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Enhancement of pancreatic cancer on dynamic CT: Does it correlate with angiogenesis and fibrosis?
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Prognosis of pancreatic cancer is poor. Recently, it has been clarified that the grade of tumor angiogenesis is a useful prognostic marker in human cancer, including pancreatic cancer. To establish the grade of tumor angiogenesis ...
Survey highlights support for nanotech in health fields but disapproval elsewhere
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 13, 2008 |
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A landmark national survey on the use of nanotechnology for "human enhancement" shows widespread public support for applications of the new technology related to improving human health. However, the survey also shows broad ...
Study shows increased education on nanotech, human enhancement increases public concerns
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2008 |
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Educating the public about nanotechnology and other complex but emerging technologies causes people to become more "worried and cautious" about the new technologies' prospective benefits, according to a recent study by researchers ...
Religion and the narrative of biological science
May 12, 2008 |
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There exists much ethical controversy brought about by advances in biology and medicine and the relationship to religion. In a new essay in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Laurie Zoloth takes an approach to medica ...
Brain-boosting drugs OK for healthy adults, professor says
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As scientists and pharmaceutical companies continue developing drugs to treat brain diseases, there’s a chance those pills will have some benefit to healthy minds. They might increase alertness, focus concentration ...
Selective attention increases both gain and feature selectivity of the human auditory cortex
Sep 19, 2007 |
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On Sept. 19, a research report by Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering scientists will appear in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE, showing that selective attention increases both ...
A potential targets for the prevention or treatment of esophageal carcinoma
Oct 29, 2008 |
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Expression of Livin in fresh esophageal cancer tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blotting and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), VEGF by Its correlation Western blotting and ...
In vitro antibody production enables HIV infection detection in window period -- key to safer blood
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Researchers in Israel and Kenya have shown that the contribution of variable degrees of immune suppression, either due to existing chronic infections such as parasitemias and/or nutrition, in different populations may influence ...
Virtual Reality May Help Arm Minds for Combat
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth received a federal grant to fund research examining brain performance enhancement in America’s fighting men and women through the use of state-of-the-art ...
To train the eye, keep it simple
Mar 31, 2005 |
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Researchers find that human eyes learn best in an uncluttered setting If athletes, soldiers and drivers must perform every day in visually messy environments, common sense suggests that any visual training they receive should i ...
Researchers seek to focus attention upon the distributors of human growth hormone
Jun 17, 2008 |
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A great deal of attention has been paid to the use of growth hormone (hGH) by elite athletes and a few vocal entertainers. But underlying this tip of the iceberg is a $2 billion dollar a year business, likely involving hundreds ...
Living longer and happier
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A new study from the University of Missouri may shed light on how to increase the level and quality of activity in the elderly. In the study, published in this week's edition of Public Library of Science - ONE, MU resear ...
Aromatherapy may make you feel good, but it won't make you well
Mar 03, 2008 |
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One of the most comprehensive investigations done to date on aromatherapy failed to show any improvement in either immune status, wound healing or pain control among people exposed to two often-touted scents.
‘Mini-rivers’ may detect explosives, toxins better than other types of sensors
Nov 14, 2007 |
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A casual conversation between two professors on a train from Oxford to London has led to the development of a new type of sensor that may be markedly better at sniffing out explosives, cocaine or environmental toxins than ...
Hybrid cars too quiet for pedestrian safety? Add engine noise, say human factors researchers
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Important pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid and electric vehicles. These vehicles are relatively quiet—they do not emit the sounds pedestrians and bicyclists are accustomed to hearing as a vehicle ...
