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Urine protein test detects kidney dysfunction in transplant patients
Nov 26, 2008 |
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A noninvasive test that analyzes proteins in the urine can correctly identify patients whose transplanted kidneys are failing, according to a study appearing in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Ne ...
Newer, minimally invasive surgery to treat sciatica does not result in better outcomes
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A comparison of surgical treatments for sciatica finds that the minimally invasive procedure known as tubular diskectomy does not provide a significant difference in improvement of functional disability compared to the more ...
Who laid the first egg?
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 23, 2007 |
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A decade ago, Shuhai Xiao, associate professor of geosciences at Virginia Tech, and his colleagues discovered thousands of 600-million-year-old embryo microfossils in the Doushantuo Formation, a fossil site ...
Below-knee cast speeds up recovery for severe ankle sprain
Feb 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research led by the University of Warwick shows immobilising a severely sprained ankle in a below-knee cast for a short period of time promotes rapid recovery.
Ancient geologic escape hatches mistaken for tube worms
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Tubeworms have been around for millions of years and the fossil record is rich with their distinctive imprints. But a discovery made by U of C scientists found that what previous researchers had labeled as tubeworms in a ...
Scientists deconstruct process of bacterial division
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Apr 17, 2008 |
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Duke University researchers have made a major advance in understanding how bacteria divide. This could lead to new antibiotic treatments that prevent dangerous bacteria from multiplying.
Protein excreted in urine may be help in diagnosing kidney disease caused by HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 23, 2009 |
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New data collected at Columbia University Medical Center and by the Mount Sinai School of Medicine are helping researchers understand the extent to which a certain protein - NGAL - can play a significant role in marking chronic ...
Watch amazing footage of how nanotubes form
May 09, 2007 |
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A team of scientists led by the Department's Dr Stephan Hofmann have successfully produced live video footage that shows how carbon nanotubes, more than 10,000 times smaller in diameter than a human hair, ...
Brush anode and tubular cathode scale up microbial fuel cells
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Generating electricity from renewable sources will soon become as easy as putting a brush and a tube in a tub of wastewater. A carbon fiber, bottle-brush anode developed by Penn State researchers will provide more than enough ...
Virginia Tech students' research could give the Beach Boys a new surfing song
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Surfers in Hawaii had better beware. Four Virginia Tech engineering science and mechanics (ESM) students have completed “Surf Green” for their senior design project, and conclude that they can technically ...
Research shows Earth's earliest animal ecosystem was complex and included sexual reproduction
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Mar 20, 2008 |
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Two paleontologists studying ancient fossils they excavated in the South Australian outback argue that Earth’s ecosystem has been complex for hundreds of millions of years – at least since around 565 million ...
Gastric cancer with 3 pathological features
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Primary carcinoma of the stomach is almost always adenocarcinoma or signet ring cell carcinoma and there are few reports of choriocarcinoma or neuroendocrine cell carcinoma. We report a patient with adenocarcinoma of the ...
Nanotube formation captured on video
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 02, 2007 |
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A Cambridge University-led team of scientists have successfully produced live video footage that shows how carbon nanotubes, more than 10,000 times smaller in diameter than a human hair, form.
Sodium bicarbonate reduces incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy
May 13, 2009 |
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A meta-analysis of 17 randomised controlled trials has shown that pre-procedural treatment with sodium bicarbonate based hydration is the optimal treatment strategy to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The research, ...
Noble metal nanoparticles deposit on the mycelium of growing fungi--an approach to new catalytic systems?
Sep 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When fungi, such as penicillium, grow, they form a thread-like network, the mycelium. If the fungus is grown in a medium containing nanoscopic particles of a noble metal, the resulting mycelium is coated ...
