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Life & Chemistry

Enzyme Weakens Mouse Heart, But Suppression Strengthens It

An enzyme makes the mouse heart prone to chronic cardiac insufficiency – if it is suppressed, the heart remains strong despite increased stress. Cardiologists…

Health & Medicine

Taurine’s Role in Visual Toxicity of Anti-Epileptic Drugs

Serge Picaud, head of research at Inserm, and his colleagues of the Institut de la Vision have just discovered the origin of this secondary effect and have…

Life & Chemistry

Stanford Scientists Discover New Drug for Opioid Addiction

Opioids encompass a diverse array of prescription and illegal drugs, including codeine, morphine and heroin. In 2007, about 12.5 million Americans aged 12 and…

Life & Chemistry

How Inflammatory Diseases Trigger Chronic Fatigue: Insights

New animal research in the February 18 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience may indicate how certain diseases make people feel so tired and listless.Although…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Heart Cell Expansion and Division Process

Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have unraveled a complex signaling…

Life & Chemistry

Nano-Hydrogels from Basque University Detect Cancer Cells

The task of the New Materials and Supramolecular Spectroscopy research team at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of the Basque Country…

Life & Chemistry

Biomarker GUCY2C Predicts Colorectal Cancer Recurrence

Detection of the biomarker, guanylyl cyclase 2C (GUCY2C), indicates the presence of occult metastases in lymph nodes that may not have been identified by…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Reveal Rift Valley Fever Virus Tactics Uncovered

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a key tactic that the Rift Valley fever virus uses to disarm the defenses of…

Environmental Conservation

Illegal Ivory Prices Surge in Vietnam: Threat to Elephants

An assessment of the illegal ivory trade in Viet Nam said Vietnamese illegal ivory prices could be the highest in the world, with reports of tusks selling for…

Studies and Analyses

Ethanol Plants Face Economic Challenges Amid Demand Decline

But the boom has since stalled amid a deep economic downturn that has stifled demand, one of many threats to the fledgling industry that were forecast in a…

Business and Finance

Strong Demand for 5-Year KfW Benchmark Bond Explained

The Euro Benchmark II/2009 matures on 25 February 2014 and pays a coupon of 3.125% p.a. Its reoffer price is 99.754 (yield 3.179%), corresponding to a yield…

Life & Chemistry

Light-Induced Toxins: Impact on Air and Water Quality

Is the air we breathe on a daily basis slowly killing us?It may not be that severe, but the air we breathe and water we drink may be more harmful than we…

Health & Medicine

New Indicator Signals Progression of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

The findings may provide physicians with an indicator of when this type of cancer – chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) – is progressing, enabling them to make more…

Health & Medicine

New Insights Into Bacteria Evolution by McMaster Researchers

Researchers of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research have discovered a new way that bacteria evolve into something that can make…

Studies and Analyses

Beyond Price: Finding Quality Travel Bargains Revealed

Instead, a researcher at North Carolina State University who co-authored the study says that consumers need to consider the quality of the flights being…

Information Technology

Duke’s K* Algorithm Streamlines Enzyme Design Process

The program — a set of computer rules known as the algorithm “K*” (pronounced K Star)– is able to sort through all the possible shapes and changes of a key…

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