New molecules with many branches will help unleash potential of nanotechnology
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Materials science and the pharmaceutical industry could soon be revolutionized by emerging nanotechnologies based on designer molecules with long complex tree-and branch structures. Such molecules offer almost limitless scope ...
US doctors regularly prescribe real drugs as placebo treatments
Medicine & Health / Medications
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Many rheumatologists and general internal medicine physicians in the US say they regularly prescribe "placebo treatments" including active drugs such as sedatives and antibiotics, but rarely admit they are doing so to their ...
Deprived of a sense of smell, worms live longer
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Many animals live longer when raised on low calorie diets. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that they can extend the life spans of roundworms even when the worms are ...
The human brain minimizes energy expenditure and integrates gravity in to the action plan
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When reaching for an object, the brain prepares neural commands sent to the target muscles to minimize energy expenditure, according to a study published in PLoS Computational Biology by neuroscientists and mathematicians from t ...
First comprehensive genomic study of common cold reveals new treatment targets
Oct 24, 2008 |
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Today, scientists from Procter & Gamble (P&G), the University of Calgary and the University of Virginia announced results from the first study to examine the entire human genome's response to the most common cold virus, ...
Successful first test for Vega's Zefiro 9-A solid-fuel rocket motor
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2008 |
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Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy). This was the penultimate firing test for the engine prior to ...
Toxic bile damages the liver
Oct 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Heidelberg University Hospital have discovered a new genetic disease that can lead to severe liver damage. Because a protective component of the bile is missing, the liver cells are exposed to the toxic ...
Bumblebees learn the sweet smell of foraging success
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Bumblebees use flower scent to guide their nest-mates to good food sources, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London.
Answering the Question:'Which Drug Therapy Is Right for Me?'
Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UA pharmacy researchers aim to unravel a mystery: why do genetically similar people react differently to the same drug.
Operate a piano pedal with the mouth
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A wish could come true for paraplegics who play the piano and are paralyzed from the hips down: the Heidelberg researcher Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Rupp has developed a method with which a pianist can operate the right pedal of a ...
The HPV vaccine that doctors would recommend
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 24, 2008 |
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Despite the government's decision to choose the vaccine Cervarix for the UK human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme, every doctor I have spoken to has chosen Gardisal for their own children, says a doctor on bmj.com ...
Mechanism in cells that generate malignant brain tumors may offer target for gene therapy
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute who first isolated cancer stem cells in adult brain tumors in 2004 have now identified a molecular mechanism that is involved in the development ...
Enabling the blind to find their way
Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Eyes on the future” is the mantra of the ‘World Sight Day’ held this month to raise awareness of blindness and vision impairment. New technologies, developed by European researchers offering the visually ...
GOCE satellite launch delayed until 2009
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the investigation of a failure in the guidance and ...
2 drugs are better than 1 at targeting tumors with B-RAF mutations
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In a proportion of human solid tumors, in particular melanomas (a form of skin cancer that is often resistant to chemotherapy), inappropriate activation of the MEK/ERK signaling pathway as a result of mutations in the B-RAF ...
