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Glitches in DNA repair genes predict prognosis in pancreatic cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Variations in mismatch repair genes can help predict treatment response and prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer, according to research from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center presented today in ...





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Drug kills cells through novel mechanism

Drug kills cells through novel mechanism

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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MIT and Boston University researchers have discovered that the drug hydroxyurea kills bacteria by inducing them to produce molecules toxic to themselves — a conclusion that raises the possibility of finding ...


Successful stem cell therapy for treatment of eye disease

Medicine & Health / Research

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Newly published research, by investigators, at the North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI) in the journal Stem Cells reported the first successful treatment of eight patients with "Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency" (LSCD) ...


Introns: A mystery renewed

Introns: A mystery renewed

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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The sequences of nonsense DNA that interrupt genes could be far more important to the evolution of genomes than previously thought, according to a recent Science report by Indiana University Bloomington and ...


From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?

From fruit fly wings to heart failure -- why Not(ch)?

Medicine & Health / Research

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Almost a century after it was discovered in fruit flies with notches in their wings, the Notch signalling pathway may come to play an important role in the recovery from heart attacks. In a study published ...


Nerve-cell transplants help brain-damaged rats fully recover lost ability to learn

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Nerve cells transplanted into brain-damaged rats helped them to fully recover their ability to learn and remember, probably by promoting nurturing, protective growth factors, according to a new study.


Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic

Older dental fillings contain form of mercury unlikely to be toxic

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study on the surface chemistry of silver-colored, mercury-based dental fillings suggests that the surface forms of mercury may be less toxic than previously thought. It appears online in ACS' journal ...


Why cancer cells just won't die (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When cells experience DNA damage, they'll try to repair it. But if that fails, the damaged cells are supposed to self-destruct, a process called apoptosis. A cancer researcher at Robarts Research Institute at The University ...


New molecule identified in DNA damage response

New molecule identified in DNA damage response

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolution places the highest premium on reproduction, natural selection’s only standard for biological success. In the case of replicating cells, life spares no expense to ensure that the ...


Nanomedicine: ending 'hit and miss' design

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the promises of nanomedicine is the design of tiny particles that can home in on diseased cells and get inside them. Nanoparticles can carry drugs into cells and tag cells for MRI and other diagnostic ...


Bone marrow cells may significantly reduce risk of second heart attack

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cells from heart attack survivors' own bone marrow reduced the risk of death or another heart attack when they were infused into the affected artery after successful stent placement, according to research reported in the ...



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