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Lung Cancer Suppresses miR-200, Promoting Metastatic Spread

Primary lung cancer shifts to metastatic disease by suppressing a family of small molecules that normally locks the tumor in a noninvasive state, researchers…

Health & Medicine

Stomach Acid Reducer Triples Pneumonia Risk in Hospitals

Hospital-acquired pneumonia is the leading cause of infection-related deaths in critically ill patients. It increases hospital stays by an average of seven to…

Life & Chemistry

Green Tea Component May Enhance Storage of Platelets and Tissues

Published in the current double issue of Cell Transplantation (18:5/6), now freely available on-line at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ct, devoted…

Physics & Astronomy

ESO Launches Interactive 360-Degree Night Sky Experience

The project allows stargazers to explore and experience the Universe as it is seen with the unaided eye from the darkest and best viewing locations in the…

Health & Medicine

Prenatal Testing for Down Syndrome: What to Expect Next

With new prenatal tests for Down syndrome on the horizon promising to be safer, more accurate, and available to women earlier in pregnancy, the medical…

Health & Medicine

New Seal of Quality Enhances Hygienic Equipment Standards

Before entering the cleanroom, the researcher dons special protective clothing to avoid carrying germs or other impurities into the highly sensitive…

Automotive Engineering

Dual Simulation Boosts Car Crash Safety and Performance

There are components that save lives: if a car rolls over during an accident, the ‘B-pillar’ plays a key role. It forms one of the connections between the…

Studies and Analyses

Study Finds Kids With Minor Head Trauma Often Skip CT Scans

A substantial percentage of children who get CT scans after apparently minor head trauma do not need them, and as a result are put at increased risk of cancer…

Life & Chemistry

Sierra Nevada Birds Adapt to Warmer, Wetter Climate Changes

The findings, to be published the week of Sept. 14 in an online early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveal that 48…

Studies and Analyses

Showerheads Expose Hidden Pathogens in Daily Showers

The researchers used high-tech instruments and lab methods to analyze roughly 50 showerheads from nine cities in seven states that included New York City,…

Studies and Analyses

Fewer Americans Low Risk for Heart Disease, Report Finds

After two decades of improvement, the percentage of Americans without major heart disease risk factors is dropping, according to a report in Circulation:…

Health & Medicine

Laser Treatment for BRVO: Safer and as Effective as Injections

This research was part of the Standard Care vs. Corticosteroid for Retinal Vein Occlusion (SCORE) Study, a phase III clinical trial conducted at 84 sites and…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Identify Gene Linked to Excess Mucus in Lung Disease

The discovery was reported in a study posted online Sept. 14 by the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The new research sheds light on what has been a medical…

Life & Chemistry

How Spectrin-Actin Disruption Affects Lens Cell Shape

Spectrin, F-actin, and associated proteins form a meshwork that supports and shapes the plasma membrane of red blood cells. A similar network underlies the…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers using parallel processing computing could save thousands by using an Xbox

A new study by a University of Warwick researcher has demonstrated that researchers trying to model a range of processes could use the power and capabilities…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Identify Key Gene Boosting Disease-Fighting Cells

The researchers have 'knocked out' the gene in question, known as E4bp4, in a mouse model, creating the world's first animal model entirely lacking NK cells,…

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