to improving future harvests.
At the synapse: Gene may shed light on neurological disorders
May 22, 2008 |
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In our brains, where millions of signals move across a network of neurons like runners in a relay race, all the critical baton passes take place at synapses. These small gaps between nerve cell endings have to be just the ...
Experimental agent blocks prostate cancer in animal study
May 22, 2008 |
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An experimental drug has blocked the progression of prostate cancer in an animal model with an aggressive form of the disease, new research shows. The agent, OSU-HDAC42, belongs to a new class of drugs called histone deacetylase ...
Real-time observation of the DNA-repair mechanism
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May 22, 2008 |
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For the first time, researchers at Delft University of Technology have witnessed the spontaneous repair of damage to DNA molecules in real time. They observed this at the level of a single DNA molecule. Insight into this ...
Rapid escalation characterizes virus/host arms race
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May 22, 2008 |
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The interaction between a virus and its host is often portrayed as an arms race, with each new viral attack parried by the host and each new defense by the host one-upped by the virus.
Insect release proposed to control exotic strawberry guava
May 22, 2008 |
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U.S. Forest Service scientists with the Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry have submitted a proposal to release a Brazilian insect to control the spread of strawberry guava, a South American tree that has invaded and degraded ...
High-school girls who consider themselves attractive are more likely to be targets for bullying
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 22, 2008 |
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University of Alberta researcher Lindsey Leenaars found high school females who viewed themselves as attractive had a 35 percent higher risk of being indirectly victimized. This study was recently published in the journal ...
Landmark study reveals superiority of bivalirudin in heart attack patients at 30 days
May 22, 2008 |
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The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) announced today that the New England Journal of Medicine published results of the HORIZONS AMI trial which showed the use of the anticoagulant bivalirudin following angioplasty ...
Premature tooth loss can affect oral health for years to come
May 22, 2008 |
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The prospect of exchanging a tooth for that coveted reward from the tooth fairy often has kids wiggling teeth with vigor, but what happens when a primary or permanent tooth is lost prematurely due to trauma?
Anti-rejection drug may increase risk of diabetes after kidney transplant
May 22, 2008 |
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For patients undergoing kidney transplantation, treatment with the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may lead to an increased risk of diabetes, reports a study in the July Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
OHSU discovery may lead to early cancer detection
May 22, 2008 |
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This week researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Oregon Stem Cell Center and the OHSU Digestive Health Center are shining a new ray of hope on patients with pancreatic cancer. They’ve developed new reagents, ...
Taking care of business shouldn't be just for men
May 22, 2008 |
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Studies reveal that in the dog-eat-dog, look-out-for-No. 1, highly competitive business world, only the aggressive, risk-taking alpha male can expect to succeed as an entrepreneur. That statement may sound sexist, but it ...
Climate change does double-whammy to animals in seasonal environments
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May 22, 2008 |
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Plant-eating animals in highly seasonal environments, such as the Arctic, are struggling to locate nutritious food as a result of climate change, according to research that will be published in the 21 May ...
U of A device to measure wind on Mars will soon be landing
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 22, 2008 |
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University of Alberta scientist Carlos Lange is still amazed that an instrument he dreamed up, a wind sensor called the Telltale, will soon be landing on Mars.
NASA Updates Space Shuttle Target Launch Dates
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 22, 2008 |
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NASA Thursday adjusted the target launch dates for two space shuttle missions in 2008. Shuttle Atlantis' STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is now targeted for Oct. 8, and Endeavour's STS-126 supply mission to ...
