Archive: 01/14/2008
Seagull blood shows promise for monitoring pollutants from oil spills
Like the proverbial coal miners’ canary-in-the-cage, seagulls may become living sentinels to monitor oil pollution levels in marine environments, report scientists in Spain. Their study is scheduled for the ...
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Fruit flies all aglow light the way to cancer prevention
A green glow from a fruit fly is giving researchers the green light when they are on the right path in their quest to develop compounds that help prevent cancer.
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Researchers find new way to block destructive rush of immune cells
Researchers have found a way to selectively block the ability of white blood cells to “crawl” toward the sites of injury and infection when such mobility drives disease, according to a study published today in The Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Selective restraints and reduced medication could reduce nursing home falls says 4-year study
Selectively restraining elderly residents and giving them fewer sleeping pills could significantly reduce falls, according to a survey of 21 nursing home units published in the January issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.
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Aggression as rewarding as sex, food and drugs
New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward - much like sex, food and drugs - offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Study helps explain how allergic reactions are triggered
In demonstrating that a group of calcium ion channels play a crucial role in triggering inflammatory responses, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have not only solved a longstanding molecular mystery ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Researchers find cell protein that literally nips HIV in the bud
UCLA researchers have found that a key protein in the body's dendritic cells can stop the virus that causes AIDS from "budding" — part of the virus' life cycle that is crucial to its ability to replicate and infect other ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 14, 2008 |
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New method developed to identify genetic determinants of Alzheimer's disease
A rapid and accurate DHPLC assay for determination of apolipoprotein E genotypes has been developed by researchers from the Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Price tag can change the way people experience wine, study shows
In a demonstration of the power of marketing, researchers in California showed you can increase a person's enjoyment of wine by just sticking a higher price on it, according to a study released Monday.
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Memphis to clean up water act
Memphis officials are considering treating wastewater with small amounts of bleach to protect Mississippi River recreational users from E. coli infection.
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Shock therapy making a comeback
Electroshock therapy is coming back into favor as a treatment for depression in the United States.
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Old cell phones make new businesses
The hundreds of millions of cellular phones cast aside each year worldwide have spawned a booming recycling industry.
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Lend me your ears -- and the world will sound very different
Recognising people, objects or animals by the sound they make is an important survival skill and something most of us take for granted. But very similar objects can physically make very dissimilar sounds and we are able to ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Unusual fish-eating dinosaur had crocodile-like skull
An unusual dinosaur has been shown to have a skull that functioned like a fish-eating crocodile, despite looking like a dinosaur. It also possessed two huge hand claws, perhaps used as grappling hooks to lift ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
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