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Obesity gene associated with susceptibility to polycystic ovary syndrome
Researchers have shown that a gene implicated in the development of obesity is also associated with susceptibility to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Space Station video now live on Internet -- mostly
(AP) -- NASA has started beaming live video from just outside the International Space Station, but there's a catch: The online feeds are available only when the station's crew is asleep or off duty.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Web cubed -- the network of everything
(PhysOrg.com) -- Handsets, laptops, cars and even clothes: they are all part of the ‘network of things’, an incarnation of the future internet, and European researchers are working hard to create that future now.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Cats' eye diseases genetically linked to diseases in humans
About one in 3,500 people are affected with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a disease of the retina's visual cells that eventually leads to blindness. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has identified a genetic ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 04, 2009 |
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Re-shaping the family: What happens when parents seek siblings of their donor-conceived children
Parents who have conceived children with the help of sperm or egg donors and then try to find the donors and also other children conceived with the donors' help, often end up creating new forms of extended families, according ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Scientists propose new direction in the search for genetic causes of schizophrenia
A new study shows that schizophrenia is caused, at least in part, by large, rare structural changes in DNA referred to as copy number variants (CNVs) - not the tiny, single letter alterations (single nucleotide polymorphisms ...
Feb 06, 2009 |
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