Archive: 09/30/2007
More subway cars slated for reefs
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.
Sep 30, 2007 |
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Researchers discover one of the mechanisms that prevents the spread of colon cancer
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 ...
Sep 30, 2007 |
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Second pathway behind HIV-associated immune system dysfunction identified
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 ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 30, 2007 |
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MicroRNAs may be key to HIV's ability to hide, evade drugs
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 ...
Sep 30, 2007 |
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Ozone shuts down early immune response in lungs and body
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 ...
Sep 30, 2007 |
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