Archive: 07/27/2007
Patient dies during gene therapy trial
U.S. health officials say a patient died while participating in a gene therapy experiment to treat arthritis.
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Prevent smoking to reduce risk of erectile dysfunction
Men who smoke cigarettes run an increased risk of experiencing erectile dysfunction, and the more cigarettes smoked, the greater the risk, according to a study by Tulane University researchers published in the American Journal ...
Jul 27, 2007 |
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How bacteria evolve into superbugs
Researchers at McGill and Oxford Universities have applied ecological and evolutionary theory to demonstrate how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics in hospitals.
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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Martian dust storm threatens rovers' survival
In the three-and-a-half years that they've been on Mars, the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity have never seen anything like this: a large-scale dust storm that has darkened the skies and put the rovers in ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2007 |
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MIT model could predict cells' response to drugs
MIT researchers have developed a model that could predict how cells will respond to targeted drug therapies. Models based on this approach could help doctors make better treatment choices for individual patients, who often ...
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Prenatal stress keeps infants, toddlers up at night, study says
Anxious or depressed mothers-to-be are at increased risk of having children who will experience sleep problems in infancy and toddlerhood, finds a study that published this month in Early Human Development.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 27, 2007 |
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See-through transistor fabricated for future e-displays
Scientists have recently taken an important step toward the development of “see-through” flexible electronic displays by fabricating fully transparent, high-speed nanowire transistors. This piece of circuitry, ...
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Two bacteria better than one in cellulose-fed fuel cell
No currently known bacteria that allow termites and cows to digest cellulose, can power a microbial fuel cell and those bacteria that can produce electrical current cannot eat cellulose. But careful pairing of bacteria can ...
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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Science steps in to discover wonders of Toe-tankhamun
An artificial big toe attached to the foot of an ancient Egyptian mummy could prove to be the world’s earliest functional prosthetic body part, say scientists.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Smithsonian's National Zoo researchers use electronic eggs to help save threatened species
This is an important summer for kori bustards at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Four chicks of this threatened African bird have hatched in June and July. Along with the bumper crop of baby birds is a bumper ...
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Jul 27, 2007 |
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MicroRNA works with Ago2 protein to regulate blood cell development
MicroRNAs became the stars of the RNA universe when, in 2001, scientists found that these short RNAs can control whether or not genes are expressed. This month, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Wellcome Trust ...
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Prescribing of antibiotics to children still at a level to cause drug resistance, warn experts
Regular prescribing of antibiotics to children in the community is sufficient to sustain a high level of antibiotic resistance in the population, warn experts in a study published on bmj.com today.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Floods and fires across Europe captured from space
Highlighting the extreme weather conditions hitting Europe, space sensors aboard ESA’s Envisat satellite have detected the worst floodwaters to hit Britain for 60 years and deadly fires raging through southern ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2007 |
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A new brake on cellular energy production discovered
A condition that has to be met for the body to be able to keep warm, move and even survive is that the mitochondria - the cells' power stations - release the right amounts of energy. Scientists at Karolinska Institutet have ...
Biology /
Jul 27, 2007 |
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Chinese sage may provide alcoholism cure
The active ingredient in Chinese medicinal sage could help alcoholics beat their addiction, Italian researchers said.
Jul 27, 2007 |
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