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Study on origin of mutation that causes fatal familiar insomnia
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has studied the origin of the mutation that causes Fatal Familiar Insomnia (FFI). In the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country there is a high rate of carriers ...
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The peopling of the Americas: Genetic ancestry influences health
Aug 14, 2009 |
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At one time or another most of us wonder where we came from, where our parents or grandparents and their parents came from. Did our ancestors come from Europe or Asia? As curious as we are about our ancestors, for practical ...
Illuminating 'The Fredo Effect'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Kimberly Eddleston wants to know how the “family” in family-run businesses either serves to constrict or promote a firm’s success.
Revolutionary chefs? Not likely, shows physics research
Jul 10, 2008 |
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However much the likes of Jamie Oliver or Gordon Ramsay might want to shake up our diets, culinary evolution dictates that our cultural cuisines remain little changed as generations move on, shows new research, published ...
Genetic mutations identified for type of gastric cancer
Jun 03, 2007 |
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Researchers have identified novel genetic mutations that are linked to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer, with these mutations being due to both independent mutational events and common ancestry, according to a study in the ...
Facebook to welcome 200 millionth user
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Hot social networking website Facebook expects to welcome its 200 millionth user on Wednesday, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said.
New intranasal influenza vaccine triggers robust immunity with significantly less antigen
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 28, 2008 |
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A single administration of a novel, nasally delivered influenza vaccine elicited immune responses in ferrets that were more than 20 times higher than those generated by two injections of the currently approved vaccines, according ...
Inventor Doesn't Dare Say 'Perpetual Motion Machine'
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Thane Heins knows the track record of inventors that claim to make breakthroughs in power generation methods, especially when they claim to defy the second law of thermodynamics. Every so often, a (usually ...
Researchers identify the gene responsible for a rare form of congenital anemia
May 08, 2009 |
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The latest electronic edition of the journal Nature Genetics reports the discovery of a new gene responsible for congenital sideroblastic anemia, a rare disease, mainly characterized by the presence of ringed sideroblasts in the ...
Microsoft-Yahoo deal gets extended antitrust review
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Antitrust regulators at the Justice Department have requested more information about the planned search and advertising deal between Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., the companies said Friday.
WOWD, the real-time search engine
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...
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