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Drugs needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages

Drugs needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cryoprotectants needed to preserve eggs for reproduction need to be given in stages, albeit rapid ones, say scientists who have developed a mathematical model that predicts optimal time for loading and unloading ...





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A balancing act in Parkinson's disease: Phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Both genetic and pathologic data indicate a role for the neuronal protein alpha-synuclein in Parkinson disease. Previous studies have indicated that phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein at amino acid 129 (Ser129) is a key event ...


Trace elements unbalanced in dialysis patients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Abnormal levels of trace elements may explain dialysis morbidity. A systematic review published in the open access journal BMC Medicine has shown that, compared to healthy controls, dialysis patients have significantly differ ...


Butter-flavored popcorn ingredient suspected cause of lung disease

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

An unusually high incidence of lung disease has been diagnosed in workers at popcorn factories. Researchers are focusing on diacetyl, the ingredient which is largely responsible for the odor and flavor of the butter in popcorn, ...


Biochemists devise method for bypassing aluminum toxicity effects in plants

Biochemists devise method for bypassing aluminum toxicity effects in plants

Biology /

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aluminum toxicity, a global agricultural problem, halts root growth in plants, severely limiting agricultural productivity for more than half of the world's arable land.


Researchers determine toxic levels of Alzheimer's clusters in brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists have long suspected that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is caused by a small protein called the amyloid β-protein (Aβ). This protein clumps or binds to itself, eventually changing chemically to create brain ...


Proton therapy and concurrent chemotherapy may reduce bone marrow toxicity in advanced lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 13, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients treated for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer who receive chemotherapy and proton beam therapy have fewer instances of bone marrow toxicity than patients who receive the standard treatment of intensity-modulated ...


'Micro' livers could aid drug screening

Biology /

created Nov 18, 2007 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

MIT researchers have devised a novel way to create tiny colonies of living human liver cells that model the full-sized organ. The work could allow better screening of new drugs that are potentially harmful to the liver and ...


Golden Nanotubes Detect Tumor Cells, Map Sentinel Lymph Nodes

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock have developed a special contrast-imaging agent made of gold-coated ...


Australian scientists identify crucial barley gene

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Adelaide scientists have identified the major gene responsible for boron toxicity tolerance in barley, allowing breeders to select with 100% accuracy barley varieties that are tolerant to boron. The findings have today been ...


Biologists find diatom to reduce red tide's toxicity

Biologists find diatom to reduce red tide's toxicity

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created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

It's estimated that the red tide algae, Karenia brevis, costs approximately $20 million per bloom in economic damage off the coast of Florida alone. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found ...



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