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New potential therapeutic target for breast cancer

A possible new target for breast cancer therapy comes from the discovery that the Tyk2 protein helps suppress the growth and metastasis of breast tumors, as…

Studies and Analyses

New study shows inflammatory food toxins found in high levels in infants

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found high levels of food toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs) in infants. Excessive food…

Health & Medicine

Peer Mentors: New Strategies to Combat Teen Obesity

Education and mentoring targeting obesity and delivered in high schools by peers has been shown to have a significant impact on teen diet and physical…

Health & Medicine

Study Finds Higher Melanoma Risk in Children Compared to Adults

The study, published online Oct. 5 in the journal Cancer, is believed to be the first to compare disease spread in children and adults, and the results suggest…

Life & Chemistry

Pitt biologists find 'surprising' number of unknown viruses in sewage

Though viruses are the most abundant life form on Earth, our knowledge of the viral universe is limited to a tiny fraction of the viruses that likely exist. In…

Earth Sciences

NASA Observes Wind Shear and Rain in Tropical Storm Philippe

Philippe was still a tropical storm when the TRMM satellite passed above on October 3, 2011 at 1806 UTC (2:06 p.m. EDT) but the National Hurricane Center (NHC)…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Light Rainfall from Tropical Depression Nalgae

TRMM measured the rainfall rates in Nalgae on October 4, 2011 at 0624 UTC (2:24 a.m. EDT). The rainfall analysis from TRMM's Microwave Imager (TMI) and…

Studies and Analyses

Online Housing Discrimination Primarily Done by Roommate-Seekers, Based on Familial Status

In a study published in the Indiana Law Review, Oliveri reviewed 10,000 housing advertisements from 10 major U.S. cities. Despite a huge number of housing ads…

Studies and Analyses

Study suggests children's food choices are affected by direct advertising and parental influence

A new study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics explores the relationship between fast food advertisements, parental influence, and the food…

Earth Sciences

Soil’s Role As a Carbon Reservoir and Its Impact on Global Warming

After the oceans, the humus is the largest carbon reservoir. If the humus decreases, additional CO2 gets into the atmosphere. A research team headed by the…

Earth Sciences

Improving Soil Carbon Predictions Amid Climate Change Challenges

This longstanding mystery is addressed in a review by the University of Zurich’s Michael Schmidt, Susan Trumbore from Max Planck Institute of Biogeochemistry…

Environmental Conservation

Five-Story Biowall of Plants Serves as a Living Laboratory for Air Quality Research

But the biowall is not just for show. It is an active living filter that removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the air. Scientists and students at…

Physics & Astronomy

Scientists Use Golf to Test Cell Stickiness Theory

The 'micro putter', developed in a study published today, 5 October 2011, in IOP Publishing's journal Measurement Science and Technology, has been designed to…

Life & Chemistry

Natural Compound NMN Reverses Diabetes Effects in Mice

This naturally occurring compound is called nicotinamide mononucleotide, or NMN, and it plays a vital role in how cells use energy.”After giving NMN, glucose…

Life & Chemistry

Adolescent Brain Cells Linked to Social Behavior Changes

When the same process is interrupted in adults, no such behavioral changes were noted, according to research published in the Oct. 4 issue of the journal…

Health & Medicine

Alzheimer's might be transmissible in similar way as infectious prion diseases

“Our findings open the possibility that some of the sporadic Alzheimer's cases may arise from an infectious process, which occurs with other neurological…

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