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Scientists find new structural motif in key enzymes is essential to prevent autoimmune disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research ...





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Scientists reveal mechanism that regulates cancer-causing gene

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two University of Rhode Island scientists have revealed how a cancer causing protein is regulated by reactive oxygen species (ROS) -- a type of stress signal. Their findings provide new insight into how this protein normally ...


FDA approved leukemia drugs shows promise in ovarian cancer cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The drug Sprycel, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia, significantly inhibited the growth and invasiveness of ovarian cancer cells and also promoted their death, ...


Notorious cancer gene may work by destroying messenger

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 19, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new study suggests how a notorious cancer gene may contribute to tumor growth.The insight emerged from a long-running study of a protein called PMR1, the key player in an unusual mechanism that cells use to quickly stop ...


Professor: 'Depression is like the worst disease you can get' (Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Depression must be understood on both a biological and psychological level, says Robert Sapolsky.


Intel's Atom CE4100 SoC

Intel's Atom CE 4100 SoC Will Transform Internet TV (w/ Video)

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the IDF event, in Santa Clara, California, Intel announced the debut of their newest System-on-Chip (SoC), the Intel Atom processor CE4100. The CE4100 SoC is designed exclusively to facilitate ...


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Japanese Robot/Humanoid Innovations Update: Mankind's Best New Friend is Getting Better (Videos)

Electronics / Robotics

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined efforts of the University of Tokyo with private sector partners and the Information and Robot Technology Research Technology Initiative have moved one-step closer to creating ...


Family partnership, education interventions lower heart failure patients' salt consumption

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Educating family members of heart failure (HF) patients about the health benefits of consuming a low-salt diet and providing skills for support and communication can effectively reduce HF patients' sodium consumption, according ...


Glorious Dawn: Sagan, Hawking Sing (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (17) | comments 8

Astronomer and long time science advocate Carl Sagan once said that he was "not very good at singing songs." But on Nov. 9 in Washington D.C., his voice could be heard singing about the wonders of universe -- 13 years after ...


DU professor advises families to refocus for holidays to ease financial tension (w/ Video)

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Martha Wadsworth, associate professor of psychology at the University of Denver (DU), says during the holidays families should focus on what has been proven to matter most in psychological research - quality family time.


Mayo Clinic clinicians develop new decision aid tool to help type 2 diabetes patients (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Mayo Clinic clinicians and designers, along with colleagues from other institutions, have developed and tested a tool to involve patients more in their diabetes treatment and medication choices. The tool, a set of decision ...



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