Cell pathway, disease linked to histone action
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University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have discovered a key cell-signaling pathway that regulates cell progression and switches on front-to-back body patterning in tadpoles.
New study shows that therapeutic gene expression can be sustainable for 1 year
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have shown for the first time that it is possible to sustain therapeutic gene expression in the central nervous system ...
Boiled peanuts pack big antioxidant punch
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Boiled peanuts, a regional treat from the southern United States, may be as healthy as they are delicious. In the Oct. 31 issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Alabama scientists report ...
Going Live With Click Chemistry
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Click chemistry, one of the most exciting and proficient new techniques for labeling biomolecules in vitro, has now been extended to studies in the context of live cells as well. This breakthrough opens the ...
Helicobacter pylori inhibits intercellular communication of cultured gastric cells
Oct 26, 2007 |
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The formation of a cancer is proven to be a multi-stage, multi-mechanism process by animal and human studies. As a definite carcinogen, the role of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) in the formation of gastric cancer has been ...
Predators and parasites may increase evolutionary stability
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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A new study explores the role of natural enemies, such as predators and parasites, for mixed mating, a reproductive strategy in which hermaphroditic plants and animals reproduce through both self- and cross-fertilization. ...
Zoologist who raised Koko dies
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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Ronald Reuther, a zoologist who helped raise the first gorilla to use human sign language, has died in California at the age of 77.
Contribution of cholesterol transporter to vascular disease
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a transporter of cholesterol, may also contribute to vascular diseases by a previously unidentified mechanism, according to a report published online this week in EMBO reports. The study reveals ...
'Nervous' birds take more risks
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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Scientists have shown that birds with higher stress levels adopt bolder behaviour than their normally more relaxed peers in stressful situations. A University of Exeter research team studied zebra finches, which had been ...
Obesity-related hormone is higher in children with Down syndrome
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Children with Down syndrome are more likely than their unaffected siblings to have higher levels of a hormone associated with obesity, according to pediatric researchers. The hormone, leptin, may contribute to the known higher ...
Cow infections could provide clue to preventing infertility in women
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, London, have made a significant breakthrough in their understanding of how infection of the uterus damages fertility in cows. Their findings, which show that common uterine infections ...
Medieval ruins found near Stockholm castle
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Archaeologists have found the foundations of medieval buildings near the Royal Palace in Stockholm, dating from the city's early years.
Emergence of recombinant forms of HIV: dynamics and scaling
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 26, 2007 |
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The emergence of drug resistant forms of HIV often underlies the failure of current antiretroviral therapies for HIV infection. Specific mutations in the HIV genome confer resistance to individual drugs.
New fowlpox vaccine available
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A new vaccine developed by CSIRO Livestock Industries to help control the common poultry disease, fowlpox, has been registered for commercial use by one of Australia’s leading animal health companies, Intervet ...
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