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Cuba criticizes Microsoft blocking Messenger
May 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Cuba criticized Microsoft on Friday for blocking its Messenger instant messaging service on the island and in other countries under U.S. sanctions, calling it yet another example of Washington's "harsh" ...
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China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town
Aug 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an official said Sunday.
Strategy for mismatched stem cell transplants triggers protection against graft-vs.-host disease
Oct 07, 2009 |
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A new technique being tested in stem-cell transplants from imperfectly matched donors has revealed a striking, unforeseen response that can suppress graft-versus-host disease, a common and dangerous complication of mismatched ...
New treatment mechanisms for schizophrenia
Jan 08, 2008 |
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The field of schizophrenia research has come alive with many exciting new potential approaches to treatment. From the introduction of chlorpromazine to the current day, all treatments approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Support cells, not neurons, lull the brain to sleep
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Brain cells called astrocytes help to cause the urge to sleep that comes with prolonged wakefulness, according to a study in mice, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The cells release adenosine, a chemical known ...
Infertility and the battle of the sexes
Sep 08, 2009 |
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About 10% of all couples hoping for a baby have fertility problems. Environmentalists say pollution is to blame and psychiatrists point to our stressful lifestyles, but evolutionary biologist Dr. Oren Hasson of Tel Aviv University's ...
Ship Excavation Sheds Light on Napoleon's Attack on the Holy Land
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 05, 2007 |
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Which navy commissioned the boat that sunk off the coast of Acre 200 years ago, which battles was it involved in and how did it end up at the bottom of the sea? The recent findings of marine archaeologists ...
Forgotten but not gone - how the brain takes care of things
Nov 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Thanks to our ability to learn and to remember, we can perform tasks that other living things can not even dream of. However, we are only just beginning to get the gist of what really goes ...
Scientists find key to keeping killer T cells in prime shape for fighting infection, cancer
Nov 30, 2008 |
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Like tuning a violin to produce strong, elegant notes, researchers at The Wistar Institute have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body's killer immune system cells which they believe can be selectively targeted ...
Do doodle: Research shows doodling can help memory recall
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Feb 27, 2009 |
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Doodling while listening can help with remembering details, rather than implying that the mind is wandering as is the common perception. According to a study published today in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology, subjec ...
Radiation added to hormone therapy increases survival for men with prostate cancer
Sep 22, 2008 |
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For men with locally advanced prostate cancer the addition of radiation treatment to anti-androgen hormone therapy reduces the risk of dying of prostate cancer by 50 percent compared to those who have anti-androgen hormone ...
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