Archive: 04/14/2008
Largest ever study of genetics of common disease just got bigger
DNA samples from 120,000 people are to be analysed in a £30 million follow up to last year's Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC), the largest ever study of the genetics behind common diseases. The seven-fold increase ...
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Girls in sports at record high, yet many not active enough, report says
A report released to be released on April 14 by the University of Minnesota’s Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport shows that girls are participating in sports in record numbers, but their participation in ...
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MIT to open energy resource center
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is working with a German research firm to open a sustainable energy center near the college, the school announced.
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Deafness may be struck from embryo bill
Deafness may soon not fall into the category of serious medical conditions when it comes to embryo-screening procedures in Britain.
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Korean cosmonaut shares culture in space
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak talked to his country's first astronaut Saturday as she orbited the Earth in the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Mouth may tell the tale of lung damage caused by smoking
Cells lining the mouth reflect the molecular damage that smoking does to the lining of the lungs, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the annual meeting of the American Association ...
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Exercise may lead to faster prostate tumor growth
Prostate tumors grew more quickly in mice who exercised than in those who did not, leading to speculation that exercise may increase blood flow to tumors, according to a new study by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive ...
Apr 14, 2008 |
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In lab study, researchers find molecule that disrupts Ewing's sarcoma oncogene
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have found a small molecule they say can block the action of the oncogene that causes Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer found in children and young adults. If further studies ...
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Gene-environment interaction in yeast gene expression
The nature vs. nurture debate is familiar to most people, and modern conclusions usually predict a balance between the two. A new paper published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology shows that there is a simi ...
Biology /
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Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first time
A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time, according to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society’s (OSA) open-access journa ...
Apr 14, 2008 |
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Novel living system recreates predator-prey interaction
The hunter-versus-hunted phenomenon exemplified by a pack of lionesses chasing down a lonely gazelle has been recreated in a Petri dish with lowly bacteria.
Biology /
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Older Australians at risk of sun-related skin cancer death
A new Western Australian study has revealed the mortality from non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC), commonly considered less dangerous than melanoma, is affecting older Australians at a worrying rate.
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