Archive: 10/20/2008
A potential new way to make a good anti-leukemia drug even better
A recently identified cancer-causing protein makes the anti-leukemia drug imatinib, less effective. By blocking the protein, an international team of researchers was able to slow the spread of leukemia cells in culture. The ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Do cell phones increase brain cancer risk?
Major research initiatives are needed immediately to assess the possibility that using cellular phones may lead to an increased risk of brain tumors, according to an editorial in the November issue of the journal Surgical Ne ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Contact lenses are home to pathogenic amoebae
Contact lenses increase the risk of infection with pathogenic protozoa that can cause blindness. New research, published in the November issue of the Journal of Medical Microbiology, shows that a high percentage of contac ...
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McMaster University unveils world's most advanced microscope
The most advanced and powerful electron microscope on the planet—capable of unprecedented resolution—has been installed in the new Canadian Centre for Electron Microscopy at McMaster University.
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Relationships Between Quantum Dots - Stability and Reproduction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Theoretical proof of stable and measurable states extending over two quantum dots and creating offspring has now been provided for the first time. This supports the notion of what is known ...
Oct 20, 2008 |
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New study finds first inhabitants of Caribbean brought drug heirlooms with them
A new study led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Knocking the Sox off cancer and lymphatic disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have identified a gene critical for the development of the lymphatic system in a discovery that will have implications for treatment of cancer and lymphatic disorders and other diseases.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Research identifies type of vaccine that holds promise in protecting against TB
Researchers are one step closer to finding a vaccine that better protects against tuberculosis. An investigational vaccine for TB tested at Saint Louis University appears likely to offer significantly better protection against ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 20, 2008 |
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'A dinosaur dance floor': Numerous tracks at Jurassic oasis on Arizona-Utah border
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah geologists identified an amazing concentration of dinosaur footprints that they call "a dinosaur dance floor," located in a wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border where there ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Increased rate of hemangiomas linked to rise in number of low birth weight infants in US
Low birth weight is the most significant factor for the development of infantile hemangiomas, a common birthmark, according to a new study by researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Research Institute.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus reveals its access code
Fritz et al. have identified an amino acid switch that flaviviruses flip to gain access to cells. Flaviviruses such as tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV), yellow fever, and dengue are dangerous human pathogens. These membrane-encircled ...
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Bird flu vaccine protects people and pets
A single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of General Virology. The vaccine protects birds and ma ...
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How neuronal activity leads to Alzheimer's protein cleavage
Amyloid precursor protein (APP), whose cleavage product, amyloid-b (Ab), builds up into fibrous plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, jumps from one specialized membrane microdomain to another to be cleaved, ...
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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Nanoscale coating protect products -- and the economy
Put steel under a powerful microscope, revealing its microstructure, and prepare to be surprised. Known for its strength, the metal will appear pitted and pocked.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 20, 2008 |
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