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Combination Therapy Boosts Treatment for Skin Carcinomas

Scientists with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center reported their findings in the Sept. 26, 2011 online issue of the International Journal of…

Science Education

Young Children Boost Verbal IQ, Study Reveals New Insights

Canadian scientists who specialize in learning, memory and language in children have found exciting evidence that pre-schoolers can improve their verbal…

Health & Medicine

New Study Validates Autism Diagnosis Accuracy in Down Syndrome

The DSM is used by a wide range of health professionals across clinical and research settings. Previously, the diagnosis of autism in children with Down…

Physics & Astronomy

Rice Physicists Advance Quantum Computing with Electron Superhighway

Rice University physicists have created a tiny “electron superhighway” that could one day be useful for building a quantum computer, a new type of computer…

Health & Medicine

Green Tea Compound Helps Mice Maintain Healthy Weight

Obese mice that were fed a compound found in green tea along with a high-fat diet gained weight significantly more slowly than a control group of mice that did…

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Modern In Vitro Diagnostics Showcase at BIOTECHNICA 2011

The Fraunhofer IBMT as one of the six institutes within the Fraunhofer Group of Life Sciences is a provider of in vitro diagnostics (ivD) related research and…

Business and Finance

Debt Crisis Impact: Insights from Experts on Economic Outlook

This is what experts stated in a survey on the current debt crisis and its possible impact on the economy, which the IVAM Microtechnology Network has conducted…

Studies and Analyses

Herbivore Populations Decline as Temperatures Rise

In a paper being published this month in American Naturalist, a team of ecologists describe how differences in the general responses of plants and herbivores…

Environmental Conservation

Panama REDD: Ensuring Fair Compensation for Forest Conservation

Under a United Nations proposal to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, called REDD+, developing countries would be compensated…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough Gene Discovery at IRCM Could Transform Osteoporosis Care

Researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), directed by Dr. Jean Vacher, identified a new gene that modulates bone mass and that…

Studies and Analyses

Growing up in bad neighborhoods has a 'devastating' impact

The study by sociologists Geoffrey Wodtke and David Harding of the University of Michigan and Felix Elwert of the University of Wisconsin is the first to…

Life & Chemistry

TB Bacterium's Outer Cell Wall Disarms the Body's Defense to Remain Infectious

Researchers found that the TB bacterium has a molecule on its outer surface called lipomannan that can stop production of an important protein in the body’s…

Environmental Conservation

Health of Coral Reefs Linked to Human and Environmental Activity

Changing human activities coupled with a dynamic environment over the past few centuries have caused fluctuating periods of decline and recovery of corals…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Enter Via Mucus-Making Gut Cells

A foodborne bacterium called Listeria monocytogenes (sometimes found in stinky cheeses) invades the body by binding to a protein called E-cadherin. However, as…

Health & Medicine

Hysterectomy’s Link to Higher Brain Iron Levels Explored

The human body has a love-hate relationship with iron. Just the right amount is needed for proper cell function, yet too much is associated with brain diseases…

Environmental Conservation

Catch Timid Fish: Tips for Fishing Near Rocky Outcrops

Anglers fishing near rocky outcrops or in areas of water with submerged vegetation may be more likely to catch timid fish, while those fishing in open water…

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