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Bioengineered Protein Offers Hope for Hemophilia Therapy

A genetically engineered clotting factor that controlled hemophilia in an animal study offers a novel potential treatment for human hemophilia and a broad…

Health & Medicine

New Model Predicts Breast Cancer Metastasis Risk

To create this improved model for breast cancer studies, the researchers grafted tumor tissue from consenting breast cancer patients directly into mouse…

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Smart Technologies Transforming Cities Into Energy Hubs

Buildings that produce more energy than they consume, thus serving as decentralized power generators providing electricity for the local infrastructure or for…

Information Technology

Cloud computing: gaps in the “cloud” – Massive security flaws at Amazon Web Services discovered

Researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum have found a massive security gap at Amazon Cloud Services. Using different methods of attack (signature wrapping and…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative Study Tracks Mercury Emissions in the Atlantic Ocean

For the first time, mercury emissions of the Atlantic Ocean were investigated by comprehensive measurements, performed under the leadership of researchers from…

Physics & Astronomy

Public Support for Geoengineering Research: Key Survey Insights

The study, published today, 24 October, in IOP Publishing's journal Environmental Research Letters, is the first international survey on public perception of…

Life & Chemistry

Genome Sequencing Reveals Key Gene Loss in Liver Parasite

Repeated or chronic infection can lead to serious disease of the liver, gall bladder or bile ducts, including the frequently fatal bile duct cancer -…

Life & Chemistry

How Plants Detect Low Oxygen to Survive Flooding

As countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and parts of the United States and United Kingdom have fallen victim to catastrophic flooding in recent…

Health & Medicine

Left-Handed Individuals Linked to Higher Sleep Disorder Risk

In a study of 100 patients with PMLD, presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), researchers from…

Studies and Analyses

Single Cigarette Effects on Nitric Oxide in Young Adults

However, there is limited knowledge about smoking-induced changes in the production and exchange of nitric oxide (NO) in young adults. In a study of eight…

Health & Medicine

Spinal Cord Injuries Linked to Higher Heart Disease Risk

Damage to the autonomic nervous system is a key predictor of cardiovascular risk, researcher Rianne Ravensbergen told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress…

Studies and Analyses

Advanced post-mastectomy breast reconstruction improves women's psychosocial and sexual well-being

That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results…

Studies and Analyses

Consumers don't pay as much attention to nutrition fact labels as they think

Nutrition Facts labels have been used for decades on many food products. Are these labels read in detail by consumers when making purchases? Do people read…

Life & Chemistry

BPA Exposure Before Birth Linked to Behavioral Issues in Girls

BPA is found in many consumer products, including canned food linings, polycarbonate plastics, dental sealants, and some receipts made from thermal paper. Most…

Life & Chemistry

Integrating the world’s scientific databases through ontology

Hiroshi MasuyaUnit LeaderTechnology and Development Unit for Knowledge Base of Mouse PhenotypeRIKEN BioResource CenterResearchers at the RIKEN BioResource…

Life & Chemistry

Knowing when to tighten the belt

The epithelial cells that line the surface of tissues form a tightly sealed barrier, with individual cells joined together by structures called apical…

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