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'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses

Medicine & Health / Research

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A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new ...


Wolf recovery at crossroads in the Southwest (AP)

Wolf recovery at crossroads in the Southwest

Biology / Ecology

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(AP) -- A decade has passed since the federal government began releasing Mexican wolves into the wild in an effort to return the endangered animal to its historic range in the Southwest. It hasn't worked ...


Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies

Biology / Biotechnology

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One of the pioneers in research on sleep:wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the ...


Researchers restore some function to cells from cystic fibrosis patients

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before ...


Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost (AP)

Chicken of the sea? Tuna farming getting a boost

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Thousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim frantically around in netted areas of a small bay, stuffing themselves until they grow twice as heavy as in the wild. Is this sushi's ...


Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine's ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric ...


Keeping Mars Contained

Keeping Mars Contained

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

When robotic spacecraft bring a sample of Mars back to Earth, scientists will need specially-designed facilities to study the samples and prevent them from escaping to the outside world.


Scientists discover gene module underlying atherosclerosis development

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

By measuring the total gene activity in organs relevant for coronary artery disease (CAD), scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have identified a module of genes that is important for the recruitment ...


Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Weight loss reduces obstructive sleep apnoea in obese men, with the greatest effect seen in patients with severe disease, according to new research published in the British Medical Journal today.


Mice holding back muscular dystrophy research

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Humans and mice have previously unknown and potentially critical differences in one of the genes responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biology have found that t ...



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