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Calorie restriction and exercise show breast cancer prevention differences in postmenopausal women

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have identified pathways by which a reduced-calorie diet and exercise can modify a postmenopausal woman's risk of breast cancer.





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'One keypad per child' lets schoolchildren share screen to learn math

'One keypad per child' lets schoolchildren share screen to learn math (w/ Video)

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created 8 hours ago | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The slogan is "one laptop per child." But it will be a long time before that is true everywhere in the world. Meanwhile, a new device aims to make a situation that is common in poor areas - one computer shared ...


Tiny molecule slows progression of Lou Gehrig's disease in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that a molecule produced naturally by muscles in response to nerve damage can reduce symptoms and prolong life in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ...


Finding the Achilles' heel of cancer

Finding the Achilles' heel of cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A never-approved drug developed to prevent the death of nerve cells after a stroke can efficiently kill cancer cells while keeping normal cells healthy and intact, an international team led by a Tel Aviv University ...


Newly discovered mechanism by which blood clots form

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Polyphosphate from blood platelets plays a key role in inflammation and the formation of blood clots, scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown. The study, which is presented in the prestigious ...


Extended youthfulness as a prevention for Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Research

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Therapies that can keep us younger longer might also push back the clock on Alzheimer's disease, suggests a new study of mice in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication.


The battle of the sexes

Ovaries must suppress their inner male

Biology / Biotechnology

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For an ovary to remain an ovary, the female organ has to continuously suppress its inner capacity to become male. That's the conclusion of a study in the December 11th issue of the journal Cell revealing that t ...


Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease

Delaying the aging process protects against Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Aging is the single greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. In their latest study, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that simply slowing the aging process in mice prone to ...


Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered

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Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...


From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?

From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?

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Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role in the recovery from heart attacks. In a study published ...


'Mini' transplant may reverse severe sickle cell disease

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Results of a preliminary study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and Johns Hopkins show that "mini" stem cell transplantation may safely reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults.



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