Study paves way for development of macular degeneration cures
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A new study of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that affects more than nine million Americans, will pave the way for the biopharmaceutical industry to develop better treatments and cures, according to the ...
Engineers Shovel Their Way through Snow-Plowing Problem
Jan 30, 2008 |
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The average person probably doesn’t realize that snowplowing is a complex operation involving the interaction of several variables. To simplify this process, two University of Missouri engineers have developed models that ...
Allergic disease linked to irritable bowel syndrome
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Adults with allergy symptoms report a high incidence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), suggesting a link between atopic disorders and IBS according to a study published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, ...
Accelerated head growth can predict autism before behavioral symptoms start
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Children with autism have normal-size heads at birth but develop accelerated head growth between six and nine months of age, a period that precedes the onset of many behaviors that enable physicians to diagnose the developmental ...
Do you want fries with that, Mickey?
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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Using mice as models, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology traced some of the differences between humans and chimpanzees to differences in our diet. The findings appear in the January 30 issue ...
Children aren't egotists
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 30, 2008 |
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A Canadian researcher said parental efforts to boost their children's self esteem haven't created a crop of narcissistic young adults.
Intensive insulin therapy protects kidneys in critically ill patients
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For critically ill patients, intensive insulin therapy (IIT) to keep blood sugar (glucose) at normal levels reduces the risk of acute kidney injury, reports a study in the March Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
Explaining chemotherapy-associated nausea
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A new study from the Monell Center increases understanding of the biological mechanisms responsible for the nausea and vomiting that often afflict patients undergoing chemotherapy. The findings could lead to the development ...
Gene variant linked to moderated symptoms of beta-thalassemia
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Beta-thalassemia is a serious, potentially life-threatening disease that affects red blood cells, cells that carry oxygen via hemoglobin throughout the body. As part of the SardiNIA Study of Aging, supported by the National ...
Michigan wants hunters to shoot feral pigs
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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Feral pigs have become such a problem in Michigan that the state Department of Natural Resources has asked deer hunters in 51 counties to shoot any they see.
Why don't chimpanzees like to barter commodities?
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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For thousands of years, human beings have relied on commodity barter as an essential aspect of their lives. It is the behavior that allows specialized professions, as one individual gives up some of what he has reaped to ...
Markets of biodiversity and equity in trade: An illusion?
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The Convention on Biological Diversity, adopted at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit of 1992, bore the objective of providing a legal and political framework for the conservation of biodiversity. In order to assess how these ...
Brits rescue 88 research monkeys
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Jan 30, 2008 |
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Dozens of research monkeys used by a Chilean medical laboratory were sent to England following threats by an animal rights group.
Females decide whether ambitious males float or flounder
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Aggression, testosterone and nepotism don’t necessarily help one climb the social ladder, but the support of a good female can, according to new research on the social habits of an unusual African species of fish.
In nature -- and maybe the corner office -- scientists find that generalists can thrive
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The assignment of duties in a single cell, ocean life or even a small business does not have to be defined by a division of labor where every individual has a specific role, according to biologists at Ohio State University.
