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Scientists design a PSA-activated protoxin that kills prostate cancer

Scientists have found a way of using a protein made by prostate cancer to target and kill the cancer cells themselves. In preliminary studies the new therapy affected only the prostate, without causing damage to other healthy ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 10, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Raiding for women in the pre-Hispanic Southwest?

An important new archaeological study from the December issue of Current Anthropology is the first to document interregional movement of women in the pre-Hispanic Southwest. Using an analysis of grave sites, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 10, 2006 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (27) | comments 0

Cloudy day won't rain on laser communications

Just as clouds block the sun, they interfere with laser communications systems, but Penn State researchers are using a combination of computational methods to find the silver lining and punch through the clouds.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 10, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (15) | comments 0

One signal elicits thousands of answers

Cell signaling mechanisms often transmit information via protein modifications, most importantly the reversible attachment of phosphate, the so-called protein phosphorylation. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 10, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0


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