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Life & Chemistry

New Insights into DNA Repair: Bridging Models and Microscopy

That question may now be closer to an answer. By comparing computer models of damaged human DNA with microscopic images of human cells that reveal focal sites…

Physics & Astronomy

Purdue 'milestone' a step toward advanced sensors, communications

The laser pulses could be likened to strobes used in high-speed photography to freeze fast-moving objects such as bullets or flying insects. These laser…

Life & Chemistry

Taming Anthrax Threat: Innovations in Biodefense Efforts

In the American government’s biodefense efforts, the potential for terrorists to cause a deadly anthrax outbreak remains a significant concern, six years after…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Researchers Uncover Pathway to Eliminate Red Blood Cell Defects

> Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a unique molecular pathway that detects and selectively eliminates defective…

Environmental Conservation

Pollution Boosts Greenhouse Gases, Threatens Asian Water Supply

Scientists have concluded that the global warming trend caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases is a major contributor to the melting of Himalayan and other…

Health & Medicine

Molecule Blocks Gene, Unveils Insights on Liver Cancer

This molecule is a microRNA, a recently discovered class of tiny molecules used by cells to help control the kinds and amounts of proteins they make. More than…

Studies and Analyses

COX-2 Inhibitors Show Promise Against Pancreatic Cancer Precursors

The study, published in the August 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests a potential role for COX-2…

Health & Medicine

Medical Residents Struggle With Tuberculosis Diagnosis Skills

In the survey, published online Aug. 2 in the British journal BMC Infectious Diseases, 131 medical residents were asked to answer 20 basic questions about the…

Studies and Analyses

Marijuana component opens the door for virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma

While most people are not at risk from Kaposi’s sarcoma herpes virus (KSHV), researchers say those with lowered immune systems, such as AIDS patients or…

Life & Chemistry

Protein Alteration Reduces Fear in Mice: Insights on Instinctive Behavior

For humans and other animals, some fears seem to be, in large part, instinctive and inborn rather than learned. For example, laboratory animals fear certain…

Earth Sciences

European Heat Waves Double in Length Since 1880

The new data shows that many previous assessments of daily summer temperature change underestimated heat wave events in western Europe by approximately 30…

Physics & Astronomy

Measuring Polymer Film Thickness with a Water Drop Innovation

FOM-researcher Wim de Jeu and his fellow researchers from the United States of America and from Chile will announce this in Science, on August 3rd, 2007. The…

Health & Medicine

Minimizing side effects: Queen’s Scientists report new drug delivery system

Dr Colin P. McCoy and colleagues from the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s describe their new molecular-scale dosing devices as “a new paradigm for precise…

Medical Engineering

Engineers Create Advanced Diagnostic Test for Hip Implants

Engineers at the University of Bath have developed a diagnostic test which measures the frequency of sound produced when the femur bone in the leg is vibrated.The new method is much more sensitive than the traditional method of using x-rays to detect the loosening of implants, and so can diagnose much smaller gaps around the implanted joint….

Life & Chemistry

Young Researchers Master Project Management at TRAYSS PRIME

The first TRAYSS PRIME workshop was successfully held during XIII Biotechnology Summer School of Gdansk University and Medical Academy Gdansk. The seminar in…

Life & Chemistry

ESRF Lightsource: Paving the Way for New Asthma Treatments

However, there is a need for new pharmaceutical alternatives, since not all patients respond to the existing medicines. Thanks to the research partly carried…

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