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NASA Successfully Tests Parachute for Ares Rocket
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket. The test took place Feb. 28 at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz.
'Sister' factors promote survival of blood-system stem cells
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Feb 05, 2009 |
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Stem cells of any kind are defined by their eternal nature, reproducing themselves and providing a pool of cells from which more differentiated tissues arise.
Test in Development of NASA's New Crew Rocket is Successful
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK ...
Virtual communities may provide valuable support for psoriasis patients
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Online support communities appear to offer both a valuable educational resource and a source of psychological and social support for individuals with psoriasis, according to a report in the January issue of Archives of De ...
African-Americans have worse prognosis at colorectal cancer diagnosis
Jan 16, 2009 |
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African-American patients with colorectal were more likely to present with worse pathological features at diagnosis and to have a worse five-year survival rate compared to Caucasian patients, according to a study conducted ...
Ahead of the games: Test will catch sports cheats on new endurance drugs
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Avoiding detection just got harder for drug cheats who try to use a particular range of untested, but potentially enhancing, compounds. In the past, tests have been developed once a drug is known to be in circulation. Now ...
Ariane rocket puts telecom satellites into orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission to place two multi-role telecommunications satellites into geostationary ...
Researcher finds most triple-negative breast cancers express muc-1 target
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Research out of the Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center has found that the vast majority of triple negative breast cancers express the MUC-1 target. This first-of-its-kind finding, presented ...
Examination of widely used antimicrobial compound reveals new strategies to fight malaria
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Dec 10, 2008 |
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Scientists working on a common antimicrobial compound with antimalarial activity have discovered a range of new therapeutic strategies to combat malaria. The research, published by Cell Press in the December 11th issue of ...
Mix of taiji, cognitive therapy and support groups benefits those with dementia
Dec 04, 2008 |
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Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers ...
Are chemokine and cytokine effective markers of chronic pancreatitis?
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a chronic clinical disorder characterized by irreversible damage to the pancreas, the development of histologic evidence of inflammation and fibrosis, and eventually the destruction and permanent ...
Genomic signature of colon cancer may individualize treatment
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Researchers in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy have developed a model for predicting risk of recurrence in early stage colon cancer patients, and have used the model to also predict sensitivity to chemotherapy ...
NASA's New High-Performance Engine for Ares Rocket Passes Review
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review Thursday at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
First Rocket Parts Of NASA's New Launch System Arrive In Florida
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The first major flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency's next-generation launch system. The test flight ...
A potential targets for the prevention or treatment of esophageal carcinoma
Oct 29, 2008 |
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Expression of Livin in fresh esophageal cancer tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blotting and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), VEGF by Its correlation Western blotting and ...
