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Promising Cancer Drug Target Discovered in Prostate Tumors

In an article that is being published today as an advanced online publication by the journal Nature, the researchers say the growth-stimulating molecule called…

Studies and Analyses

'Early bird' project really gets the worm

Scientists from the LSU Museum of Natural Science, or MNS, recently participated in a project joining together the most prominent ornithological research…

Life & Chemistry

Neuroscientists Discover Link Between Neural Activity and Brain Blood Flow

New research from Harvard University neuroscientists has pinpointed exactly how neural activity boosts blood flow to the brain. The finding has important…

Environmental Conservation

50 Years of Marine Research in the Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is one of the best-investigated seas; data on the status of its marine environment have been recorded over several decades at numerous sites….

Life & Chemistry

Elevated Biomarkers Indicate Prostate Cancer Recurrence Risk

Calling their findings a major step forward in prostate cancer care, Texas researchers report in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of…

Life & Chemistry

Elevated Biomarkers Indicate Prostate Cancer Recurrence Risk

Calling their findings a major step forward in prostate cancer care, Texas researchers report in the June 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of…

Studies and Analyses

Milk’s Heart Benefits: Just One Glass a Day May Help

Grabbing as little as one glass of lowfat or fat free milk could help protect your heart, according to a new study published in the American Journal of…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Uncover Regeneration Secrets in Injured Embryos

More than 80 years have passed since the German scientist Hans Spemann conducted his famous experiment that laid the foundations for the field of embryonic…

Physics & Astronomy

Canada’s First Asteroid-Hunting Satellite: NEOSSat Launches

Canada is building the world's first space telescope designed to detect and track asteroids as well as satellites. Called NEOSSat (Near Earth Object…

Studies and Analyses

New Portable Device Offers Effective Relief for Migraines

Results of the study, to be presented Friday (6/27) at the annual American Headache Society meeting in Boston, found that the experimental device is safe and…

Environmental Conservation

New West Nile Virus Strain Spreads Due to Rising Temperatures

Higher temperatures helped a new strain of West Nile virus invade and spread across North America, according to a study published in the June 27 issue of the…

Materials Sciences

DuPont’s New Sealant Simplifies Ready Meal Packaging

Microwavable dinners just became more convenient with the new DuPont™ Appeel® Lidding Sealant Resins and DuPont™ Appeel® AF. This topical surfactant solution…

Health & Medicine

10 percent of healthy people in study had injury from 'silent strokes'

A recent study found that about 10 percent of the apparently healthy middle-aged participants with no symptoms of stroke were injured from “silent strokes,”…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Ancient Mexican Maize Varieties: Rediscovering Tradition

It is a member of the grass family, which also hosts the world's other major crops including rice, wheat, barley, sorghum, and sugar cane. As early…

Life & Chemistry

Discover Ronin: A New Player in Embryonic Stem Cell Control

Three proteins – Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog — had previously been considered the “master” regulators of embryonic stem cells, but “Ronin could be as important as…

Life & Chemistry

The Barcode of Life – EuroBioForum to showcase initiative to calibrate Europe's biodiversity using DNA Barcodes

Now, in an ambitious initiative scientists want to apply this concept to life by using DNA – nature's unique barcode of every species of animal, plant and…

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