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Life & Chemistry

Moles and melanoma — researchers find genetic links to skin cancer

The study, led by Professors Julia Newton Bishop and Tim Bishop of the Melanoma Genetics Consortium (GenoMEL) at the University of Leeds, looked at more than…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Variations Linked to Brain Tumors: Study Insights

The study, conducted with different patient populations at each institution, looked for genome-wide associations using individual patient data and information…

Business and Finance

Financing Sodium Hypochlorite Plant: KfW, UniCredit, Raiffeisen

A German-Austrian banking consortium formed by KfW IPEX-Bank GmbH as the coordinating bank, UniCredit Bank Austria AG (Bank Austria) and Raiffeisen Zentralbank…

Machine Engineering

New Digital Rotary Control Valve to Boost Fuel Economy, Reduce Emissions – Nominated for People’s Choice Design Award at NPE

“When you think of the sophisticated systems in a vehicle today, it comes as a surprise that we still use analog systems to control the interaction of the…

Life & Chemistry

Pitt Team Discovers Molecule That Controls Heart Size Using Zebrafish

The zebrafish model has powerful advantages for studying embryonic development, said senior author Michael Tsang, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of…

Health & Medicine

MicroRNAs: A New Hope for Treating Blood Vessel Diseases

The study was led by the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) in San Francisco, with key contributions from the Aab Cardiovascular Research…

Studies and Analyses

Researchers find possible environmental causes for Alzheimer's, diabetes

A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have found a substantial link between increased levels of nitrates in our environment and food with…

Health & Medicine

Caffeine reverses memory impairment in Alzheimer's mice

Coffee drinkers may have another reason to pour that extra cup. When aged mice bred to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease were given caffeine – the…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Variations in 5 Genes Linked to Brain Tumor Risk

Common genetic variations spread across five genes raise a person's risk of developing the most frequent type of brain tumor, an international research team…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Discovery Approach from GUMC Challenges Norms

In a discovery that rebuffs conventional scientific thinking, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have discovered a novel way to block…

Environmental Conservation

Soay Sheep Shrink on Scottish Isle Due to Climate Change

More precisely, the average size of Soay sheep on the island has declined about 5 percent in both body weight and stature since researchers began taking…

Physics & Astronomy

String Theory’s Physical Reality: Insights from Black Holes

The black hole that explains how quantum particles behave collectively in individual forms of quantum material such as those found in quark-gluon plasmas and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Rare Hair Sheep May Enhance Diagnostic Tests in Developing World

It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident. A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, which is to…

Studies and Analyses

Elderly CPR Survival Rates: No Improvement from 1992 to 2005

A study of elderly patients receiving CPR in the hospital shows that rates of survival did not improve from 1992 to 2005. During that period, the proportion of…

Studies and Analyses

Tamoxifen’s Role in Uterine Cell Growth and Cancer Risk

The research is significant in helping determine why tamoxifen and other synthetic estrogens are linked to increased rates of endometriosis and uterine cancer,…

Life & Chemistry

Learning From Locusts: New Insights for Migraine Treatments

A similarity in brain disturbance between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address…

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