Archive: 06/30/2008
Heavy birthweight increases risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
People who have a birthweight over 10 pounds are twice as likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis when they are adults compared to individuals born with an average birthweight, according to a study published by researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Tufts to develop morphing 'chemical robots'
Tufts University has received federal funding to develop chemical robots that will be able to squeeze into spaces as tiny as 1 centimeter, then morph into something 10 times larger, and ultimately biodegrade. The "chembots" ...
Jun 30, 2008 |
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The tummy's taste for red wine with red meat
What happens when red wine meets red meat? If the rendezvous happens in the stomach, scientists in Israel are reporting, wine's bounty of healthful chemical compounds may thwart formation of harmful substances ...
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Could better spin injection lead to a quantum information device?
One of the more promising types of materials for use in spintronics today is the class of metal alloys known as Heusler alloys. These alloys are named after a German engineer, and might be useful in technology in which electron ...
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Fortified cassava could provide a day's nutrition in a single meal
Scientists have determined how to fortify the cassava plant, a staple root crop in many developing countries, with enough vitamins, minerals and protein to provide the poor and malnourished with a day's worth of nutrition ...
Biology /
Jun 30, 2008 |
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New research could lead to no scent, no sex for the Japanese beetle
No scent. No sex. If a male Japanese beetle is unable to detect the sex pheromone released by a female, he won't be able to locate her and reproduce.
Biology /
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Reprogramming Adult Stem Cells in the Brain
In recent years, stem cell researchers have become very adept at manipulating the fate of adult stem cells cultured in the lab. Now, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies achieved the same ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Silencing of molecular 'conversation' may help curb severe allergies
Scientists in Sydney have identified a process, a synergistic encounter between two molecules, that may account for the extreme allergic reactions some people experience. By silencing at least one of these molecules, it may ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Zinc finger proteins put personalized HIV therapy within reach
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and collaborators are using minute, naturally occurring proteins called zinc fingers to engineer T cells to one day treat AIDS in humans.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 30, 2008 |
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A single mechanism for hypertension, insulin resistance and immune suppression
Many of the 75 million Americans with essential hypertension also develop diabetes and other complications in addition to their high blood pressure, and researchers have discovered a common molecular mechanism ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Cellular self-eating promotes pancreatitis
To survive tough times, cells sometimes resort to a form of self-cannibalism called autophagy. But as Hashimoto et al. reveal, autophagy can have a down side, destroying the pancreas by prematurely activating a digestive ...
Biology /
Jun 30, 2008 |
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Bee disease a mystery
Scientists are one step closer to understanding the recent demise of billions of honey bees after making an important discovery about the transmission of a common bee virus. Deformed wing virus (DWV) is passed between adult ...
Biology /
Jun 30, 2008 |
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