EU, phone makers agree on charging standard
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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(AP) -- No more asking around the office for the right sort of charger. At least that's what European Union and cell phone makers are hoping.
Doctors say more ovary transplants possible
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two new techniques to preserve and transplant ovaries might give women a better chance to fight their biological clocks and have children when they are older, doctors announced Monday.
Peptic ulcer bacterium alters the body's defense system
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Helicobacter pylori survives in the body by manipulating important immune system cells. This is shown in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The discovery may lead to new treatm ...
Little-known marine decomposers attract the attention of genome sequencers
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The Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) announced today that they will sequence the genomes of four species of labyrinthulomycetes. These little-known marine species were selected for sequencing ...
Assembling the virtual human
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It could mean the end of animal testing and eventually even clinical patient drug trials. The Virtual Physiological Human is a 21st century pan-European project that's gaining momentum and takes a major step forward this ...
Denmark reports first case of resistance to swine flu treatment
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Danish health officials on Monday reported the first case of resistance to Tamiflu, considered to be the most effective treatment for swine flu by the World Health Organization.
Researchers uncover process involved in DNA repair
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every day people are exposed to chemical and physical agents that damage DNA. If it isn't repaired properly, this damage can lead to mutations that in some circumstances can lead to the development ...
Oscar Pistorius: Previously confidential study results released on amputee sprinter
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A team of experts in biomechanics and physiology that conducted experiments on Oscar Pistorius, the South African bilateral amputee track athlete, have just published their findings in the Journal of Applied Ph ...
Safer stem cells for therapy
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When stem cell researchers in Japan and the United States announced in 2007 that they had developed long-sought methods to return fully developed adult human cells to an embryonic-like state, ...
How much is life worth? The $440 billion question
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The decision to use expensive cancer therapies that typically produce only a relatively short extension of survival is a serious ethical dilemma in the U.S. that needs to be addressed by the oncology community, according ...
Study may help explain 'awakenings' that occur with popular sleep-aid Ambien
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Some people who take the fast-acting sleep-aid zolpidem (Ambien) have been observed walking, eating, talking on the phone and even driving while not fully awake. Many often don't remember doing any of these activities the ...
Toxic chemicals affect steroid hormones differently in humans and invertebrates
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In a study with important consequences for studies on the effects of chemicals on steroid responses in humans, a team of French and American scientists, including Michael E. Baker, PhD, professor in UC San Diego's Department ...
Genetic changes after Caesarean section may explain increased risk of developing disease
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that babies born by planned Caesarean section experience changes to the DNA pool in their white blood cells, which could be connected to altered stress ...
Nanoscale 'Fountain Pen' Draws Therapeutic Nanodiamonds
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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A research team at Northwestern University has developed a tool that can precisely deliver tiny doses of drug-carrying nanomaterials to individual cells. The tool, called the nanofountain probe, functions in two different ...
Plant protein 'doorkeepers' block invading microbes, study finds
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A group of plant proteins that "shut the door" on bacteria that would otherwise infect the plant's leaves has been identified for the first time by a team of researchers in Denmark, at the University of California, Davis, ...
