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'Moonlighting' molecules discovered

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than the lowly yeast, do not proportionally contain in our genome ...


Gastroenterologists explore relationship between bacteria in the gut and breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The human body contains billions of microorganisms, and microbial cells found in the human gut are estimated to outnumber human cells by ten-to-one in healthy adults. However, little is known about the ways in which these ...


Lung tissue generated from human embryonic stem cells

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists in Belgium have successfully differentiated human embryonic stem cells (hESC) into major cell types of lung epithelial tissue using a convenient air-liquid interface. The technique, published in BioMed Central's ...


Research: Baby's sleep position is major factor in 'flat-headedness'

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A baby's sleep position is the best predictor of a misshapen skull condition known as deformational plagiocephaly ? or the development of flat spots on an infant's head -- according to findings reported by ...


UM scientists create fruit fly model to help unravel genetics of human diabetes

Scientists create fruit fly model to help unravel genetics of human diabetes

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As rates of obesity, diabetes, and related disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the US in recent years, scientists are working from many angles to pinpoint the causes and contributing factors involved ...


Researchers 'notch' a victory toward new kind of cancer drug

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have devised an innovative way to disarm a key protein considered to be "undruggable," meaning that all previous efforts to develop a drug against it have failed. Their discovery, published in ...


Highlighting racial disparities increases coverage and effectiveness of health news

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Effective communication of health news is needed to raise awareness and encourage behavior changes in populations who experience health disparities, or inequalities in health status, according to the U.S. Department of Health ...


Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice ...


The indefinite self-renewal of specialized cells without the need for stem cell intermediates

The indefinite self-renewal of specialized cells without the need for stem cell intermediates

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is the indefinite expansion of adult cells possible without recourse to stem cell intermediates? The team led by Michael Sieweke at the Centre d'immunologie de Marseille Luminy, France has ...


Sex-based prenatal brain differences found

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Prenatal sex-based biological differences extend to genetic expression in cerebral cortices. The differences in question are probably associated with later divergences in how our brains develop. This is shown by a new study ...



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