Study of learning disabled mice shows balance in the brain is key
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A new study in the October 31st issue of Cell, a Cell Press journal, has revealed the molecular and cellular underpinnings of one of the most common, single gene causes for learning disability in humans. The findings made i ...
Gene scan of Alzheimer's families identifies four new suspect genes
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The first family-based genome-wide association study in Alzheimer's disease has identified the sites of four novel genes that may significantly influence risk for the most common late-onset form of the devastating neurological ...
Simulator allows scientists to predict evolution’s next best move
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists today are doing what Darwin thought impossible. They are studying the process of evolution not through fossils but directly, as it is happening. Now, by modeling the steps evolution takes to build, ...
Study identifies 3 effective treatments for childhood anxiety disorders
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Treatment that combines a certain type of psychotherapy with an antidepressant medication is most likely to help children with anxiety disorders, but each of the treatments alone is also effective, according to a new study ...
Cancer requires support from immune system to develop, researchers report
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Tumors that grow around nerves in a rare genetic disease need cooperation from cells from the immune system in order to grow, reports a team of scientists, including researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Personality shapes perception of romance, but doesn't tell the whole story
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Personality researchers have long known that people who report they have certain personality traits are also more (or less) likely to be satisfied with their romantic partners. Someone who says she is often anxious or moody, ...
Transplantation: 'molecular miscegenation' blurs the boundary between self and non-self
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A new discovery by London biologists may yield new ways of handling the problem of transplant rejection. In a research article published in the November 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal, the scientists confirm the tw ...
Eastern Pacific tuna hang in the balance
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Next week marks a pivotal moment for Eastern Pacific tuna. The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), the international body charged with the conservation and management of tuna and associated species in the eastern ...
Researchers discover a key to aggressive breast cancer
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In trying to find out why HER2-positive breast cancer can be more aggressive than other forms of the disease, UC Davis Cancer Center researchers have surprisingly discovered that HER2 itself is the culprit. By shutting down ...
Weight does not affect women's sexual behavior
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Oregon and Hawaiian researchers have found that a woman's weight does not seem to affect sexual behavior. In fact, overweight women are more likely to report having sex with men than women considered to be of "normal weight."
First evidence that prenatal exposure to famine may lead to persistent epigenetic changes
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A study initiated by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands suggests that prenatal exposure to famine can lead to epigenetic changes ...
Pre-election surveys show deep concern about state of health care
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With only a few days remaining before Election Day, researchers from Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation, writing for the November 6, 2008, New England Journal of Medicine, find that seven in ten ...
The Building Blocks of Life
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever wonder where all that food your teenager devoured was going? Not only does the food go into the teen's daily activities--running, doing homework, breathing and playing video games, but ...
UC Davis: Troublesome, Non-native Squirrels Will Get Birth-control Shots
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Before someone gets bitten, or neighboring farmlands are invaded, UC Davis officials will launch a birth-control research program to curb a campus population explosion of non-native tree squirrels.
Heart rate-lowering drug improves exercise capacity in patients with stable angina
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Results from a late-breaking clinical trial, presented at the 2008 Canadian Cardiology Congress (CCC) in Toronto, show for the first time that combining the pure heart rate reduction medication ivabradine to current treatments ...
