The ongoing study involves 632 children, nearly half of whom were exposed to epilepsy drugs during gestation. Of the children whose mothers took epilepsy…
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women. In 2007, 1.3 million cases were diagnosed and 465,000 women died worldwide1. The National…
A team of Spanish researchers set out to establish the reference values for skeletal bone status in the course of a human being’s lifetime. This is a “very…
Microorganisms such as bacteria and single celled algae in rivers and streams decompose organic matter as it flows downstream. They convert the carbon it…
The research published in Clinical Cancer Research today found that specific genetic changes in certain cells may cause childhood kidney cancer.Lead scientist,…
The results of Lipgene, a five year EU research programme, show that personalised nutrition diets based on peoples genetic make-up will be the way of the…
The 25 country report has led to the creation of the International Neuroblastoma Risk Group Classification System, with the results published in two papers in…
To that end you need plant material that you know comes from a specific region and also which year it grew in. Wine is the ideal research material, thought…
Using the InChI – an IUPAC standard identifier for compounds – scientists can share and contribute their own molecular data and search millions of others from…
Making a differenceThe big challenge in creating a sustainable future is creating awareness that it’s not just governments that make changes, but individual…
Loss of biodiversity‘Climate change’ is such an all-encompassing phrase, that it’s easy to forget it will have a multitude of effects, which is why scientists…
What we eat can say a lot about us – where we live, how we live and eventually even when we lived. From the analysis of the intestinal contents of the…
Detailed informationA new cloud radar which has been developed over 10 years, may help climate scientists as well as meteorologists. It has been developed by…
Liver disease death rates are rising in the UK, in contrast to other common diseases such as heart disease and cancer, and the new Robert Hesketh Hepatology…
The findings are based on information from the 2007 Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey conducted by ARK, a joint research initiative by Queen’s University…
As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking,…
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