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The genius of a disorderly enzyme

(PhysOrg.com) -- USC Dornsife researchers uncover how the inefficiency of activation-induced deoxycytidine deaminase is good for your immune system.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Sloppier copier' surprisingly efficient

The "sloppier copier" discovered by USC biologists is also the best sixth man in the DNA repair game, an article in the journal Nature shows.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3




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HIV prevention research named scientific breakthrough of the year by Science

The HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 study, led by Myron S. Cohen, MD of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named the 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Streamlining chip design

In the same way that computing power moved from mainframes to the desktop in the 1980s, it’s now moving from the desktop to handheld devices. But that’s putting new demands on chip designers. Because ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Strong bonds between rare-earth metals and graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transistors and information storage devices are getting smaller and smaller. But, to go as small as the nanoscale, scientists must understand how just a few atoms of metals behave when deposited ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

HIV prevention: Drugs even more effective than thought

Using HIV treatment drugs to reduce the risk of spreading the AIDS virus may be even more effective than thought, according to new analysis from a landmark trial presented here on Monday.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

To cheers, HIV drugs trial sets AIDS campaign on new course

Researchers at a world AIDS conference Monday stood up to cheer a trial proving that early use of drugs to treat HIV all but eliminates the risk of transmitting the killer virus through heterosexual intercourse.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

J.C. Penney names Apple retail exec as new CEO

(AP) -- J.C. Penney Co. is looking to bite into the magic of Apple.

Technology / Business

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Treating HIV-infected people with antiretrovirals significantly reduces transmission to partners

Men and women infected with HIV reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners by taking oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, according to findings from a large-scale ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People who overuse credit believe products have unrealistic properties

A University of Missouri researcher says people who overuse credit have very different beliefs about products than people who spend within their means. Following a new study, Marsha Richins, Myron Watkins Distinguished Professor ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Shockable cardiac arrests are more common in public than home

Cardiac arrests that can be treated by electric stimulation, also known as shockable arrests, were found at a higher frequency in public settings than in the home, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

malERA: a research agenda for malaria eradication

A collection of 12 reviews, comprising three reflective pieces and nine research and development agendas, is published as part of a sponsored Supplement on 25 January 2011 in PLoS Medicine. This Collection highlights the ou ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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