New nanoparticles could revolutionize therapeutic drug discovery
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 25, 2009 |
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A revolutionary new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being available as potential ...
Online ethics and the bloggers' code revealed
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Whatever their reason for posting their thoughts online, bloggers have a shared ethical code, according to a recent study published in the journal New Media Society, published by SAGE. Key issues in the blogosphere are te ...
Naming may be key to brain's ability to recognize faces
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our tendency to see people and faces as individuals may explain why we are such experts at recognizing them, new research indicates. This approach can be learned and applied to other objects ...
In 'reading' a gaze, what we believe changes what we see
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2009 |
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In primates including ourselves, the ability to register where others are looking is key in social circles. And, according to a new report published online on June 25th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, the wa ...
Tiny capsules can deliver drugs to targeted cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream.
DNA patterns of microbes
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The genomes or DNA of microbes contain defined DNA patterns called genome signatures. Such signatures may be used to establish relationships and to search for DNA from viruses or other organisms ...
High carbon dioxide levels cause abnormally large fish ear bones
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Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has ...
Kidney damage from medical imaging procedures can cause long-term health problems
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Kidney injury that can arise after undergoing certain medical imaging procedures increases a patient's risk of having a stroke or heart attack over the next year or two, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue ...
Effective pain treatment for cancer patients?
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Cancer patients often suffer from severe pain that cannot be effectively treated with conventional medication. Researchers at the Pharmacology Institute of the University of Heidelberg have found the possible ...
Researchers identify parallel mechanism monkeys and humans use to recognize faces
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have demonstrated for the first time rhesus monkeys and humans share a specific perceptual mechanism, configural perception, for discriminating ...
Structural biology scores with protein snapshot
Jun 25, 2009 |
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In a landmark technical achievement, investigators in the Vanderbilt Center for Structural Biology have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods to determine the structure of the largest membrane-spanning ...
Controversial cancer stem cells offer new direction for treatment (w/ Video)
Jun 25, 2009 |
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In a review in Science, a University of Rochester Medical Center researcher sorts out the controversy and promise around a dangerous subtype of cancer cells, known as cancer stem cells, which seem capable of res ...
Fitting squares into circles
Jun 25, 2009 |
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Particle filters are standard in the basic fittings for cars. Construction machines, city buses and garbage trucks must now follow suit. This can be achieved effectively and inexpensively thanks to a new material ...
US Swine Flu Cases May Have Hit 1 Million
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As many as 1 million Americans now have swine flu, U.S. health officials said Thursday, adding that 6 percent or more of some urban areas are infected. The estimate voiced by a government flu scientist ...
Turmoil fuels 'hacktivist' attacks on Web sites
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of ...
