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St. John's wort collection mined for its medicinal value

A unique collection of St. John's wort (Hypericum) curated by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Ames, Iowa, is providing university collaborators with genetically diverse, well-documented sources of this h ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

St. John's wort not helpful treatment for irritable bowel syndrome, Mayo Clinic researchers say

A Mayo Clinic research study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology finds that St. John's wort is not an effective treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). While antidepressants are fr ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Revised criteria could reclassify many with mild Alzheimer dementia

Many patients currently diagnosed with very mild or mild Alzheimer disease dementia could potentially be reclassified as having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) under revised criteria for that condition, according to a report ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Coercive citation in academic publishing investigated

Two UAHuntsville faculty members from the College of Business were published today in the journal Science for their investigation of an important issue in research ethics.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Blood test accurately distinguishes depressed patients from healthy controls

The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool. In a paper published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, a team including Massachusetts Genera ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Prolific plant hunters provide insight in strategy for collecting undiscovered plant species

Today's alarmingly high rate of plant extinction necessitates an increased understanding of the world's biodiversity. An estimated 15 to 30 percent of the world's flowering plants have yet to be discovered, making efficiency ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Researchers identify key peptides that could lead to a universal vaccine for influenza

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of Southampton, University of Oxford and Retroscreeen Virology Ltd have discovered a series of peptides, found on the internal structures of influenza viruses that could lead ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Trial by fire: A landscape-scale experiment in restoring Ozark glades

A giant experiment is under way at the Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis' 2,000-acre outdoor laboratory for ecosystem studies.

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Routine follow-up scans can detect head and neck cancer recurrences earlier

Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Israel sets sights on next-generation Internet

(AP) -- Israel is often referred to as "Startup Nation," thanks to its long history of high-tech breakthroughs produced by scrappy little companies. But in one critical area, the speed of Internet connections, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vaccines to boost immunity where it counts, not just near shot site

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have created synthetic nanoparticles that target lymph nodes and greatly boost vaccine responses, said lead author Ashley St. John, Ph.D., a researcher at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Choreographing dance of electrons offers promise in pursuit of quantum computers

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the basement of Hoyt Laboratory at Princeton University, Alexei Tyryshkin clicked a computer mouse and sent a burst of microwaves washing across a silicon crystal suspended in a frozen ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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