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Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Fruit fly sperm makes females do housework after sex

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The sperm of male fruit flies are coated with a chemical 'sex peptide' which inhibits the female's usual afternoon siesta and compels her into an intense period of foraging activity.


Researchers find few side effects from radiation treatment given after prostate cancer surgery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

The largest single-institution study of its kind has found few complications in prostate cancer patients treated with radiotherapy after surgery to remove the prostate. Men in this study received radiotherapy after a prostate-specific ...


Male germ cells can be directly converted into other cell types

Male germ cells can be directly converted into other cell types

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers have found a way to directly convert spermatogonial stem cells, the precursors of sperm cells, into tissues of the prostate, skin and uterus. Their approach, described this month in the journal ...


Quick test for prostate cancer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

A new 3-minute test could help in diagnosing prostate cancer, the most common cancer in men in the UK, according to scientists.


Surgery improves survival for prostate cancer patients younger than 50

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

For men younger than 50 with prostate cancer, undergoing a radical prostatectomy can greatly increase their chances for long-term survival, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital.


Moves to make more prescription drugs available over the counter won't help patients or doctors

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Government plans to make certain prescription-only drugs for common problems available over the counter have overwhelmingly been given the thumbs down by healthcare professionals, reveals a survey of readers of the influential ...