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Researchers prove key cancer theory

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Mayo Clinic researchers have proven the longstanding theory that changes in the number of whole chromosomes -- called aneuploidy -- can cause cancer by eliminating tumor suppressor genes. Their findings, which appear in the ...


Microbes help mothers protect kids from allergies

Medicine & Health / Research

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A pregnant woman's exposure to microbes may protect her child from developing allergies later in life. Researchers in Marburg, Germany find that exposure to environmental bacteria triggers a mild inflammatory response in ...


New computer model could lead to safer stents

Medicine & Health / Research

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After suffering heart attacks, patients often receive stents designed to hold their arteries open. Some of these stents release drugs that are meant to halt tissue growth in arteries, but can have life-threatening side effects ...


Study shows gene positions may aid cancer diagnosis

Study shows gene positions may aid cancer diagnosis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Certain genes switch their nuclear position in tumor cells, offering a potential new method of diagnosing cancer, say researchers from the National Cancer Institute. The study by Meaburn et al. will be published ...


'Rational drug design' identifies fragments of FDA-approved drugs relevant to emerging viruses

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new ...


Delivering medicine directly into a tumor

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Researchers at Burnham Institute for Medical Research at University of California, Santa Barbara have identified a peptide (a chain of amino acids) that specifically recognizes and penetrates cancerous tumors but not normal ...


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Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone

Technology / Hi Tech

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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...


Yahoo launches online consumer privacy tool

Technology / Internet

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(AP) -- Yahoo wants its users to know what it knows about them.


New screening tool helps identify children at risk

Medicine & Health / Health

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When a baby is born, new parents often wonder, "Will he be the next President of the United States?" or "Could she be the one to find a cure for cancer?" But the underlying question for many specialists is, "Is this child ...


New hope for diagnosis and treatment of intractable pediatric brain tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Scientists have discovered oncogenes capable of driving growth of normal human brain stem cells in a highly malignant pediatric brain tumor. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal Cancer Ce ...



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