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Breakthrough in treating premature babies

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adelaide researchers have made a world breakthrough in treating premature babies at risk of developmental disorders.





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Stem-cell activators switch function, repress mature cells

Medicine & Health / Research

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In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer.


TGen analysis identifies biomarkers for diabetic kidney failure

Medicine & Health / Research

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Researchers using a DNA analysis tool developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and UCLA have identified genetic markers that could help treat chronic kidney disease among diabetics.


Scientists use cell phone records to predict spread of malaria

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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University of Florida researchers at work on a malaria elimination study in Africa have become the first to predict the spread of the disease using cell phone records.


Prayer on the hospital floor

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say ...


Text of Jewish exorcism discovered

Text of Jewish exorcism discovered

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A rare - and possibly unique - text describing a Jewish exorcism has been discovered by a scholar of medieval Jewish studies.


Surveying bird biodiversity from space?

Biology / Ecology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A fundamental rule of wildlife ecology says that diverse habitats foster greater biodiversity: The Amazon has far more species than Greenland. But how do habitat and biodiversity relate in a state like Wisconsin, ...


Scientists study hummingbirds flight to develop self-propelled surveillance devices

Technology / Engineering

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The secret to the flight of the hummingbird and other tiny birds and insects lies in the looping, swirling flow of air, called a vortex, that their flapping wings create.


Argonne scientists use bacteria to power simple machines

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University, Evanston, have discovered that common bacteria can turn microgears when suspended in a solution, providing insights for ...


No More 'Social Media,' More Single Log-ins for Multiple Platforms

Technology / Internet

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(PhysOrg.com) -- As more people use social media platforms, they will begin moving away from using the term 'social media' in the new year, predicts Dr. Karla Gower, associate professor of advertising and public relations.


Bacteria wouldn't opt for a swine flu shot

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Bacteria inhabited our planet for more than 4 billion years before humans showed up, and they'll probably outlive us by as many eons more. That suggests they may have something to teach us.



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