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Volunteers attempt to save Pilot whales in May

More than 20 whales die in mass beaching in New Zealand

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 6 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than 20 pilot whales died in a mass beaching in New Zealand Sunday while another 40 were successfully herded back to sea, conservation officials said.


First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US (AP)

First case of highly drug-resistant TB found in US

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created 18 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(AP) -- It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.


Critical protein helps mend damaged DNA

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In order to preserve our DNA, cells have developed an intricate system for monitoring and repairing DNA damage. Yet precisely how the initial damage signal is converted into a repair response remains unclear. Researchers ...


A novel gene found for childhood-onset asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pediatric researchers have identified a novel gene involved in childhood asthma, in one of the largest gene studies to date of the common respiratory disease. Because the gene, called DENND1B, affects cells and signaling ...


Broken genomes behind breast cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back together in 24 cases of breast cancer.


Britain bans 'legal high' drugs

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Britain banned several drugs known as "legal highs" Wednesday amid mounting public concern about their health risks.


Researchers find new patterns in H1N1 deaths

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Brazilian researchers have performed the first-ever autopsy study to examine the precise causes of death in victims of the H1N1 swine flu.


The number of 85-year-olds will increase by a third by 2020

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Health and social care provision needs to be put in place for a large increase (33%) in the 85 year old population in the UK by 2020, according to a study published today in the British Medical Journal.


Seeing how evolutionary mechanisms yield biological diversity

Biology / Evolution

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

An international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish.


How flu succeeds: Investigators identify host factors that help multiple influenza strains thrive

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham), Mount Sinai School of Medicine (Mount Sinai), the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation ...



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