MicroRNAs may be key to HIV's ability to hide, evade drugs
Sep 30, 2007 |
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Tiny pieces of genetic material called microRNA (miRNA), better known for its roles in cancer, could be a key to unlocking the secrets of how HIV, the AIDS virus, evades detection, hiding in the immune system. Researchers ...
Researchers discover one of the mechanisms that prevents the spread of colon cancer
Sep 30, 2007 |
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The first step in the development of colon cancer is the formation of benign tumours, called adenomas, in the intestine. Over time, these tumours may progress to produce colon cancer if they undergo a series of mutations ...
Ozone shuts down early immune response in lungs and body
Sep 30, 2007 |
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As policy makers debate what levels of ozone in the air are safe for humans to breathe, studies in mice are revealing that the inhaled pollutant impairs the body’s first line of defense, making it more susceptible to subsequent ...
Second pathway behind HIV-associated immune system dysfunction identified
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Partners AIDS Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (PARC-MGH) may have discovered a second molecular “switch” responsible for turning off the immune system’s response against HIV. Last year ...
More subway cars slated for reefs
Sep 30, 2007 |
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More than 1,600 old New York City subway cars are destined for the deep where they will make up new artificial reefs off the Atlantic Coast.
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