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Life & Chemistry

Researchers discover how to shutdown cancer's powerful master protein

The powerful master regulatory transcription factor called Bcl6 is key to the survival of a majority of aggressive lymphomas, which arise from the B-cells of…

Physics & Astronomy

Discoveries Suggest Icy Cosmic Start for Amino Acids and DNA Ingredients

The scientists used the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia to study a giant cloud of gas some 25,000 light-years from…

Environmental Conservation

Scientists Discover a New Understanding of Why Female Primates Outlive Males

After observing these animals for more than two decades in the wild in Madagascar, co-author Patricia Wright, Director at the Institute for the Conservation of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Improving Power Grid Synchronicity for Enhanced Preventive Care

President Obama in this year's State of the Union address talked about the future of energy and mentioned “self-healing power grids” — a grid that is able to…

Health & Medicine

Scientists identify 'clean-up' snafu that kills brain cells in Parkinson's disease

The study, which published online today in the journal Nature Neuroscience, could also open up treatment possibilities for both familial Parkinson's and the…

Life & Chemistry

New Disease Proteins Identified in Brain Disorders Research

A multi-institution group of researchers has found new candidate disease proteins for neurodegenerative disorders. James Shorter, Ph.D., assistant professor of…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Links to Common Eye Disorder Uncovered

An international group of researchers has discovered seven new regions of the human genome—called loci—that are associated with increased risk of age-related…

Physics & Astronomy

New Technique Measures Quantum Uncertainty Directly

Researchers at the University of Rochester and the University of Ottawa have applied a recently developed technique to directly measure for the first time the…

Health & Medicine

Cancer Vaccines Redirect Immune Response to Injection Site

Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site a more…

Life & Chemistry

New Genes Linked to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Discovered

A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has discovered mutations in two genes that lead to the death of nerve cells in amyotrophic lateral…

Life & Chemistry

International consortium builds 'Google Map' of human metabolism

Scientists could use the model, known as Recon 2, to identify causes of and new treatments for diseases like cancer, diabetes and even psychiatric and…

Materials Sciences

Innovative Material Enhances Superconductivity Potential

The researchers can tailor the material, which seamlessly alternates between metal and oxide layers, to achieve extraordinary superconducting properties — in…

Life & Chemistry

New Genomic Regions Linked to AMD Discovered in Study

The study, which is published online in Nature Genetics and represents the most comprehensive genome-wide analysis of genetic variations associated with AMD,…

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Insights on Common Eye Disorders Revealed

The AMD Gene Consortium, a network of 18 research groups supported by the National Eye Institute, also confirmed 12 genetic loci identified in previous…

Studies and Analyses

ADHD’s Long-Term Impact: Insights from New Study Findings

The first large, population-based study to follow children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) into adulthood shows that ADHD often doesn't…

Health & Medicine

Underused Treatment for Life-Threatening Fire Ant Allergy

Two million Americans are allergic to insect stings, an allergy which sends more than 500,000 people to the emergency room annually. Yet, according to a study…

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