Archive: 10/26/2007
New study shows that therapeutic gene expression can be sustainable for 1 year
Researchers at the Board of Governors Gene Therapeutics Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have shown for the first time that it is possible to sustain therapeutic gene expression in the central nervous system ...
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Less Arctic ice means higher risks, experts warn
The International Ice Charting Working Group predicts more marine transportation in the Arctic as sea ice continues to diminish and warns of "significant hazards to navigation," according to a statement released ...
Oct 26, 2007 |
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High-tech textiles pave the way for glowing garments
Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed high-tech battery-powered textile yarns that can be used to make clothing glow in the dark.
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Contribution of cholesterol transporter to vascular disease
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), a transporter of cholesterol, may also contribute to vascular diseases by a previously unidentified mechanism, according to a report published online this week in EMBO reports. The study reveals ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Shoppers' Spending Habits Follow Well-Known Economic Law
By analyzing 100 million receipts from 1,000 Japanese am/pm convenience stores, researchers have discovered a strong economic inequality among shoppers. Among their findings is that the top 25% and 2% of the ...
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Mars with ice, shaken, not stirred
Mars, like Earth, is a climate-fickle water planet. The main difference, of course, is that water on the frigid Red Planet is rarely liquid, preferring to spend almost all of its time traveling the world as ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Agricultural soil erosion is not adding to global warming
Agricultural soil erosion is not a source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, according to research published online today (October 25) in the journal Science. The study was carried out by an international team of resear ...
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Cell pathway, disease linked to histone action
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have discovered a key cell-signaling pathway that regulates cell progression and switches on front-to-back body patterning in tadpoles.
Biology /
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Zoologist who raised Koko dies
Ronald Reuther, a zoologist who helped raise the first gorilla to use human sign language, has died in California at the age of 77.
Biology /
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Medieval ruins found near Stockholm castle
Archaeologists have found the foundations of medieval buildings near the Royal Palace in Stockholm, dating from the city's early years.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Cow infections could provide clue to preventing infertility in women
Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College, London, have made a significant breakthrough in their understanding of how infection of the uterus damages fertility in cows. Their findings, which show that common uterine infections ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Emergence of recombinant forms of HIV: dynamics and scaling
The emergence of drug resistant forms of HIV often underlies the failure of current antiretroviral therapies for HIV infection. Specific mutations in the HIV genome confer resistance to individual drugs.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 26, 2007 |
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Extinction threat growing for mankind's closest living relatives
Mankind’s closest living relatives – the world’s apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates – are under unprecedented threat from destruction of tropical forests, illegal wildlife trade and commercial bushmeat hunting, with ...
Biology /
Oct 26, 2007 |
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'Nervous' birds take more risks
Scientists have shown that birds with higher stress levels adopt bolder behaviour than their normally more relaxed peers in stressful situations. A University of Exeter research team studied zebra finches, which had been ...
Biology /
Oct 26, 2007 |
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