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Study shows how defective DNA repair triggers 2 neurological diseases

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have teased apart the biological details distinguishing two related neurological diseases—ataxia telangiectasia-like disease (ATLD) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS).





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Screening method able to identify newborns with blood disorder that affects immune system

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

The testing of DNA from a statewide blood screening program for newborns in Wisconsin was able to identify infants with T-cell lymphopenia, a blood disorder that affects the child's immune system, a disease in which early ...


Mathematician John Todd dead at 96

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mathematician John Todd, a pioneer in numerical analysis and computing, died Thursday at age 96 at his home in Pasadena, Calif.


States expand newborn screening for life-threatening disorders

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Regardless of where they are born in the United States, nearly all newborns now receive mandated screening for many life-threatening disorders, a remarkable public health advance of the last four years, according to a new ...


Nano-Armor: Protecting the Soldiers of Tomorrow

Nano-Armor: Protecting the Soldiers of Tomorrow

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created Dec 10, 2005 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (115) | comments 0

An Israeli company has recently tested one of the most shock-resistant materials known to man. Five times stronger than steel and at least twice as strong as any impact-resistant material currently in use ...



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