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Highly-specialized, minimally-invasive surgery for lung cancer allows patient to go home sooner
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Minimally-invasive surgery for lung cancer called video-assisted thoracic surgery or VATS is a relatively new procedure performed almost exclusively at academic centers. Now, a preliminary study to be presented this month ...
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Microcoils help locate small lung nodules
Feb 02, 2009 |
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A new technique combining computed tomography (CT) with fiber-coated surgical microcoils allows physicians to successfully locate and remove small lung nodules without the need for a more invasive procedure, according to ...
The use of wooden casks or steel tanks for Chardonnay influences its fermentative aroma
Apr 30, 2009 |
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After analysing different points of the process of the transformation of grape juice to wine, Ms Ana González Marco concluded that the type of container (wooden cask or steel tank) employed notably influences the fermentative ...
Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
New technique makes corn ethanol process more efficient
Sep 04, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are proposing to borrow a process used in breweries and wastewater treatment facilities to make corn ethanol more energy efficient. They are ...
US expects far fewer swine flu shots in October
Aug 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. won't have nearly as much swine flu vaccine ready by mid-October as long predicted - 45 million doses instead of the anticipated 120 million, a federal official said Monday.
Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists
Aug 28, 2009 |
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It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.
DNA-based gel produces proteins without live cells
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method developed by Cornell biological engineers offers an efficient way to make proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells. The proteins made in this way ...
Researchers find traces of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup
Jan 27, 2009 |
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A swig of soda or bite of a candy bar might be sweet, but a new study suggests that food made with corn syrup also could be delivering tiny doses of toxic mercury.
Researchers unmask proteins in telomerase, a substance that enables cancer
Mar 20, 2008 |
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One of the more intriguing workhorses of the cell, a protein conglomerate called telomerase, has in its short history been implicated in some critical areas of medicine including cancer, aging and keeping stem cells healthy. ...
Using microbes to fuel the US hydrogen economy
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Sep 13, 2006 |
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"If the U.S. is to have a future hydrogen-based economy, we'll need a way to generate abundant quantities of hydrogen safely and economically," said Daniel (Niels) van der Lelie, a biologist at the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
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