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Researchers identify novel regulatory mechanism in inflammatory signaling of immune cells
Jan 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using cancer cells that were originally isolated from an anaplastic large cell lymphoma patient, two researchers, including a faculty member of The University of Texas at Austin's College of Pharmacy, have ...
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You're being followed: Scientists track movement of living things
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Almost 24 centuries after the Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote his book, "On the Movement of Animals," modern scientists are still struggling to understand how, why, when and where living creatures move.
One shot of gene therapy and children with congenital blindness can now see
Oct 25, 2009 |
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Born with a retinal disease that made him legally blind, and would eventually leave him totally sightless, the nine-year-old boy used to sit in the back of the classroom, relying on the large print on an electronic ...
Study surprise yields new target for assessing genes linked to autism
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered a new genetic signature that correlates strongly with autism and which doesn't involve changes to the DNA sequence itself. Rather, the changes are in the way the ...
Never Too Old to Keep Blood Pressure in Check
Oct 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Treating hypertension in adults 60 years old and older can help them live longer, healthier lives, according to an updated review.
Goodbye 'R' rule? Oyster pathogen test may help make shellfish safer
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The oyster lover’s axiom of edibility -- that this shellfish is safest to eat in any month with an 'r' in it -- may soon become somewhat of a culinary anachronism, thanks to a new food-safety test developed ...
The first neotropical rainforest was home of the Titanoboa
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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Smithsonian researchers working in Colombia's Cerrejón coal mine have unearthed the first megafossil evidence of a neotropical rainforest. Titanoboa, the world's biggest snake, lived in this forest ...
First-of-Kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used to Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What does it mean when expert psychiatric witnesses in a court case reach opposing conclusions on the same sets of evidence? A new study out of the University of Cincinnati College of Law suggests via mathematical ...
Discovery of genetic defect may lead to better treatments for common gut diseases
Oct 08, 2009 |
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New findings related to an uncommon genetic disorder may impact the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the most common chronic gastrointestinal illness in children and teens. Two ...
Goddard Visualization Team Previews Lunar Impact
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At 7:30 a.m. EDT on October 9, a two-ton rocket body will slam into a crater near the moon's south pole. By studying the resulting plume of gas and dust, scientists hope this grand experiment ...
Cosmic entropy could be 100 times greater than previously thought
Oct 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of supermassive black holes has discovered the entropy of the universe is much greater than previously thought, which means it may also be very slightly closer to ultimate heat death.
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