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Researchers construct a device that mimics one of nature's key transport machines
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny ...
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1 in 20 patients experience critical event during urgent air-medical transport
Sep 14, 2009 |
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During air-medical transport of acutely-ill patients, 1 in 20 experience a critical event such as death, major resuscitation or blood pressure deterioration according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Jo ...
Could some forms of mental retardation be treated with drugs?
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Growth factors. They are the proteins that trigger a countless number of actions in cells. Drugs that increase or decrease certain growth factors have lead to treatments for cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Georgetown ...
Impaired transport in neurons triggers prion disease
Aug 21, 2009 |
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A new study shows that nervous system integrity and axonal properties may play a key role in prion diseases. The findings, from researchers at the Rudolf Virchow Center and the Institute of Virology of the University of Würzburg, ...
Women may be more likely to experience EMS delays for heart care
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Women who called 9-1-1 complaining of cardiac symptoms were 52 percent more likely than men to experience delays during emergency medical services' (EMS) care, according to a report in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality ...
Tree survival skills: Stresses during handling and transport affect tree health
May 04, 2009 |
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Consider the cumulative stresses that transplanted trees must endure from the time they are harvested until they become established in a landscape. Multiple stress factors can mean the difference between survival and death ...
The auto change bicycle
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Researchers in Taiwan are designing a computer for pedal cyclists that tells them when to change gear to optimize the power they develop while maintaining comfort. The system is described in the latest issue of the International Jo ...
Study predicts when invasive species can travel more readily by air
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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Global airlines be forewarned: June 2010 could be a busy month for invasive plants, insects and animals seeking free rides to distant lands.
Modeling How Electric Charges Move
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Learning how to control the movement of electrons on the molecular and nanometer scales could help scientists devise small-scale circuits for many applications, including more efficient ways of storing and using solar energy. ...
Identifying and disrupting key elements of malaria's 'sticky sack' adhesion strategy
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Malaria is one of the most devastating diseases afflicting humanity. It infects and debilitates about 600 million people and kills up to three million people every year, mainly in the wet tropical regions of the world. Children ...
Violence is a problem in the workplace, study shows
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A survey on the incidence of violence in the workplace has indicated that one in three employers have had problems with their staff being attacked or assaulted in the past year.
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