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Physics & Astronomy

Intense heat killed the Universe's would-be galaxies

The research, to be presented at an international conference today (Wednesday, July 1), also forms a core part of a new ICC movie charting the evolution of the…

Life & Chemistry

New Test Detects Genetic and Chromosomal Abnormalities in Embryos

They told a news briefing at the 25th annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology in Amsterdam today (Tuesday) that, as a…

Life & Chemistry

Discover How Tiny Gene Differences Shape Bacterial Strains

It is based on detecting short, repetitive DNA segments in the genome of bacteria. Every single bacterial strain has such characteristic repeats. “With this…

Studies and Analyses

Stressed Men: New Research Links Stress to Risky Gambling

New research, to be published July 1 in the journal PLoS One, shows that men under stress may be more likely to take risks, correlating to such real-life…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Scorpion Venom: Insights From Genetic Analysis

Yibao Ma worked with a team of researchers from Wuhan University, China, to study the sting of S. jendeki, a member of the family Euscorpiidae, which covers…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights on Antarctic Species and Global Warming Effects

A group of researchers from the British Antarctic Survey have collected individuals from a wide range of species commonly found in Antarctic waters and…

Studies and Analyses

Innovative Rotator Cuff Treatment Offers Quick Tendonitis Relief

“With this treatment, we were able to establish a single inexpensive and effective treatment for calcific tendonitis of the rotator cuff. This has never…

Health & Medicine

Key Discoveries in Lupus Research by Scripps Scientists

Lupus is one of several autoimmune diseases in which the immune system turns against parts of the body, destroying the very cells and tissues it is meant to…

Studies and Analyses

Bone Marrow Extract Therapy Enhances Heart Attack Recovery

Findings were published online and in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Molecular Therapy. The cover of the journal features a microscope image of cells…

Life & Chemistry

New Cardiac Marker Copeptin accelerates Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI)

One of the major challenges in emergency medicine is the early diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in patients presenting with chest pain or other…

Health & Medicine

Complaints by the elderly – valuable information or trivialities?

In two recent studies, Tove Persson, doctoral student at the School of Health Sciences, shows that staff, as well as social services directors in local…

Technology Offerings

Myrtucommulone Synthesis: Unlocking New Medicinal Potential

For examining the pharmacological characteristics of myrtucommulone A more precisely and making it available for medication it was searched for a synthetic…

Technology Offerings

Bioactive Pre-Tubulysins: Advancing Tubulin Research

Pre-tubulysin was already claimed as a hypothetically common preliminary stage of tubulysins in 2004. Now it is available by synthesis and can be used for…

Technology Offerings

New Viral Expression System Boosts Hybrid VLP Production

A novel yeast expression system was developed in the lab of Prof. Manfred Schmitt from the Department of Applied Molecular Biology of the Saarland University…

Technology Offerings

Molecular Marker Enhances Minimized Diagnosis of Brain Tumors

The work group of Prof. Dr. Eckart Meese at Saarland University identified special features of tumour cells that could constitute a basis for an improved…

Technology Offerings

New Method Simplifies Blood Platelet Disorder Diagnostics

A new method has been developed which enables measurement of the thrombocyte adhesion directly in a simple and cost-efficient way, which can facilitate…

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