Researchers test old drug with new hopes for pre-eclampsia cure

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Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are trying to determine whether a drug already available to heart patients can also be used to delay delivery in expectant mothers with severe preeclampsia. If so, this groundbreaking study would give hope to hundreds of thousands of women who experience this life-threatening disorder each year.


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Scientists develop new cancer-killing compound from salad plant

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Washington have updated a traditional Chinese medicine to create a compound that is more than 1,200 times more specific in killing certain kinds of cancer cells than currently ...

Mouse study shows fetal heart can grow cells to repair disease damage

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study in mice shows the ability of the fetal heart to grow healthy cells to compensate for cardiac tissue lost to disease. The mice are normal at birth and their hearts function well during their ...

Smell is 'noisy' and 'in shades of grey': Scientists debunk ancient lock-and-key theory

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University of Manchester scientists have overturned the 2,500-year-old theory that smell is detected by simple lock-and-key codes – using maggots with only one working olfactory sensory neuron (OSN), a nose with one nerve ...

Methamphetamine Enters Brain Quickly and Lingers

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using positron emission tomography (PET) to track tracer doses of methamphetamine in humans’ brains, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory find ...

Scientists trace molecular origin of proportional development

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When it comes to embryo formation in the lowly fruit fly, a little molecular messiness actually leads to enhanced developmental precision, according to a study in the Oct. 14 Developmental Cell from Cincinnati Children's ...