FCC to look at exclusive cell phone deals
(AP) -- Regulators will investigate whether exclusive cell phone deals, such as the one that locks the iPhone to AT&T, are good for consumers.
Telecom
Jun 19, 2009
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Helping horses come to term
It is not only humans that sometimes experience difficulty having children. Horses too have a low birth rate, with many pregnancies failing within the first few weeks after conception. The reason is currently unknown but ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2013
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Pulling the genome apart: Chromosome segregation during mitosis explained
When a cell divides—a process known as mitosis—its chromosomes need to be separated and evenly distributed into the newly created daughter cells. Although this is known to be extremely complicated and to feature a range ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 13, 2018
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How Toxoplasma parasites glide so swiftly
If you're a cat owner, you might have heard of Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan that sometimes infects humans through contact with contaminated feces in litterboxes. Although harmless to most people, T. gondii can cause serious ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2020
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Nanowires create elite warriors to enhance T cell therapy
Adoptive T-cell therapy has revolutionized medicine. A patient's T-cells—a type of white blood cell that is part of the body's immune system—are extracted and modified in a lab and then infused back into the body, to ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 12, 2024
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Age estimation from blood has immediate forensic application
In principle, the new profiling method could be put to immediate practical use by law enforcement, according to the researchers who report their findings in the November 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. ...
Biotechnology
Nov 22, 2010
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Discovery offers hope of saving sub-Saharan crops from devastating parasites
Each year, thousands of acres of crops are planted throughout Africa, Asia and Australia only to be laid to waste by a parasitic plant called Striga, also known as witchweed. It is one of the largest challenges to food security ...
Biotechnology
Sep 10, 2010
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Nanoneedle breakthrough gives hope for cheaper cancer treatment
Australian scientists have successfully found a way to inject beneficial genetic material into white blood cells in a world-first breakthrough that could significantly improve treatment options for certain types of blood ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 24, 2023
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Tiny antibodies point to vulnerability in disease-causing parasites
By teasing apart the structure of an enzyme vital to the infectious behavior of the parasites that cause toxoplasmosis and malaria, Whitehead Institute scientists have identified a potentially 'drugable' target that could ...
Biochemistry
Aug 24, 2015
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Promising new target emerges for autoimmune diseases
University of Michigan scientists say they have uncovered a fundamentally new mechanism that holds in check aggressive immune cells that can attack the body's own cells. The findings open a new avenue of research for future ...
Biochemistry
Sep 1, 2009
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