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Alan Turing's 1950s tiger stripe theory proved

Researchers from King's College London have provided the first experimental evidence confirming a great British mathematician's theory of how biological patterns such as tiger stripes or leopard spots are ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (64) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

IL28B gene predicts treatment outcome for liver transplantation patients

German researchers have found a significant association of IL28B genotypes to interferon-based antiviral treatment outcome, and to graft inflammation caused by hepatitis C virus (HCV). The study determined that the presence ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New test for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) could be on the way

Researchers from the University of Sydney's Centenary Institute have identified gene mutations that impair kidney function leading to a rare kidney disorder known as dicarboxylic aminoaciduria (DA).

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Will Ireland go bankrupt? Economic historian sheds light on latest eurozone crisis

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Berkeley economic historian and economist Barry Eichengreen, an expert on the international monetary and financial system, walked a special seminar group, assembled on campus Friday (Nov. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

World's most advanced system to help Aussie researchers detect and analyze rare cells

A world-first research system to be launched today at the Centenary Institute will give medical researchers in Australia a new weapon in the fight against cancer and other life-threatening diseases. The new BD LSR-9 Flow ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New treatment to overpower drug resistance in ovarian cancer

Drug resistance is a major obstacle in curing ovarian cancer but new research from the Centenary Institute has discovered a treatment that kills ovarian cancer cells in a new way that can break the resistance mechanism. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart link discovered in sudden epilepsy deaths

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is the most common cause of epilepsy-related death and responsible for about 150 Australian deaths each year yet the underlying cause has remained a mystery.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

5-year results show keyhole bowel cancer surgery is safe and effective

Laparoscopic or 'keyhole' surgery is a safe, effective way of removing bowel tumours and should be offered to all patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer, according to researchers from the University of Leeds.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 04, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Elasticity found to stretch stem cell growth to higher levels

One of the major challenges in stem cell transplants is how to obtain sufficient numbers of these remarkably rare cells to put into patients. To help overcome this issue, research from the Centenary Institute, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists in hot pursuit of first new drug for global killer in 50 years

This World TB Day (March 24), researchers at Sydney's Centenary Institute announce they have made an exciting discovery that could lead to the first new drug for Tuberculosis (TB) in almost fifty years.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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