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New approach to cancer: Find most tightly controlled genes
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Scientists at a Duke University medical school in Singapore have found a new way to study cancer that could be very useful for developing targeted therapies against cancer and possibly many other diseases.
Building better bone replacements with bacteria
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Society ...
Sewing DNA thread with lasers, hooks and microbobbins
Jul 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese scientists have made a micro-sized sewing machine to sew long threads of DNA into shape. The work published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Lab on a Chip demonstrates a uniq ...
Low-sodium advice for asthmatics should be taken with a grain of salt
Jul 15, 2008 |
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Following a low-sodium diet does not appear to have any appreciable impact of asthma control as once thought, according to new research.
Virtual solution to driving phobias
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nervous drivers are being helped to overcome their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that transport them to a three-dimensional virtual world.
Researchers discover a new pathway that regulates inflammation
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Inflammation, the body's earliest response to damage or infection, can aid the healing process and trigger an immune response against invading pathogens. But inflammation gone awry can also undermine health, ...
The ends of mRNAs may prevent the beginnings of cancer
Aug 20, 2009 |
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The tail ends of cellular protein templates, regions often thought relatively inconsequential, may actually play a role in preventing normal cells from becoming cancerous.
Unlocking the key to human fertility
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Scientists at Leeds and Bradford have discovered a unique 'DNA signature' in human sperm, which may act as a key that unlocks an egg's fertility and triggers new life.
Researchers achieve breakthrough in effort to develop tiny biological fuel cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 19, 2009 |
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University of Georgia researchers have developed a successful way to grow molecular wire brushes that conduct electrical charges, a first step in developing biological fuel cells that could power pacemakers, cochlear implants ...
Too much calcium in blood may increase risk of fatal prostate cancer
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Men who have too much calcium in their bloodstreams may have an increased risk of fatal prostate cancer, according to a new analysis from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin.
Direct evidence that bioclocks control chromosome coiling
Biology /
Nov 21, 2007 |
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There is a new twist on the question of how biological clocks work. In recent years, scientists have discovered that biological clocks help organize a dizzying array of biochemical processes in the body. Despite ...
Scientists manipulate ripples in graphene, enabling strain-based graphene electronics (w/ Video)
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Graphene is nature's thinnest elastic material and displays exceptional mechanical and electronic properties. Its one-atom thickness, planar geometry, high current-carrying capacity and thermal ...
Shade myths: How to really stay safe
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Slather on some SPF 30 sunscreen and you know your nose won't turn pink.
Team develops novel method for nanostructured polymer thin films
Sep 14, 2007 |
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All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs (chemically distinct polymers linked together) in order ...
To keep muscles strong, the 'garbage' has to go
Dec 01, 2009 |
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In order to maintain muscle strength with age, cells must rid themselves of the garbage that accumulates in them over time, just as it does in any household, according to a new study in the December issue of Cell Metabolism. In the ...
