Gene therapy shows significant improvement in Parkinson's disease
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Neurologix, Inc. today announced the publication in the June 23 issue of the journal The Lancet of positive results from the first ever gene therapy trial for Parkinson’s disease and the first report of direct gene transf ...
Mars Rover Laser Tool Ready for Testing
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Mars mission Job One: Get there. Job Two: Find rocks and zap them with your laser tool. Now learn the nature of the debris by spectrographically analyzing the ensuing dust and fragments. It’s every kid’s dream, ...
Engineers prove that 'Hitman' Hatton packs a mighty punch
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Measurements taken at The University of Manchester have shown that local boxing hero Ricky 'The Hitman' Hatton really does live up to his name.
Moon jobs will tax mental health of workers
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Think your job is tough? Can’t wait for summer vacation to “get away from it all”? Just wait, says a Rutgers University—Camden researcher. In the not-too-distant future, some jobs will challenge workers placed far, far away ...
Russian speakers top suicide list
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Demographers have determined that Russian language speakers are more likely to commit suicide than any other group in the world.
New Delhi eyes frogs to stop mosquitos
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Jun 22, 2007 |
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New Delhi officials are considering the import of thousands of mosquito-eating frogs to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever.
Stem cells to repair damaged heart muscle
Jun 22, 2007 |
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In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery.
Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Mushrooms might serve as biofactories for the production of various beneficial human drugs, according to plant pathologists who have inserted new genes into mushrooms.
Sea squirt may help fight cancer
Jun 22, 2007 |
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An Italian study says tiny sea squirts may help stop the growth of some tumors.
New compound effectively treats fungal infections
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 22, 2007 |
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A new mechanism to attack hard-to-treat fungal infections has been revealed by scientists from the biotech company Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc., California, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) outstation in ...
Online Shoppers Trust Reputations of Sellers More at Amazon Than at eBay: Study
Jun 22, 2007 |
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The right feedback design can be critical to the long-term success of online marketplaces and auction sites, and they can also help consumers become better shoppers, according to a study from the Sauder School of Business ...
Atlantis Set to Land Today
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Flight controllers decided to try landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after weather failed to improve at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
Astronomer Kenneth Franklin dies at 84
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Astronomer Kenneth L. Franklin has died at 84 from complications of heart surgery in Boulder, Colo.
Taking animals out of laboratory research
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Pioneering work to reduce the use of animals in scientific research — and ultimately remove them from laboratories altogether — has received a major boost at The University of Nottingham.
Targeting key proteins of carcinogenesis
Jun 22, 2007 |
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Misfolded and disused proteins are eliminated by a cellular shredder called the proteasome. The cell labels the proteins it wants to dispose with Ubiquitin (Ub) in order to avoid the unwanted degradation of still needed proteins. ...
