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Seeing Nanotubes Targeting Tumors In Vivo
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 27, 2008 |
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Carbon nanotubes have significant potential for delivering both imaging and therapeutic agents to tumors, but there is still a need to better quantify how well these rolled-up sheets of graphite can target tumors. Now, thanks ...
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Live fast, die young? Maybe not
Mar 09, 2009 |
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The theory that a higher metabolism means a shorter lifespan may have reached the end of its own life, thanks to a study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. The study, led by Lobke Vaanholt (University ...
Reproductive life of male mice is increased by living with females
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Living with a female of its species can extend the reproductive life of a male mouse by a dramatic 20 percent, according to a study reported at the online site of the journal Biology of Reproduction.
Biologists identify the molecular basis of high-altitude adaptation in mice
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have long known how adaptive evolution works. New mutations arise within a population and those that confer some benefits to the organism increase in frequency and eventually become ...
Living longer and happier
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A new study from the University of Missouri may shed light on how to increase the level and quality of activity in the elderly. In the study, published in this week's edition of Public Library of Science - ONE, MU resear ...
Stem cells may solve mystery of early pregnancy breast cancer protection
Sep 16, 2008 |
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The answer to why an early pregnancy seems to protect against breast cancer could rest with a decrease in stem cells found after animals have given birth, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears ...
Mice living in sandy hills quickly evolved lighter coloration
Aug 27, 2009 |
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In a vivid illustration of natural selection at work, scientists at Harvard University have found that deer mice living in Nebraska's Sand Hills quickly evolved lighter coloration after glaciers deposited ...
Social isolation makes strokes more deadly, study finds
Mar 23, 2009 |
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New research in mice suggests that social isolation may promote more damaging inflammation in the brain during a stroke. Researchers at Ohio State University found that all the male mice that lived with a female partner survived ...
Exercise can aid recovery after brain radiation
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 18, 2009 |
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Exercise is a key factor in improving both memory and mood after whole-brain radiation treatments in rodents, according to data presented by Duke University scientists at the Society for Neuroscience meeting.
Study shows how social support may protect brain during stroke
Nov 18, 2008 |
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New research in mice suggests that high levels of social support may provide some protection against strokes by reducing the amount of damaging inflammation in the brain.
Light at night linked to symptoms of depression in mice
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Too much light at night can lead to symptoms of depression, according to a new study in mice. Researchers found that mice housed in a lighted room 24 hours a day exhibited more depressive symptoms than did similar mice that ...
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