Small-scale agricultural changes may help eradicate widespread disease
May 31, 2007 |
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Small changes in agricultural and sanitation practices may eliminate the spread of a disease that affects some 200 million people living in developing nations around the world.
European meeting in Athens fuels future space exploration missions to Mars, Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 31, 2007 |
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A European Science Foundation (ESF)-led workshop sponsored by the European Space Agency (ESA) has enabled 88 scientists from 11 European countries to agree on science goals for future Europe's planetary exploration programme; ...
Corals reveal impact of land use
May 31, 2007 |
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Using the corals on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) as a history book, researchers have linked land use along the coast to decades of declining water quality and poor coral health.
In search of the biological significance of modular structures in protein networks
May 31, 2007 |
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It is easy to observe that many networks naturally divide into communities or modules, where links within modules are stronger and denser than those across modules – like the way people from the same age group tend to interact ...
New method for making improved radiation detectors
May 31, 2007 |
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, with funding from DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration, have devised ways to improve the performance of radiation detectors, such as ...
Dogs carrying hospital superbug
May 31, 2007 |
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Veterinarians in Sweden say dogs may be spreading the MRSA superbug in veterinary clinics. The first Swedish case of a dog contracting the virus was recorded at a clinic in Stockholm last fall, The Local newspaper said Wednesday.
Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats
May 31, 2007 |
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Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human spinal stem cells (hSSCs), researchers from the University of California, San Diego ...
Mayo researchers discover overdiagnosis of long QT heart syndrome
May 31, 2007 |
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[B]'Sudden death' disorder a challenge to diagnosis, but improper diagnosis has serious implications[/B] ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) can be lethal if not diagnosed -- yet recent increased awareness of ...
Bringing order to 'what if?'
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[B]USC builds a risk assessment system for the Department of Homeland Security[/B] A team working under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security-funded Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of ...
Research identifies protein that signals flowering in squash plants
May 31, 2007 |
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[B]This research provides some of the most solid evidence to date that FT protein acts as a florigenic signal[/B] The length of the day relative to night, or photoperiod, is a strong determining factor for the induction of ...
New System For Reporting Toxicity Burden Of Cancer Treatment
May 31, 2007 |
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A new system for reporting the relative toxicity burden of different cancer treatments is proposed in an Article published early Online and in the July edition of The Lancet Oncology.
Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
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People with a class of rare genetic disorders that often lead to brain damage, coma and death can be successfully treated with drugs, says a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's ...
Men charged with injecting others with HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 31, 2007 |
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Four men are in custody in the Netherlands, suspected of deliberately injecting homosexual men with HIV-infected blood.
Study: Cheetahs not monogamous
Biology /
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A British study found that female cheetahs in Tanzania are prone to infidelity -- having cubs with several different fathers.
Researchers discover inherited mutation for leukemia
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Researchers have discovered the first inherited gene mutation that increases a person's risk for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), one of the most common forms of the disease.
