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Troublesome, Non-native Squirrels Will Get Birth-control Shots

UC Davis: Troublesome, Non-native Squirrels Will Get Birth-control Shots

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created Oct 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Before someone gets bitten, or neighboring farmlands are invaded, UC Davis officials will launch a birth-control research program to curb a campus population explosion of non-native tree squirrels.





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Undetectable PSA after radiation is possible and predicts good patient outcomes

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers report that radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients. Patients who have an undetectable level of PSA ...


Study finds it's safe to treat HER2-positive breast cancer with trastuzumab and adjuvant radiation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)--typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However, a new study by researchers ...


Cancer survivors may not be getting the help they need to stop smoking

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

More than a quarter of cancer survivors who still smoke have not been advised to quit smoking by their health care providers in the last year, according to a study published by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in the ...


Researchers Unearths Earliest Western Sculptures and Astronomical Alignments in Peru

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created Apr 24, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 0

In one of the most significant archaeological and anthropological finds in recent history, Robert Benfer, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has discovered the earliest astronomical ...


The personified disk unearthed in Peru at the newly discovered Temple of the Fox

Oldest Known Art and Agriculture Calendar in New World Discovered

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 12, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 0

In one of the most significant archaeological and anthropological finds in recent history, Robert Benfer, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, has discovered the earliest ...


Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

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created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).


Radiation therapy after lumpectomy for breast cancer can be safely reduced to 4 weeks

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

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center found that radiation treatment for women who had a lumpectomy for early-stage breast cancer can be safely reduced to four weeks, instead of the usual six to seven weeks, by delivering ...


Carrier screening associated with decrease in incidence of cystic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An increase in the number of screened carriers for cystic fibrosis (CF) was associated with a decrease in the number of children born with CF in northeast Italy, according to a study in the December 16 issue of JAMA.


ID3 provides career counseling for blood progenitors, driving the creation of gamma-delta T cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like an unusually forceful career counselor, the Id3 protein decides the fate of a given white blood cell precursor, according to researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center. Their findings, published today in the journal Immunity, de ...


'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players of the "Immune Attack" video game measurably improved their understanding ...



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