Scientists block Ebola infection in cell-culture experiments
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered two biochemical pathways that the Ebola virus relies on to infect cells. Using substances that block the activation of those pathways, they've ...
Intel, Nokia work on new pocket computer project
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Intel Corp. and Nokia Corp. said Tuesday they're joining forces to build better technology for smart phones and other mobile Internet devices.
New Way to Fight Fungal Infection
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine, has discovered how the body ...
German teacher loses battle against pupils' web rankings
Jun 23, 2009 |
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A German teacher who had sued to shut down a website where pupils rank their instructors according to competence and "coolness" lost her battle in court Tuesday.
How can the world's fisheries be sustainable?
Jun 23, 2009 |
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According to the most recent report on the status of the world's fisheries by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, fisheries supply at least 15% of the animal protein consumed by humans, provide direct and ...
A urine test for appendicitis?
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Appendicitis is the most common childhood surgical emergency, but the diagnosis can be challenging, especially in children, often leading to either unnecessary surgery in children without appendicitis, or ...
Google trial in Italy: freedom v. responsibility
Jun 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused.
Lack of happiness hormone serotonin in the brain causes impaired maternal behavior in mice
Jun 23, 2009 |
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A lack of serotonin, commonly known as the "happiness hormone", in the brain slows the growth of mice after birth and is responsible for impaired maternal behavior later in life. This was the result of research conducted ...
Molecular typesetting -- proofreading without a proofreader
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Bristol (UK) have developed a model of how errors are corrected whilst proteins are being built.
'Bycatch' whaling a growing threat to coastal whales
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is threatening coastal stocks of minke ...
Researchers to reveal aging's origins on global stage
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Four of the biologists who described the underlying causes of aging will soon share their findings with an international audience during a symposium at the upcoming World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics, taking place ...
How adolescent girls manage stress
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress. Those were the results of a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University ...
Underweight and extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight, study finds
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Underweight people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight—but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight. Those are the findings of a new study published ...
Biomarkers predict brain tumor's response to therapy
Jun 23, 2009 |
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A report in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, highlights a new biomarker that may be useful in identifying patients with recurrent glioblastoma, or brain tumors, who would respon ...
New therapy found to prevent heart failure
Jun 23, 2009 |
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A landmark study has successfully demonstrated a 29 percent reduction in heart failure or death in patients with heart disease who received an implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy device with defibrillator (CRT-D) ...
