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New Inhibitors Target Prostate and Skin Cancer Growth

Specific inhibitors of prostate and skin cancer cell growth.Further Information: PDF rubitec – Gesellschaft für Innovation und Technologie der Ruhr-Universität…

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Gold-Containing TiO Aggregate for Innovative Au/TiO2 Composites

Single Source Precursor for an Alternative Access to Au/TiO2-CompositesFurther Information: PDF rubitec – Gesellschaft für Innovation und Technologie der…

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Stem Cell Isolation: New Insights from Monoclonal Antibody 473HD

The monoclonal antibody 473HD reacts with a glycosaminoglycan epitop selectively expressed on radial gliacytes of which a subpopulation shows stem cell…

Life & Chemistry

Cell contents may be key to controlling toxicity of Huntington's disease protein

Huntington's disease causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain and affects an individual's movement, cognition and mental state….

Studies and Analyses

Have You Heard? Nearly 15 Percent of Work Email Is Gossip

According to some estimates, the average corporate email user sends 112 emails every day. About one out of every seven of those messages, says a new study from…

Health & Medicine

New technology improves malaria control and vaccine development

The technique could even help to understand how anti-malarial vaccine and treatment strategies act to reduce malaria, say researchers from the Walter and Eliza…

Life & Chemistry

Between the ear and brain, an orderly orchestra of synapses

The brain receives information from the ear in a surprisingly orderly fashion, according to a University at Buffalo study scheduled to appear June 6 in the…

Life & Chemistry

Dinosaurs lighter than previously thought

University of Manchester biologists used lasers to measure the minimum amount of skin required to wrap around the skeletons of modern-day mammals, including…

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Open to the Unexpected

The persistence with which outstanding researchers defend their interpretation of measurement results against the prevailing opinion has often contributed to…

Health & Medicine

Anxious girls' brains work harder

The finding stems from an experiment in which college students performed a relatively simple task while their brain activity was measured by an electrode cap….

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Nature: How Plants Naturally Produce Cocaine

Cocaine is one of the most commonly used (and abused) plant-derived drugs in the world, but we have almost no modern information on how plants produce this…

Studies and Analyses

Sex Appeal in Advertising: Trends from Recent Magazine Study

“Advertisers use sex because it can be very effective,” said researcher Tom Reichert, professor and head of the department of advertising and public relations…

Life & Chemistry

From Anti-Oncogene to Oncogene: New Insights into Cancer

A common point in all human tumors is that they produce an activation of oncogenes, genes that cause cancer and they also cause a loss of function of the…

Architecture & Construction

Rice Research Reveals Bridges Vulnerable to Hurricane Damage

Analysis of Ikefs damage shows which bridges are most susceptible to a stronger hurricane Preliminary results from research at Rice University show more than…

Health & Medicine

Air Pollution’s Impact on Chronic Heart Disease Uncovered

Air pollution, a serious danger to the environment, is also a major health risk, associated with respiratory infections, lung cancer and heart disease. Now a…

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How immune system, inflammation may play role in Lou Gehrig's disease

Specifically, the team found that inflammation instigated by the immune system in ALS can trigger macrophages — cells responsible for gobbling up waste…

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