Diesel exhaust exposure biomarker found
Jul 31, 2007 |
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A Japanese-U.S. science team has created the first test to detect a biomarker for human exposure to diesel exhaust, a probable human carcinogen.
National blood donor pool significantly smaller than previously thought
Jul 31, 2007 |
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According to a new study in TRANSFUSION, the number of individuals in the U.S. who are eligible to donate blood may be smaller than previously believed — approximately 60 million fewer people. The new figures suggest that ...
Study says normal but out-of-control enzyme may be culprit that signals some cells to become cancer
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Working with human colorectal cancer cells, a University of Minnesota team, led by cancer biologists Zigang Dong and Ann Bode, has found the potential culprit among a network of enzymes that relay signals inside cells to ...
Progress to Launch to Space Station
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Jul 31, 2007 |
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A new Progress cargo carrier is scheduled to launch to the International Space Station at 1:34 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 2, with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard. ...
New databases put wings on search for bipolar risk genes
Jul 31, 2007 |
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A novel, free, public online database opening this week should greatly speed efforts to find genes linked to increase risk of bipolar disorder. The Bipolar Disorder Phenome Database—a joint project of Johns Hopkins Psychiatry ...
MIT aims for kinder, gentler scallop dredge
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Jul 31, 2007 |
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Cliff Goudey's version of the better mousetrap is the better scallop dredge. The director of MIT Sea Grant's Center for Fisheries Engineering Research wants to build a better dredge-even though he's the first to admit that ...
Hydrogen peroxide could cause absorbable sutures to come apart
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Cleaning absorbable sutures with hydrogen peroxide dramatically decreases their tensile strength, researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Promising treatment target found in Hodgkin lymphoma
Jul 31, 2007 |
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have identified a protein that prevents the body's immune system from recognizing and attacking Hodgkin lymphoma cells. Based on this finding, the researchers are now investigating ...
Testing the force of a shark's bite
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Scientists are building a three dimensional computer model to test the ‘bite force’ of the Great White shark using data from a shark caught in beach nets off Australia's NSW Central Coast.
Huntington's disease study shows animal models on target
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An international team of researchers has published a benchmark study showing that gene expression in several animal models of Huntington’s Disease (HD) closely resembles that of human HD patients.
Measuring nectar from eucalypts
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The effect of logging on canopy nectar production in tall forest trees has for the first time been investigated by NSW DPI researchers, with funding from the Honeybee Program of the Rural Industries Research and Development ...
Screening MRI allows detection of more breast cancers in high-risk women
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables radiologists to accurately identify tumors missed by mammography and ultrasound, according to a multicenter study comparing the three screening methods in women at high-risk for breast ...
