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'The pill' for him: Scientists find a hormonal on-and-off switch for male fertility

Medicine & Health / Research

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A new research report published in the December 2009 print issue of The FASEB Journal could one day give men similar type of control over their fertility that women have had since the 1960s. That's because scientists have f ...

Western diets turn on fat genes

Medicine & Health / Research

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Those extra helpings of gravy and dessert at the holiday table are even less of a help to your waistline than previously thought. According to a new research report recently appearing online in The FASEB Journal, a diet t ...

Seeing family for the holidays? Scientists discover how the stress might kill you

Medicine & Health / Research

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If you ever thought the stress of seeing your extended family over the holidays was slowly killing you -- bad news: a new research report in the December 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that you mi ...

Etiologic factors of gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma among men in Taiwan

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The gastric cardiac adenocarcinoma (GCA) is a very rare disease. In recent decades, however, the incidence of the GCA has increased dramatically in many Western countries. An increasing trend in GCA is also observed in municipal ...

Heparanase-specific shRNA: A novel therapeutic strategy in human gastric cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Nov 25, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Previous studies have indicated that the heparanase (HPA) is correlated with histopathological parameters and poor prognosis of gastric cancers. Although their efficiencies in inhibiting the expression of HPA, the traditional ...

A reductionist approach to HIV research

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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A major obstacle to HIV research is the virus's exquisite specialisation for its human host - meaning that scientists' traditional tools, like the humble lab mouse, can deliver only limited information. Now, a team of researchers ...

America's increasing food waste is laying waste to the environment

Space & Earth / Environment

Nov 25, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 3

Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and carbon dioxide emissions from decomposing food, impacts global climate change. In a new paper published in the open-access, ...

Immunity-Related Genes in Leafcutting Bee Uncovered

Biology / Plants & Animals

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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first analysis of immunity-related genes in a solitary bee has been conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.

Houses of the rising sun: Research sheds new light on Ancient Greeks

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Nov 25, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 3

New research at the University of Leicester has identified scores of Sicilian temples built to face the rising Sun, shedding light on the practices of the Ancient Greeks.

Is it right for drug companies to carry out their own clinical trials?

Medicine & Health / Other

3 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

In BMJ today two experts debate whether the conflict of interest is unacceptable when drug companies carry out clinical trials on their own medicines.

Ecologists sound out new solution for monitoring cryptic species

Biology / Ecology

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Ecologists have at last worked out a way of using recordings of birdsong to accurately measure the size of bird populations. This is the first time sound recordings from a microphone array have been translated into accurate ...

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