Archive: 04/23/2008
Primary driver of stomach cancer development identified
In a discovery that could lead to the development of new treatments for gastric cancer, scientists at the Melbourne Branch of the international Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) have discovered what appears to be ...
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Menstrual blood -- a valuable source of multipotential stem cells?
Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source – menstrual blood.
Biology /
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Pin1 is beneficial in Alzheimer's disease, detrimental to some forms of dementia
The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and a relatively rare hereditary form of dementia, frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17, share a common pathology: Both are the result of an overaccumulation ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 23, 2008 |
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A simplified method of giving rabies vaccine
A simplified economical method of giving rabies vaccine is just as effective as the expensive standard vaccine regimen at stimulating anti-rabies antibodies.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Why fruit-eating bats eat dirt
“Don’t eat the green parts of tomatoes, cut the green off the potatoes.” Any child would know that eating these parts of vegetables is a bad idea. The reason behind this is that they contain secondary plant compounds which ...
Biology /
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You are what your mother eats: First evidence that mother's diet influences infant sex
New research by the Universities of Exeter and Oxford provides the first evidence that a child’s sex is associated with the mother’s diet. Published today, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: ...
Biology /
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Freshwater herring had salty origin
East Africa’s Lake Tanganyika has a highly diverse fauna which closely resembles marine animals. A researcher at the University of Zurich has traced the origins of the freshwater herring of the Lake to a marine invasion which ...
Biology /
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