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Life & Chemistry

Fighting TB might be a matter of 'flipping a switch' in immune response

In the case of tuberculosis, Ohio State University researchers are using mathematical modeling to determine whether a change to the natural switching time…

Earth Sciences

Subseafloor Sediment Insights from the South Pacific Gyre

An international oceanographic research expedition to the middle of the South Pacific Gyre – a site that is as far from continents as it is possible to go on…

Life & Chemistry

New Metastasis Inhibitor Discovered at Children’s Hospital Boston

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have isolated a potent inhibitor of tumor metastasis made by tumor cells, one that could potentially be harnessed as…

Health & Medicine

Adolescent Girls’ Stress Management: Insights and Strategies

Stress and worry amongst teenagers have increased markedly in recent years, especially amongst girls. According to recent statistics from the WHO, as many as…

Technology Offerings

Innovative CD-LIMS: Discriminating Enantiomers with Lasers

The invention at hand provides for the first time a combination of broadband circularly polarized femtosecond laser radiation with laser ionization mass…

Studies and Analyses

Drinking Fat-Free Milk at Breakfast Reduces Lunchtime Hunger

Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American…

Environmental Conservation

Policy transparency key to saving world's fisheries

A new study provides the first global evaluation of how management practices influence fisheries' sustainability. The study assessed the effectiveness of the…

Medical Engineering

New 3D Images Unveil HIV Assembly Process in Detail

Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany, have produced a three-dimensional reconstruction…

Earth Sciences

Ice Sheets Retreat Rapidly: Insights from Prehistoric Glaciers

Modern glaciers, such as those making up the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, are capable of undergoing periods of rapid shrinkage or retreat, according to…

Health & Medicine

New Combined Therapy Shows Promise Against HIV-AIDS

The study was led by Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sékaly, of the Université de Montréal. Dr. Jean-Pierre Routy of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Fly Sensory Cells and Human Immune Disorders

In an article that appears in the current issue of Nature Cell Biology, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report that a new finding about the Notch…

Life & Chemistry

Transplant Drug Rapamycin Boosts Immune Memory in Studies

In experiments conducted in both mice and monkeys, rapamycin can stimulate the formation of memory CD8 T cells, which enable the immune system to respond…

Health & Medicine

Exploring Arrhythmia Treatment Disparities Across Europe

These facts and figures, including the current status of healthcare systems across the continent, were included in the EHRA White Book2.”This document is…

Social Sciences

How Partner Relationships Buffer Against Stress Effects

– The relationship reduces the negative effects of this kind of stress on our health. But poor relationships will amplify the negative effects”, say…

Life & Chemistry

Serotonin Deficiency Disrupts Maternal Behavior in Mice

This was the result of research conducted by Dr. Natalia Alenina, Dana Kikic, and Professor Michael Bader of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) Berlin-Buch,…

Health & Medicine

New Guidelines for Drivers with Implanted Defibrillators

A consensus statement with recommendations for drivers with ICD's was presented at a press conference at the Europace 2009 meeting, in Berlin, Germany on…

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