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Researchers illuminate mechanisms that regulate DNA damage control and replication

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created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have demonstrated important new roles for the protein kinase complex Cdc7/Dbf4 or Cdc7/Drf1 (Ddk) in monitoring damage control during DNA replication and reinitiating ...





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Blood test can detect brain damage in amateur boxers

Medicine & Health / Health

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

A blood test can now be used to detect brain damage in amateur boxers. Deterioration of nerve cells seems to occur even after a two-month break from boxing. This is shown in a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the ...


Smokers with common autoimmune disorder at higher risk for skin damage

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As if there weren't enough reasons to stop smoking, a team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another. A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director ...


Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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

Turning grape juice into wine is a stressful business for yeasts. Dr Agustin Aranda from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond to stress and is investigating ways to ...


Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...


Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage

Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage

Medicine & Health / Research

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

A key player in a cascade that likely begins with stress and leads to high blood pressure and kidney damage has been identified by researchers who say the finding may lead to better ways to control both.


Intensive glucose control halves complications of longstanding type 1 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Near-normal control of glucose beginning as soon as possible after diagnosis would greatly improve the long-term prognosis of type 1 diabetes, concludes a study published in the July 27, 2009, issue of the Archives of In ...


Herbal tonic for radiotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antioxidant extracts of the leaves of the Gingko biloba tree may protect cells from radiation damage, according to a study published in the International Journal of Low Radiation. The discovery may one day be used to hel ...


Researchers show new antioxidant could help treat cardiovascular disease

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Glasgow believe they have found a potential new treatment for cardiovascular disease which reduces blood pressure.


Two common forms of cancer have been genetically mapped for the first time

Scientists crack gene code of common cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 2

Two common forms of cancer have been genetically mapped for the first time, British scientists announced, in a major breakthrough in understanding the diseases.


New control system of the body discovered

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It has been known for a long time that T cells can attack the body's own structures and, if they infiltrate the CNS, cause diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). The T cells damage the myelin sheath, the material that ...



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