Really virtual reality
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Far from being geeky and exotic, virtual reality could be the key to a new range of innovative products. European researchers and industrialists have come together to build a world-leading ...
The gene for day blindness in the dachshund has been found
May 27, 2009 |
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A PhD project by Anne Caroline Wiik has discovered the genetic cause of day blindness or "cone-rod dystrophy” in the wire-haired dachshund. The disease was discovered in two litter mates in 1999 and has since ...
Novel cancer gene accelerates or stops tumour growth
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Toronto have found a gene that plays a crucial role in the development of rhabdomyosarcoma - the most common childhood sarcoma ...
Portable device can detect viruses in minutes
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine being able to detect in just a few minutes whether someone is infected with a virus. This has now become a reality, thanks to a new ultra-sensitive detector that has been developed ...
New Gas Sensor Based on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 27, 2009 |
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Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials staff in the Nanofabrication & Devices Group together with collaborative users from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have fabricated a miniaturized gas sensor using ...
Mixed-race patients struggle to find marrow donors
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(AP) -- If Nick Glasgow were white, he would have a nearly 90 percent chance of finding a matching bone marrow donor who could cure his leukemia.
Report finds TV sales staying strong in recession
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Never mind the lousy economy: Flat-panel TVs are still flying off the shelves in the U.S. and Canada.
Researchers discover genetic cause for primary biliary cirrhosis
May 27, 2009 |
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Researchers have discovered a novel molecular path that predisposes patients to develop primary biliary cirrhosis, a disease that mainly affects women and slowly destroys their livers. Primary biliary cirrhosis has no known ...
New therapy enlists immune system to boost cure rate in a childhood cancer
May 27, 2009 |
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A multicenter research team has announced encouraging results for an experimental therapy using elements of the body's immune system to improve cure rates for children with neuroblastoma, a challenging cancer of the nervous ...
HP Expands Mini PC Portfolio
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 27, 2009 |
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HP today expanded its HP Mini family with three new models, offering customers sleek, lightweight companion PCs that come in a variety of configurations and designs.
Pressure to Look Attractive Linked to Fear of Rejection in Men and Women
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People who feel pressure to look attractive are more fearful of being rejected because of their appearance than are their peers, according to a new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the ...
'Gene silencing' may improve treatment of a deadly complication of liver disease
May 27, 2009 |
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A technique that “silences,” or turns off, genes shows promise as a potential new treatment for liver fibrosis — the disease that leads to cirrhosis — scientists in Tennessee are reporting. Their study is scheduled for the ...
Study: Heat effective in treating throat condition
May 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Zapping away abnormal, precancerous cells in the throat may lower the risk of later developing esophageal cancer, the first major study to test this technique finds.
Research suggests new cellular targets for HIV drug development
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 27, 2009 |
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Focusing HIV drug development on immune cells called macrophages instead of traditionally targeted T cells could bring us closer to eradicating the disease, according to new research from University of Florida and five other ...
Music played to premature babies may lessen pain and improve feeding habits
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Music played to premature babies may help to reduce their pain and encourage better oral feeding, suggests research published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
