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New gene findings will help guide treatment in infant leukemia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Pediatric oncologists have identified specific genes, dubbed partner genes, that fuse with another gene to drive an often-fatal form of leukemia in infants. By more accurately defining specific partner genes, researchers ...


Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp (AP)

Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp

Space & Earth / Environment

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

(AP) -- A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, ...


For low-income families with special needs kids, where you live matters (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Health

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

In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family — particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income ...


Muscle cell infusion shown to strengthen sphincters in animals

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A new study shows that muscle cells grown in the lab can restore an intestine's ability to squeeze shut properly. The work, performed in dogs and rats, might ultimately help treat patients with conditions such as gastric ...


System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

System 97W's 'castle wall' breached, and opened up to dissipation

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

The "walls" of System 97W have been breached, and residents in the Western Pacific Ocean no longer have a tropical cyclone to worry about today. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center cancelled their "formation ...


Repeat negative CT scan for lung cancer does not encourage ex-smokers to resume the habit

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Assurance of a cancer-free status did not prompt people participating in a long-term computerized tomography (CT) lung-cancer screening program to pick up their cigarettes again, researchers wrote in a study published in ...


Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

(AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.


Fine-tuned

Fine-tuned: A wholly new approach to tuning a laser's frequency

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- For more than 30 years, scientists have been trying to harness the power of terahertz radiation. Tucked between microwaves and infrared rays on the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz rays ...


Severity of Injury, Not Legal Fees, Drives Cost of Workers' Compensation

Medicine & Health / Other

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The severity of injury and level of impairment -- not the workers' legal fees -- have the most effect on payout for workers' compensation claims among Illinois construction workers, researchers at the University ...


Risk of blood clot after surgery higher and lasts longer than previously thought

Medicine & Health / Other

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The risk of having a potentially fatal blood clot after surgery is higher and lasts for longer than had previously been thought, concludes new research published in the British Medical Journal today.



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