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Splitting fluorescent protein helps image clusters in live cells

Medicine & Health / Research

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Half a protein is better than none, and in this case, it's way better than a whole one. A Rice University lab has discovered that dividing a particular fluorescent protein and using it as a tag is handy for analyzing the ...


Scientists discover 2 genes that drive aggressive brain cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer.


First adhere, then detach and glide forward

First adhere, then detach and glide forward

Medicine & Health / Research

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

How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important movement of the protozoa? ...


Scientists take important step toward the proverbial fountain of youth

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Going back for a second dessert after your holiday meal might not be the best strategy for living a long, cancer-free life say researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. That's because they've shown exactly ...


New, virulent strain of MRSA poses renewed antibiotic resistance concerns

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The often feared and sometimes deadly infections caused by MRSA - methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - are now moving out of hospitals and emerging as an even more virulent strain in community settings and on ath ...


Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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

Researchers used the placebo effect to successfully treat psoriasis patients with one quarter to one half of their usual dose of a widely used steroid medication, according to an early study published online today in the ...


Study casts doubt on provocative tuberculosis theory

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The tuberculosis bacterium is an insidious germ that can lie dormant for many years, then suddenly emerge and cause potentially fatal disease.


Researchers discover new ways to treat chronic infections

Researchers discover new ways to treat chronic infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York, have identified three key regulators required for the formation and development of biofilms. The discovery could lead to new ways of treating ...


UAB researchers link calorie intake to cell lifespan, cancer development

Researchers link calorie intake to cell lifespan, cancer development (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 7

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have discovered that restricting consumption of glucose, the most common dietary sugar, can extend the life of healthy human-lung cells and speed ...


Nanotech treatment gets boost with GSK licensing agreement

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- GlaxoSmithKline and Ann Arbor-based NanoBio Corporation announced today that they have signed an exclusive over-the-counter licensing agreement for NanoBio’s unique nanoemulsion treatment for cold sores in ...



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