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A rescued moon bear peers out of a cage at the Animals Asia Moon Bear Rescue Centre

China 'moon bear' agony persists, despite successes

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

One by one, 13 sick and traumatised Asian black bears squeezed into tiny cages are pulled from a truck, a lifetime of agonising torture now over.





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New pathology tests double sensitivity to detect bile duct and pancreatic cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pancreatic cancer and bile duct cancer are difficult to diagnose and often fatal because they are discovered in the advanced stages of the disease. Researchers have developed new tests that double the ability to detect bile ...


Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research

Cause of common chronic diarrhea revealed in new research

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A common type of chronic diarrhoea may be caused by a hormone deficiency, according to new research published in the November issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The author ...


Windmill in nothern Germany

Germany paves way to offshore wind farms

Technology / Energy

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The German government on Wednesday agreed a plan to set aside special zones off its northern coast for a host of wind farms that could provide energy for more than eight million homes.


What relates to the short-term effectiveness of biliary drainage?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biliary drainage is performed as a palliative treatment of hilar cholangiocarcinoma. The reduction of serum bilirubin is usually the hallmark of successful biliary drainage. However, some patients may have persistent jaundice ...


Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease

Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have linked an overactive response by one of the immune system's key weapons against infection - natural killer, or NK, cells - to the onset of biliary atresia in infants, a disease where blocked ...


Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body

Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...


Researchers find high-dose therapy for liver disease not effective

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A national team of researchers led by scientists at Mayo Clinic has found that a common treatment for primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver disease, is not helpful for patients, according to a study published this ...


Winds of change

Winds of change

Technology / Energy

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Wind farms can be self-sustaining, concluded two Northeastern finance professors in a recent journal article. A few measures to increase productivity and decrease equipment costs could reduce the current dependence ...


Parasite growth hormone pushes human cells to liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have found that the human liver fluke (Opisthorchis viverrini) contributes to the development of bile duct (liver) cancer by secreting granulin, a growth hormone that is known to cause uncontrolled growth of cel ...


'2-faced' Bioacids Put a New Face on Carbon Nanotube Self-Assembly

'2-faced' Bioacids Put a New Face on Carbon Nanotube Self-Assembly

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but actually trying to organize the atomic scale rods ...



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