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New treatment approach promising for lymphoma patients in the developing world

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created Jul 06, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preliminary results suggest that patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the developing world might benefit from a modified chemotherapy regimen, researchers say.





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Penn researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male ...


With amino acid diet, mice improve after brain injury

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Neurology researchers have shown that feeding amino acids to brain-injured animals restores their cognitive abilities and may set the stage for the first effective treatment for cognitive impairments suffered by people with ...


Type 2 diabetes gene predisposes children to obesity

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric researchers have found that a gene already implicated in the development of type 2 diabetes in adults also raises the risk of being overweight during childhood. The finding sheds light on the genetic origins of ...


New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers ...


Drug for erectile dysfunction improves heart function in young heart-disease patients

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Heart function significantly improved in children and young adults with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who have had the Fontan operation following treatment with sildenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction ...


Largest gene study of childhood IBD identifies 5 new genes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

In the largest, most comprehensive genetic analysis of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an international research team has identified five new gene regions, including one involved in a biological pathway ...


Europe and America couldn't be more different, right? Not so fast, says historian

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Marshalling data on everything from colon cancer to the accuracy of public clocks, Peter Baldwin illustrates how differences between the U.S. and Western Europe are much smaller than commonly supposed.


For young boys with cancer, testicular tissue banking may be option to preserve fertility

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For parents of children with cancer, the hopeful news is that pediatric survival rates have steadily improved for decades. Among the bad news—treatments that enable survival often cause infertility.


Changes in brain chemicals mark shifts in infant learning

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

When do you first leave the nest? Early in development infants of many species experience important transitions—such as learning when to leave the protective presence of their mother to start exploring the wider world. Neuroscientists ...


Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs based on engineered proteins represent a new frontier for pharmaceutical makers. Even after they discover a protein that may form the basis of the next wonder drug, however, they have ...



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