Novel toxin receptor discovered for ulcer-causing stomach pathogen
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May 23, 2008 |
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Helicobacter pylori is one tough bug. It can survive in the human stomach, a zone with a pH somewhere between that of lemon juice and battery acid. Now researchers have discovered how an H. pylori toxin gets into cells, a ...
Understanding autumn rain decline in SE Australia
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2008 |
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According to a report from a CSIRO Wealth From Oceans Flagship study – published this week in the science journal Geophysical Research Letters – since 1950 Victoria has suffered a 40 per cent decline in aut ...
Preserving skin elasticity could unlock secrets for better body health
May 23, 2008 |
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University of Manchester scientists have begun a study to understand the decline of ‘springiness’ in our bodies' skin and tissues as we get older.
New grants to create fabrics that render toxic chemicals harmless
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 23, 2008 |
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Cornell fiber scientist Juan Hinestroza is working with the U.S. government to create fabrics made of functional nanofibers that would decompose toxic industrial chemicals into harmless byproducts.
Scientists announce top 10 new species, issue SOS
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May 23, 2008 |
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The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists – scientists responsible for species exploration and classification – today announce ...
Raising a stop sign to human traffic
May 23, 2008 |
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Trade in people is not a new phenomenon, but the modern manifestation of slavery, according to US researchers. However, writing in the Journal of Global Business Advancement, they point out that human trafficking and trade ...
Important Plant Enzymes Identified
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May 23, 2008 |
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified enzymes important in the modification of isoflavonoids, natural plant products that help plants resist fungal infections, ...
Arctic explorer delivers unique snow-depth data for CryoSat
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2008 |
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Following a formidable 106-day trek across the Arctic, which ended with the two Arctic Arc expedition members relying on Envisat images to guide them safely through disintegrating sea-ice, intrepid polar explorer ...
Profits for publishers in making books accessible to all
May 23, 2008 |
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Many people have no access to most published books. European researchers are trying to remedy this by adapting new technologies to provide accessibility on demand for the visually impaired.
Male painters exposed to fertility damaging chemicals
May 23, 2008 |
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Men working as painters and decorators who are exposed to glycol ethers are more likely to have poor semen quality, according to research carried out by scientists from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester.
Hypoxia training suppresses harmful cardiac nitric oxide production during heart attack
May 23, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas have demonstrated that, contrary to prevailing dogma, hypoxia can be remarkably beneficial to the heart.
Origin of cells for connective tissues of skull and face challenged
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May 23, 2008 |
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With improved resolution, tissue-specific molecular markers and precise timing, University of Oregon biologist James A. Weston and colleagues have possibly overturned a long-standing assumption about the origin of embryonic ...
Anti-HIV drugs reduce the cause of some forms of vision loss
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 23, 2008 |
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A potential new therapeutic use for anti-HIV drugs known as protease inhibitors has been suggested by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, Boston, and Inserm U848, France, as a result of their work in a mouse ...
Will polyclinics deliver real benefits to patients?
May 23, 2008 |
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Government proposals to establish polyclinics are intended to reshape NHS services, but will they deliver the more patient centred care they propose, or do they risk becoming an expensive mistake? Michael Dixon, Chair of ...
Findings released from 1 of the largest percutaneous coronary intervention trials ever
May 23, 2008 |
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A study led by Gregg W. Stone, M.D., professor of medicine at Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork-Presbyterian and chairman of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, has shown that heart attack patients who were administered ...
