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Mystery of golden ratio explained

Researcher explains mystery of golden ratio

Other Sciences / Mathematics

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The Egyptians supposedly used it to guide the construction the Pyramids. The architecture of ancient Athens is thought to have been based on it. Fictional Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon tried to unravel ...


Scientists take a step towards uncovering the histone code

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have determined the structures of two enzymes that customize histones, the spool-like proteins around which DNA coils inside the cell.


Twin study identifies factors associated with skin aging

Medicine & Health / Research

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Smoking, being heavier, not using sunscreen and having had skin cancer appear to be associated with sun damage and aging of skin on the face, according to report based on a study of twins in the December issue of Archives of ...


Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry

Genetic study clarifies African and African-American ancestry

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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People who identify as African-American may be as little as 1 percent West African or as much as 99 percent, just one finding of a large-scale, genome-wide study of African and African-American ancestry released ...


Genomes of identical twins reveal epigenetic changes that may play role in lupus

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Identical twins look the same and are nearly genetically identical, but environmental factors and the resulting cellular changes could cause disease in one sibling and not the other. In a study published online in Genome Re ...


Gefitinib improves survival compared with standard chemotherapy in lung cancer patients with genetic mutation

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients with the most common form of lung cancer (non-small-cell lung cancer) who have mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene have significantly improved progression-free survival if they are treated ...


Microcephaly genes associated with human brain size

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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A group of Norwegian and American researchers have shown that common variations in genes associated with microcephaly - a neuro-developmental disorder in which brain size is dramatically reduced - may explain differences ...


Protein that represses genes may play role in cell growth

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Cornell study shows the protein not only activates some genes involved in the regulation of cell growth and signaling, but also may play a role in preventing cancers by inhibiting cell proliferation.


Gene therapy makes mice breath easier

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered a new gene therapy that may prevent the progression of emphysema. The study, which appears on-line in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, descri ...


Study: Sticking with heart rehab boosts survival

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Medicare beneficiaries with heart disease who attended more cardiac rehabilitation sessions had fewer heart attacks and were less likely to die within four years than those who went to rehab less, researchers ...



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