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This new mouse mimics the genetics of the human disease more closely than any of the dozen existing mouse models and may prove more useful in the development…
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MicroRNAs are essential regulators of the genetic program in multicellular organisms. Because of their potent effects, the production of these small regulators…
The new paving materials are designed to lower the overall temperature of the areas where they are used—something that the study, which was focused on local…
The findings, published today online ahead of print in Cell Stem Cell, usher in a new paradigm for the regulation of human blood stem cells, says co-principal…
Over the past three decades, astronomers have discovered hundreds of dusty disks around stars, but only two — 49 CETI is one — have been found that also have…
In a comparison study of the effectiveness of the two types of behavioral interventions, participants lost about the same amount of weight – an average of…
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Nanoparticles can be potent catalysts. Bimetallic nano-alloys of platinum and palladium, for example, can help to generate hydrogen fuel by promoting the…
Thinner semiconductor wafers to house electronic circuits are needed so that more computing power can be packed into ever-smaller electrical products.Thinning,…
Preclinical data suggests inactivation of a specific sub-class of nicotinic receptors may be an effective strategy to help smokers quit without feeling…
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Unemployed workers who continue to identify with their former employer report higher well-being even after being fired or laid off from the company, according…
With this year's unseasonably warm temperatures and extended seasons, many have coined 2012 as being the worst for allergies. But if you thought your symptoms…
Axillary lymph node dissection is done in conjunction with lumpectomy or mastectomy to determine if breast cancer has spread to the adjoining lymph nodes. The…
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