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Twin Study Reveals Links Between ADHD, Reading, and Math

Sara Hart, of the Florida State University, and her colleagues used twins enrolled in a long-term study of reading and math. Hart says by focusing on twins…

Life & Chemistry

America’s Emission Trade: Unpacking the China Disparity

Meanwhile, carbon emissions in China have grown dramatically during that same time. EARTH looks at this disparity and asks the difficult questions about who is…

Life & Chemistry

Circulating Tumor Cells Linked to Poor Breast Cancer Prognosis

Metastatic breast cancer patients whose blood contains circulating tumor cells (CTCs) before or after treatment with high-dose chemotherapy and blood stem cell…

Life & Chemistry

HOXB7 Gene Linked to Tamoxifen Resistance in Breast Cancer

HOXB7 GENE PROMOTES TAMOXIFEN RESISTANCE (Presentation # PD05-10)Many postmenopausal women with early-stage breast cancers who initially respond well to…

Health & Medicine

Fingertip Test Identifies Breast Cancer Patients’ Risks

SIMPLE FINGERTIP TEST MAY IDENTIFY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS AT RISK FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (Presentation # P2-14-09)As many as half of postmenopausal women…

Studies and Analyses

Pitt study finds 'green' water treatments may not kill bacteria in large building cooling systems

Five devices pitched as alternatives to chemical water treatment for water-based air-conditioning systems allowed the same rate of bacterial growth as…

Life & Chemistry

UVic biomedical engineer 'outsmarts' HIV

New, groundbreaking research by University of Victoria biomedical engineer Stephanie Willerth has significantly advanced the understanding of HIV and how to…

Medical Engineering

New Imaging Technique Reduces Lymphedema in Breast Cancer

VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources, including excerpts from an interview with Dr. Andrea Cheville and other researchers presenting at San…

Life & Chemistry

Hyaluronan: Key to Deep Wound Healing Without Scarring

Blocking fragments of the sugar molecule hyaluronan that triggers inflammation could be the key to robust healing and less scarring in deep wounds, Canadian…

Life & Chemistry

Pomegranate Juice Components May Block Cancer Cell Movement

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), have identified components in pomegranate juice that seem to inhibit the movement of cancer cells…

Life & Chemistry

Human Stem Cells Transform Into Insulin-Secreting Cells

Insulin-secreting pancreatic islet cells have been generated from human spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) directly isolated from human testicular tissue,…

Life & Chemistry

'Grow your own transplant' may be possible for men with type 1 diabetes

Men with type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from their testicular tissue, say Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC)…

Studies and Analyses

African Innovators: Navigating Health Product Challenges

Life & Chemistry

Tracing Microbes for Personalized Oral Health Insights

Viruses can attack and change the composition of bacterial communities, yet little is known about how this might influence human health. In a study published…

Life & Chemistry

Canadian Scientists Discover Spontaneously Chain-Reaction Molecule

In the burgeoning field of nano-science there are now many ways of 'writing' molecular-scale messages on a surface, one molecule at a time. The trouble is that…

Physics & Astronomy

Demise of large satellite may have led to the formation of Saturn’s rings and inner moons

Saturn's rings are at present 90 to 95 percent water ice. Because dust and debris from rocky meteoroids have polluted the rings, the rings are believed to have…

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