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Researchers Examine How Viruses Destroy Bacteria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Viruses are well known for attacking humans and animals, but some viruses instead attack bacteria. Texas A&M University researchers are exploring how hungry viruses, armed with transformer-like weapons, attack bacteria, which ...


Researchers create compound that boosts anti-inflammatory fat levels

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

UC Irvine pharmacology researchers have discovered a way to boost levels of a natural body fat that helps decrease inflammation, pointing to possible new treatments for allergies, illnesses and injuries related to the immune ...


Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp

Before Darkness Falls: Cassini to Scan Enceladus on Winter's Cusp

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft will fly by Saturn's moon Enceladus this weekend for a last peek at the intriguing "tiger stripes" before winter darkness blankets the area for several years.


Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.


Vaccine against chlamydia not far away

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When a woman becomes infected with Chlamydia, the first white blood cells that arrive at the scene to fight the infection are not the most effective. This is shown by a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy. This discovery ...


New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 5 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, ...


Investigational neurostimulation device aims to reduce stroke damage

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stroke researchers at the Methodist Neurological Institute in Houston are the only ones in Texas to offer a novel device that might extend the acute stroke treatment window from three hours to 24.


Study: CT scans rule out heart attacks faster

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study suggests that a type of "super X-ray" can give a faster, cheaper way to tell whether a chest pain sufferer is really having a heart attack.


Finding a protective mechanism for retinal cells could save sight

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Determining what triggers the death of retinal cells, called photoreceptors, could hold the key to stopping blinding disorders caused by a wide range of eye diseases, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November ...


Causative gene of a rare disorder discovered by sequencing only protein-coding regions of genome

For the first time, scientists discover causative gene of a rare disorder by exome sequencing

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UW researchers have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a rare disorder. The finding demonstrates the usefulness ...



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