Scientists Find Memory Molecule

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Aug 27, 2006 | 4.6 / 5 (102) | 0

In an article in Science magazine, SUNY Downstate researchers describe erasing memory from the brain by targeting a molecular mechanism that controls memory. Finding may be applied to chronic pain, memory loss, and other ...

Synthetic molecule causes cancer cells to self-destruct

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Aug 27, 2006 | 4.9 / 5 (56) | 0

Scientists have found a way to trick cancer cells into committing suicide. The novel technique potentially offers an effective method of providing personalized anti-cancer therapy. Most living cells contain a protein called ...

Organs Monitor Themselves During Early Development

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Aug 27, 2006 | 4.8 / 5 (18) | 0

How are you? In biological terms this question could involve a feedback loop that lets the body check in on itself and then act on that information. Although feedback loops are essential and they abound in ...

Aussie teenage girls under the knife

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Aug 27, 2006 | 1.7 / 5 (36) | 0

The Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons has denied any massive increase in the number of teenage girls wanting plastic surgery.

Weather Forecast Accuracy Gets Boost with New Computer Model

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Aug 27, 2006 | 3.9 / 5 (7) | 0

An advanced forecasting model that predicts several types of extreme weather with substantially improved accuracy has been adopted for day-to-day operational use by civilian and military weather forecasters.

Frog provides insight into making specialised cells from stem cells

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Aug 27, 2006 | 3.1 / 5 (7) | 0

The African clawed frog could help stem cell scientists in obtaining insulin-releasing cells of the pancreas from stem cells, new research published in the latest issue of the journal Development suggests.