In mice, anxiety is linked to immune system
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first study ever to genetically link the immune system to normal behavior, scientists at Rockefeller and Columbia universities show that mast cells, known as the pharmacologic bombshells of the immune ...
Common epilepsy drug could prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease
Oct 27, 2008 |
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The team led by UBC Psychiatry Prof. Weihong Song, who is also the Jack Brown and Family Professor and Chair in Alzheimer's Disease at UBC, found that if Valproic Acid (VPA) is used as a treatment in early stages of AD memory ...
Study reveals factors of exceptional health in old age
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Elderly people who have a positive outlook, lower stress levels, moderate alcohol consumption, abstention from tobacco, moderate to higher income and no chronic health conditions are more likely to thrive in their old age, ...
Nanodiamond Drug Device Could Transform Cancer Treatment
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 27, 2008 |
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A team of investigators at Northwestern University has developed a promising nanomaterial-based biomedical device that could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs locally to sites where cancerous tumors have been surgically ...
Cut and run: New research predicts risk avoidance in the face of chronic economic loss
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Individual investors are liquidating their holdings at record levels as financial markets sink, often absorbing losses to avoid possibly worse pain later. Contradicting the counsel of many financial advisers, it also flies ...
World's smallest hand-held instrument for detecting health and safety threats
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Researchers in Indiana are describing development of the world's smallest complete mass spectrometer (MS), a miniature version of a standard lab device — some of which would dominate a living room — to identify ...
How we see objects in depth: The brain's code for 3-D structure
Oct 27, 2008 |
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A team of Johns Hopkins University neuroscientists has discovered patterns of brain activity that may underlie our remarkable ability to see and understand the three-dimensional structure of objects.
Personalised learning puts students in a class of their own
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new learning platform is giving the traditional classroom a radical makeover. Using innovative ICT technology, iClass is putting pupils at the centre of the learning experience and providing them with more ...
Does religion make a difference in politics?
Oct 27, 2008 |
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From Barack Obama's controversial pastor to Sarah Palin's "secret religion", religious values have continued to play a dominant role in the presidential election since John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic elected to ...
Scientists invent device that controls, measures dynamics of chemicals in live tissue
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Measuring an electrical current in an organism is pretty straightforward. All you need is an electrode. Measuring the flow of chemicals in cells or live tissue, however, is much more difficult because the ...
A million people suffer from tinnitus -- in province of Quebec alone
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Université de Montréal Professor Sylvie Hébert is conducting a study exploring the root causes of tinnitus, a condition that creates the perception of sound in the absence of external stimulation. Tinnitus affects 20 percent ...
Inland ants prefer salty snacks to sweet
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ants prefer salty snacks to sugary ones, at least in inland areas that tend to be salt-poor, according to a new study published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
Seeing Nanotubes Targeting Tumors In Vivo
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Carbon nanotubes have significant potential for delivering both imaging and therapeutic agents to tumors, but there is still a need to better quantify how well these rolled-up sheets of graphite can target tumors. Now, thanks ...
NASA Tests Rover Concepts in Arizona
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest lunar rover prototype has now gone farther than it ever has before.
Scientists develop a new strategy to fight obesity
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The antibody works against the gastric hormone ghrelin (pronounced "grell-in"), which has been linked to weight gain and fat storage through its metabolic actions. These findings point towards a potentially novel treatment ...
