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New insights into growth factor's role in brain development

Medicine & Health / Research

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

New research sheds light on a neural growth factor called proBDNF, finding that it is present and potentially active during the perinatal period when the brain's circuitry and memory-encoding regions are being refined. Led ...


Researchers discover 'on switch' for cell death signaling mechanism

Biology /

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have determined the structure of the interactions between proteins that form the heart of the death inducing signaling complex (DISC), which is responsible for ...





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Deaths related to narcotic pain relievers have doubled since 1991: Study

Medicine & Health / Health

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Deaths from opioid use in Ontario have doubled -- from 13.7 deaths per million residents in 1991 to 27.2 deaths per million residents in 2004 -- according to a new study led by physicians at St. Michael's Hospital and the ...


Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab

Scientists Generate Black Hole Radiation in the Lab

Physics / Plasma Physics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Due to their violent nature and long distance from Earth, black holes and their surroundings are very difficult to study. Currently, the main method to observe a black hole is to use an X-ray ...


Delinquent boys at increased risk of premature death and disability by middle age

Medicine & Health / Health

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Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates.


H1N1 more risky than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to ...


Drug shows positive responses, low side-effects in multiple myeloma

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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NEW ORLEANS ― The second-generation proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib is showing noteworthy response rates and low levels of adverse side effects among multiple myeloma patients in a phase II clinical trial, researchers ...


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India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor

Technology / Engineering

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.


New drug shows promise for those with clotting disorders

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study provides welcome news for patients with a common clotting disorder known as venous thromboembolism (VTE).


Multiple myeloma patients experience high response rate with new 3-drug combination

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new three-drug combination has shown in a phase 1/2 clinical trial that it is a "highly effective regimen" in the treatment of patients newly diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of white blood cells in bone marrow, ...


Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. The results will be presented at the annual ...


Childhood cancer survivor study report: Late recurrence is a risk for some cancers

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.



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