Discovery of gene mechanism could bring about new ways to treat metastatic cancer July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have uncovered how a gene, melanoma differentiation associated gene-7/interleukin-24 (mda-7/IL-24), induces a bystander effect that kills cancer cells ... | |
 Workers scramble to clear embarrassing algae sludge July 03, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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China scrambled Thursday to clear tonnes of algae that is covering a third of the Olympic sailing course and causing huge embarrassment for authorities trying to promote a "Green Games." | |
 Whales and dolphins influence new wind turbine design July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Sea creatures have evolved over millions of years to maximise efficiency of movement through water; humans have been trying to perfect streamlined designs for barely a century. So shouldn't we be taking more ... | |
Ionophore reverses Alzheimer's within days in mouse models July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Scientists report a remarkable improvement in Alzheimer's transgenic mice following treatment with a new drug. The study, published by Cell Press in the July 10th issue of the journal Neuron, provides the first demonstration ... | |
FCC chief says Comcast violated Internet rules July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday he will recommend that the nation's largest cable company be punished for violating agency principles that guarantee customers open access to the Internet. | |
Video released of rapid Alzheimer's improvement after new immune-based treatment July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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New research into the treatment of Alzheimer's disease reports improvement in language abilities using a novel immune-based approach. A video accompanying the research, published today in the open access journal BMC Neurology, ... | |
Milkweed's evolutionary approach to caterpillars: Counter appetite with fast repair July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have co-evolved: As the predators evolve new strategies for attack, plants counter with their own unique defenses. | |
 Scientists identify mechanism behind mind-body connection July 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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Every cell contains a tiny clock called a telomere, which shortens each time the cell divides. Short telomeres are linked to a range of human diseases, including HIV, osteoporosis, heart disease and aging. ... | |
Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in humans. | |
Experimental philosophy movement explores real-life dilemmas July 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Imagine a business executive who thinks: "I know that this new policy will harm the environment, but I don't care at all about that – I just want to increase profits." Is the business executive harming the environment intentionally? ... | |
Researchers discover mechanism that explains how cancer enzyme winds up on ends of chromosomes July 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Human cancer cells divide and conquer. Unless physicians can control that division with surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, the wildly dividing cells will eventually destroy a person's life. | |
 'Snow flea antifreeze protein' could help improve organ preservation July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Scientists in Illinois and Pennsylvania are reporting development of a way to make the antifreeze protein that enables billions of Canadian snow fleas to survive frigid winter temperatures. | |
Plants make vaccine for treating type of cancer July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Plants could act as safe, speedy factories for growing antibodies for personalized treatments against a common form of cancer, according to new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine. The findings came in ... | |
Breakthrough in efficiency for dye-sensitized solar cells June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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In a paper published in the journal Nature Materials, EPFL professor Michael Graetzel, Shaik Zakeeruddin and colleagues from the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have achieved ... | |
 A single mechanism for hypertension, insulin resistance and immune suppression June 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Many of the 75 million Americans with essential hypertension also develop diabetes and other complications in addition to their high blood pressure, and researchers have discovered a common molecular mechanism ... | |
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