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Addiction scientists call for end to executions for drug offenders
Jul 14, 2009 |
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The death penalty for those convicted of drug trafficking and other drug-related offences should be abolished as it is both ineffective as a policy measure and a violation of human rights.
Regulation and oversight of gun sales reduces trafficking to criminals
Jul 07, 2009 |
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Comprehensive regulation of gun sellers appears to reduce the trafficking of guns to criminals, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Researchers identify tumor suppressor that manages cellular cleaning and recycling proceses
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Jul 03, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a specific tumor suppressor that manages membrane traffic routes for cellular cleaning and recycling.
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HIV-1's 'hijacking mechanism' pinpointed by researchers
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital - along with colleagues at the University of Manitoba and the University of British Columbia ...
Metastatic movements in 3-D
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Oct 06, 2008 |
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Caswell et al.report in the Journal of Cell Biology how the altered behavior of integrins can prompt metastatic movement in tumor cells.
NASA's ENose can sense brain cancer cells
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour can also be used to detect odour differences in ...
Discovery of a mechanism that regulates cell movement
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Jul 20, 2008 |
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A study performed by researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with researchers at the Instituto de Biología Molecular of the CSIC, reveal a mechanism that controls the movement ...
Smuggling wildlife: From eggs in a bra to geckos in underwear
Aug 05, 2009 |
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John Sellar is no comic book super hero, but judging by the criminals he deals with as the only policeman at the UN agency against illegal wildlife trade, he could well be one.
Researchers discover mechanism that explains how cancer enzyme winds up on ends of chromosomes
Jul 10, 2008 |
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Human cancer cells divide and conquer. Unless physicians can control that division with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, the wildly dividing cells will eventually destroy a person's life.
A drug-sensitive 'traffic cop' tells potassium channels to get lost
Sep 02, 2007 |
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Our brains are buzzing with electrical activity created by sodium and potassium ions moving in and out of neurons through specialized pores. To prevent the constant chatter from descending into chaos the activity of these ...
Experts offer strategies for working with immigrant victims of violence (w/ Video)
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Last year, the United States provided asylum and resettlement assistance for nearly 80,700 people from other countries, an increase from 71,300 individuals in 2007, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees ...
Protein-dependent 'switch' regulates intracellular trafficking in epithelial cells
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Dec 11, 2007 |
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With findings highlighted on a recent cover of Developmental Cell, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have shed important new light on key trafficking mechanisms within epithelial cells. Epithelial ...
Sandia computer simulation monitors traffic in contraband nuclear material
Jan 17, 2007 |
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A Sandia National Laboratories researcher has developed a simulation program designed to track the illicit trade in fissile and nonfissile radiological material well enough to predict who is building the next nuclear weapon ...
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