Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A world-renowned team of experts in biomechanics and physiology from six universities, led by Professor Hugh Herr of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab, refute scientific claims that the prostheses worn ... | |
Protein predicts Gleevec resistance in gastrointestinal tumors 10 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Excess amounts of a protein called IGF-1R in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) could indicate that the patient would be less responsive to the drug imatinib mesylate (known as Gleevec), according to Andrew ... | |
Lung cancer patients can tolerate post-surgery exercise, and can benefit from it 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Patients who have undergone surgical procedures for the removal of lung cancer can tolerate and benefit from exercise regimens started just a month after surgery, according to a new study led by researchers at the Duke Comprehensive ... | |
General practitioners filling the gap left by inadequate dental services, says doctor 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A shortage of NHS dentists means that general practitioners (GPs) have been left to do dentists’ work without adequate remuneration, argues a doctor in a letter in this week’s BMJ. | |
Common virus may serve as target for vaccine in fight against deadly brain tumors 10 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
By targeting a common virus, doctors may be able to extend the lives of patients diagnosed with the most prevalent and deadly type of brain tumor, according to a study led by researchers in Duke’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain ... | |
 Strange star stumps astronomers 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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An obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion and his colleagues at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility publish their findings about the star ... | |
HIV infection stems from few viruses 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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A new study reveals the genetic identity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the version responsible for sexual transmission, in unprecedented detail. | |
 A baseball cap that reads your mind 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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It looks like an ordinary baseball cap. But when you put it on, the cap detects and analyzes the electroencephalogram (EEG) signals from your brain. It can even tell you if you’re getting too sleepy when driving ... | |
Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the 'hull story' gives a sour aftertaste 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Advanced chemical analyses reveal that, with the help of smart scavenging bacteria, sulfur and iron compounds accumulated in the timbers of the Swedish warship Vasa during her 333 years on the seabed of the Stockholm harbour. ... | |
Biosensor for measuring stress in cells 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Cancer, nervous system disorders such as Parkinson’s disease, cardiovascular disorders and old age have one thing in common: Both in afflicted tissue and in aging cells, scientists have observed oxidative changes in important ... | |
Scientists unveil new tool to understand evolution of multi-domain genes 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Carnegie Mellon scientists have discovered critical flaws in the standard method used to analyze gene evolution. Standard methods fail when applied to genes that encode multi-domain proteins, an important class of proteins ... | |
Novel enzyme inhibitor paves way for new cancer drug 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Combining natural organic atoms with metal complexes, scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed a new type of enzyme inhibitor capable of blocking a biochemical pathway that plays a key role in cancer development. | |
New research tracks effects of addictive drugs on brain 11 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Mount Sinai researchers may have unlocked the key to better understanding the effect addictive drugs have on the human brain. Researchers have just published the new breakthrough study, “Design Logic of a Cannabinoid Receptor ... | |
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling 11 hours ago | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A new study from the University of Leicester has discovered a particular window of time when mobile signals and radio waves are ‘super strength’ – allowing them to be clearer and travel greater distances, potentially interfering ... | |
Precision control of movement in robots 11 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A research team from the Department of Electricity and Electronics at the University of the Basque Country’s Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa, Spain, led by Victor Etxebarria, is investigating the characteristics ... | |
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