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Engineer creating more sensitive, safer landmine detectors
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Long after a conflict, landmines remain buried underground unless someone can locate and detonate them. According to the United Nations (UN), there are more than 100 million landmines buried in 68 countries around the world. ...
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Gene signature for cancer stem cells may provide drug targets
Aug 03, 2009 |
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A subset of tumor cells that remain after a woman with breast cancer undergoes treatment with either anti-cancer or anti-hormone therapy shows a "gene signature" that could be used to define targets for developing new drugs ...
Genomic signature in blood identifies underlying viral infection
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Scientists have identified a genomic "signature" in circulating blood that reveals exposure to common upper respiratory viruses, like the cold or flu, even before symptoms appear.
Gene signature spells poor outcome
Aug 30, 2007 |
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Other than visually inspecting the disease, doctors have no genetic blueprint to classify melanomas, a lethal form of skin cancer. Tumors generally are ranked by how deeply the growth has invaded underlying skin tissue. ...
Scientists uncover role of cancer stem cell marker: controlling gene expression
Jan 17, 2008 |
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Scientists at Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have made an extraordinary advance in the understanding of the function of a gene previously shown to be part of an 11-gene “signature” that can predict which ...
Scientist Uses Tracer to Predict Ancient Ocean Circulation
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even though the Cretaceous Period ended more than 65 million years ago, clues remain about how the ocean water circulated at that time. Measuring a chemical tracer in samples of ancient fish scales, bones ...
Researchers Develop Method to Identify Sparticles in Big Bang Conditions
Jan 16, 2008 |
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Three Northeastern University researchers have proposed a new approach for the highly anticipated discovery of supersymmetric particles, often called sparticles. The methodology, which was published in the December 21 issue ...
Astrophysicists find fractal image of Sun's 'Storm Season' imprinted on Solar Wind
May 24, 2007 |
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Plasma astrophysicists at the University of Warwick have found that key information about the Sun’s 'storm season’ is being broadcast across the solar system in a fractal snapshot imprinted in the solar wind. This research ...
New research findings may enable earlier diagnosis of uterine cancer
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Cancer of the uterus (womb) is the commonest gynaecological malignancy in the West. Research carried out at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now identified a gene that may simplify future diagnosis.
Mathematicians Reveal Secrets of the Ancient and Universal Art of Symmetry
May 21, 2008 |
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Humans have used symmetrical patterns for thousands of years in both functional and decorative ways. Now, a new book by three mathematicians offers both math experts and enthusiasts a new way to understand ...
Stroma genomic signature predicts resistance to anthracyclin-based chemotherapy in breast cancer
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research in Molecular Oncology in Lausanne have developed a new test to predict how breast cancer patients respond to chemotherapy, ...
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