SanDisk Offers New 32- AND 16-Gigabyte SDHC and 8GB SDHC Plus Cards
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Giving photo enthusiasts the freedom to take more pictures and shoot more video, SanDisk Corporation today increased both capacities and speeds in its SanDisk Ultra II line with the introduction of 32- and ...
Crossing the species line
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A recent article published in Developmental and Comparative Immunology, the official journal of the International Society of Developmental and Comparative Immunology (ISDCI), draws attention to the fact that the plant immune ...
It’s All About Geometry: Protein Contact Surfaces Hold Key to Cures
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Your mother always told you to do your geometry homework, and for scientists seeking new treatments for diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, this advice turns out to be right on the mark.
The HLA-DRB1 gene and premature death in rheumatoid arthritis
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People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease, tend to die younger and, largely from cardiovascular disease (CVD). One explanation for this increasingly recognized fact is that inflammation promotes ...
NASA issues Constellation impact statement
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The U.S. space agency issued an environmental impact statement for its Constellation Program that's aimed at returning humans to the moon by 2020.
Claim: Wet sand causes digestion problems
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Wet sand could pose a health risk for beach goers, researchers at the University of Florida said.
Cosmetic products may cause fatal infections in critically ill patients
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Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the intensive care unit at one ...
Researchers find trigger gene for muscle development
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University of Oregon scientists say they have identified a gene that is the key switch that allows embryonic cells to form into muscles in zebrafish.
A pilot program for harvesting Kodiak rockfish
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In 2007, fishing for Pacific Rockfish (Sebastes sp.) took place in the Central Gulf of Alaska under a 5-year pilot program that incorporated fishery cooperatives instead of the usual “race for fish.” Results after the first ...
Researchers discover biomarkers that predict lung cancer patient response to therapy
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Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center have discovered biomarkers that predict which patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer will respond to a combination treatment of the anti-inflammatory drug Celebrex and ...
BRCA1 mutation linked to breast cancer stem cells
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A new study may explain why women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene face up to an 85 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer. Researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that BRCA1 plays a ...
Researchers discover a pathway to turn off immune system cells
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University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a new way to turn genes off in human T cells, a type of white blood cell that helps the immune system fight infections.
The onchocerciasis parasite showing signs of resistance
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Onchocerciasis is an infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus, a parasite nematode worm transmitted to humans by a species of black fly of the Simulium genus whose larvae develop in fast-flowing rivers. Infected subjects suffer ...
Conservation strategies must shift with global environmental change, says CU-Boulder study
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Sustaining and enhancing altered ecosystems has become the new mantra for conservation and restoration managers as ecosystems continue to change in response to global warming and other environmental changes, ...
Diabetes makes it hard for blood vessels to relax
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One way diabetes is bad for your blood vessels is by creating too much competition for an amino acid that helps blood vessels relax, researchers say.
