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Extending the shelf life of antibody drugs

A new computer model developed at MIT can help solve a problem that has plagued drug companies trying to develop promising new treatments made of antibodies: Such drugs have a relatively short shelf life because they tend ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Troubled Waters: Low Apalachicola River Flow May Hurt Gulf Fisheries

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reductions in the flow of the Apalachicola River have far-reaching effects that could prove detrimental to grouper and other reef fish populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Icebergs break away from Antarctic iceshelf

(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (17) | comments 6

Ice Bridge Supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf Collapses

(PhysOrg.com) -- An ice bridge connecting the Wilkins Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula to Charcot Island has disintegrated. The event continues a series of breakups that began in March 2008 on the ice ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (34) | comments 1

Collapse of the ice bridge supporting Wilkins Ice Shelf appears imminent

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Wilkins Ice Shelf is at risk of partly breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula as the ice bridge that connects it to Charcot and Latady Islands looks set to collapse. The beginning ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (74) | comments 14

Impact of sea-level rise on atmospheric CO2 concentrations

(PhysOrg.com) -- The rise in sea level since the last ice age has prevented us from feeling the full impact of man-made global warming. The sea level rise has resulted in more harmful greenhouse gases being absorbed by the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (14) | comments 22


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