Transparent Zebrafish Help Researchers Track Breast Cancer
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What if doctors could peer through a patient’s skin and see a cancer tumor growing? They’d be able to study how tumor cells migrate: how they look, how they interact with the blood system to find nourishment ...
The Watchdogs of chromosome-segregation
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Chromosomes are duplicated before they are segregated in equal parts to daughter-cells during cell division. An important regulator of this chromosome-separation is the "chromosomal passenger complex", a protein ...
Melting ice prompts navigation warning
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The U.S.-based International Ice Charting Working Group predicted significant navigation hazards will develop as Arctic sea ice diminishes.
Tiny radioactive spheres effectively treat cancer that has spread to the liver
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Placing tiny radioactive spheres directly into the liver through its blood supply halted growth of tumors that had spread to the organ in 71 percent of patients tested in a small clinical trial, researchers from Mayo Clinic ...
New study shows smoking increases risk of psoriasis
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Another disease can be added to the list of smoking-related disorders -- psoriasis. Researchers have found that smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis, heavier smoking increases the risk further, and the risk ...
New system would use rotating magnetic field to detect pathogens
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Researchers at Purdue and Duke universities have developed a technique that uses a magnetic field to selectively separate tiny magnetic particles, representing a highly sensitive method for potentially diagnosing disease ...
Greenpeace opposes Italian gas terminal
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Environmental activists want to block Italian plans to install a floating natural gas terminal in the middle of a whale and dolphin sanctuary.
Engineers developing new cements to heal spinal fractures
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New research could offer hope for victims of the most devastating spinal injuries - typically those caused in car crashes.
Scientist exposes threat to backyard bird diversity
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A leading environmental scientist from the University of Western Sydney has revealed that parrots commonly thought of as native to Sydney, are in fact invaders from inland areas of Australia, and their growing presence is ...
Huge numbers willing to go under knife to alter their appearance, study finds
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Most women, and large numbers of men, are interested in having cosmetic surgery, UCLA scientists report in the October issue of the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Study reveals 'huffing' household chemicals connected to teen suicide
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With suicide as the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, a new University of Denver (DU) study reveals inhaling or “huffing” vapors of common household goods, such as glue or nail polish, are ...
Study examines ethnic differences in sleep quality and blood pressure
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In the United States, African Americans have higher blood pressure and are at greater risk of hypertension than whites. In addition, African Americans report poorer sleep quality and exhibit a smaller nighttime decrease in ...
Quality of life study examines burden of epilepsy
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A new study published in Epilepsia is the first to assess the prevalence of self-reported active epilepsy and health-related quality of life among adults with epilepsy in California.
Radiation seeds effectively cure prostate cancer in young men
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Radiation seed implants (brachytherapy) are just as effective at curing prostate cancer in younger men (aged 60 and younger) as they are in older men, according to a study presented at a scientific session on October 31, ...
Dead clams tell many tales
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Inventories of living and dead organisms could serve as a relatively fast, simple and inexpensive preliminary means of assessing human impact on ecosystems. The University of Chicago's Susan Kidwell explains ...
