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New Aptamers Target Glioblastoma Oncogene for Diagnosis

We offer novel high affinity aptamer sequences that target the zinc finger motif of the glioblastoma oncogene protein. The specificity of aptamers to different…

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C3bot Peptides: New Hope for Neuronal Injury Treatment

Peptide fragments of the C3 exoenzyme of Clostridium botulinum have been found to have neuritogenic effects on neurons as well as regenerative properties in an…

Studies and Analyses

Bird Populations Split: New Study on Speciation Insights

Speciation, the process by which different populations of the same species split into separate species, is central to evolution. But it's notoriously hard to…

Studies and Analyses

Mars Mineral Study Reveals Insights on Planetary Temperature

The study is published this week in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring and will be used to interpret the data from the soil temperature sensor of NASA's…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Skull Morphogenesis: The Role of HDAC8 Innovation

HDAC8 overexpression is associated with a poor prognosis in human neuroblastoma patients. “As there are many different isoforms of histone deacetylases, it is…

Earth Sciences

New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past

The map comprises over a thousand individual images, recorded between May 2006 and December 2007. Because Venus is covered in clouds, normal cameras cannot see…

Studies and Analyses

IQ’s Role in Heart Disease Disparities by Socioeconomic Status

Authors of the study published in Europe's leading cardiology journal, the European Heart Journal [1] today (Wednesday 15 July), analysed data from a group of…

Health & Medicine

Memory test and PET scans detect early signs of Alzheimer's

The research found that among 85 participants in the study with mild cognitive impairment, those with low scores on a memory recall test and low glucose…

Life & Chemistry

Baylor Researchers Unravel DNA Structure Mysteries

The interaction represented produced the famous explanation of the structure of DNA, but the model pictured is a stiff snapshot of idealized DNA. As…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Herbicide diversity needed to keep Roundup effective

Excess usage of glyphosate-resistant crops has led to weeds, such as marestail, that also are resistant to glyphosate, the herbicide used in Roundup. Bill…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Breakthrough Water Desalination System Tackles Clean Water Crisis

Concern over access to clean water is no longer just an issue for the developing world, as California faces its worst drought in recorded history.According to…

Studies and Analyses

Cohabiting Before Engagement: Higher Divorce Risk Revealed

University of Denver (DU) researchers find that couples who live together before they are engaged have a higher chance of getting divorced than those who wait…

Studies and Analyses

Curcumin May Lower Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women

Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that curcumin, a popular Indian spice derived from the turmeric root, could reduce the cancer risk for women…

Health & Medicine

Moderate Alcohol Intake Linked to Cognitive Benefits in Seniors

The study is being presented at the Alzheimer's Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD), in Vienna on July 13. While previous…

Studies and Analyses

Citrus Flavonoid May Help Prevent Obesity, Study Reveals

The study, led by Murray Huff of the Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario looked at a flavonoid (plant-based bioactive molecule)…

Communications Media

'Lipstick on a Pig' – Tracking the Life and Death of News

Jon Kleinberg, Cornell professor of computer science, Jure Leskovec, Cornell postdoctoral researcher and Cornell graduate student Lars Backstrom tracked 1.6…

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