Too many women still dying from breast cancer, says charity
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Thousands of women die from breast cancer each year because current treatments are not always effective and in some cases fail to stem the disease, warns Breast Cancer Campaign today.
Scientists learn what's 'up' with a class of retinal cells in mice
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Mar 27, 2008 |
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Harvard University researchers have discovered a new type of retinal cell that plays an exclusive and unusual role in mice: detecting upward motion. The cells reflect their function in the physical arrangement of their dendrites, ...
Scientists find a key culprit in stroke brain cell damage
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified a key player in the killing of brain cells after a stroke or a seizure. The protein asparagine endopeptidase (AEP) unleashes enzymes that break down brain cells' DNA, scientists at Emory University ...
Italian farmers defend mozzarella cheese
Mar 27, 2008 |
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An Italian farmers' union is trying to quell fears that Italy's famed mozzarella cheese may be tainted with dioxin.
NASA awards innovative research contract
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2008 |
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded a $36 million research contract to the U.S. National Institute of Aerospace Associates.
PTSD associated with more, longer hospitalizations
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with more hospitalizations, longer hospitalizations and greater mental ...
Sniffing out danger
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Each human nose encounters hundreds of thousands of scents in its daily travels perched front and center on our face. Some of these smells are nearly identical, so how do we learn to tell the critical ones apart?
Researchers examine human embryonic stem cell genome
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Mar 27, 2008 |
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Stem cell researchers from UCLA used a high resolution technique to examine the genome, or total DNA content, of a pair of human embryonic stem cell lines and found that while both lines could form neurons, the lines had ...
FDA reviews diabetic and HIV medications
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 27, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced safety reviews of the FDA-approved medications Regranex Gel, Ziagen and Videx.
SUNY researcher issued patent for virtual telemicroscope
Mar 27, 2008 |
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After nearly ten years of research and development, scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and Peking University in Beijing were awarded a United States patent for their virtual telemicroscope. This patented ...
