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Satellite View, Before Tamarisk Defoliation

Satellite spies on tree-eating bugs

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

More than 150 years after a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar started taking over river banks throughout the U.S. Southwest, saltcedar leaf beetles were unleashed to defoliate the exotic invader.


Rural areas able to increase screening capacity for colorectal cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arizona has the ability to expand colorectal cancer screening capacity; this potential increase was more pronounced in rural as compared to urban regions, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer ...


Statins may treat blood vessel disorder that can lead to fatal strokes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a finding that could save thousands of lives a year, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have shown that a blood vessel disorder leading to unpredictable, sometimes fatal, hemorrhagic strokes, seizures, paralysis ...


Hope for Restoring Injured Nerves

Hope for Restoring Injured Nerves: Biologists ID Gene, Pathway for Nerve Regeneration in Worms

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

University of Utah scientists identified a worm gene that is essential for damaged nerve cells to regenerate, and showed they could speed nerve regeneration by over-activating the gene - a step toward new ...





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Autism may be linked to being firstborn, breech births or moms 35 or older

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Children who are firstborn or breech or whose mothers are 35 or older when giving birth are at significantly greater risk for developing an autism spectrum disorder, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have ...


Does sugar feed cancer?

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah have uncovered new information on the notion that sugar "feeds" tumors. The findings may also have implications for other diseases such as diabetes. The research ...


University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

University of Utah celebrates telescope's 'first light'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Utah will celebrate the initial observations or "first light" of its new $860,000 research telescope in southwest Utah during a Wednesday, Nov. 11 symposium and reception ...


Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah (AP)

Rare prehistoric pregnant turtle found in Utah

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Paleontologists say a 75-million-year-old turtle fossil uncovered in southern Utah has a clutch of eggs inside, making it the first prehistoric pregnant turtle found in the United States.


Researchers bring new brain mapping capabilities to desktops of scientists worldwide

Biology / Other

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Mapping the billions of connections in the brain is a grand challenge in neuroscience. The current method for mapping interconnected brain cells involves the use of room-size microscopes known as transmission electron microscopes ...


Discovery leads to effective treatment of painful skin condition

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute, in collaboration with a worldwide group of physicians and scientists, have discovered a remarkable treatment for a rare, yet debilitating, skin condition.


Researchers find possible genetic link for pelvic floor disorders

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

University of Utah researchers have identified a region of the human genome that may contribute to the development of pelvic floor disorders such as pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, according to a study ...


Researchers to use patient's own stem cells to treat heart failure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Utah are enrolling people in a new clinical trial that uses a patient's own stem cells to treat ischemic and non-ischemic heart failure.


Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers

Technology / Software

created Apr 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

(AP) -- University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals.


A surprise 'spark' for pre-cancerous colon polyps

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah studied the events leading to colon cancer and found that an unexpected protein serves as the "spark" that triggers formation of colon polyps, the precursors ...



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