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Hepatitis C Virus Infection Linked to Higher Lymphoma Risk

Researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Baylor College of Medicine, found that HCV infection…

Health & Medicine

Challenges in Predicting the Next Influenza Pandemic

In a commentary in the May 9, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, scientists at the National Institutes of Health discuss why…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Insights Into Bipolar Disorder: First Genome-Wide Study

The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which…

Studies and Analyses

Gene Mutation Linked to Human Cognition Discovered

The study, which also demonstrated the molecular mechanism that creates this novel protein, will be published online in Human Mutation, the official journal of…

Environmental Conservation

Halibut Excluder Tests Show Success for Pacific Cod Trawling

Recent test fishing of a halibut excluder device on trawl nets fishing for Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska points to a significant reduction of halibut…

Automotive Engineering

'Upgrading' from Secondary to Primary Seatbelt Laws Would Save Lives

Lilliard Richardson, associate professor in MU's Truman School of Public Affairs, and David J. Houston, associate professor at the University of Tennessee,…

Physics & Astronomy

Largest Supernova Ever Seen: A Breakthrough Discovery

An exploding star first observed last September is the largest and most luminous supernova ever seen, according to University of California, Berkeley,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New 'layered-layered' materials for rechargeable lithium batteries

The technology is based on a new material for the positive electrode that is comprised of a unique nano-crystalline, layered-composite structure.Argonne’s…

Environmental Conservation

Tropical Plants Adapt to Shifting Rainfall Patterns in Hawaii

A University of Florida scientist and other researchers have found that plants in Hawaii have the ability to acclimate to big changes in rainfall in at least…

Health & Medicine

Lymphocyte Count: Key Predictor of Survival in Young Leukemia Patients

A review of young leukemia patients over the past decade has shown that the absolute lymphocyte count (ALC), a measure of normal immune cells found on every…

Life & Chemistry

New Technique Enhances Chromosome Mapping in Fruit Flies

Their work appears online May 6 in advance of publication in the journal Nature Methods.Fruit flies are well suited for chromosome studies because some of…

Life & Chemistry

New Data Suggests Current Approach to Drug Discovery for Lou Gehrig’s Disease Be Re-Examined

> Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have found an absolute biochemical distinction between the sporadic and hereditary variants…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Chandra sees brightest supernova ever

“This was a truly monstrous explosion, a hundred times more energetic than a typical supernova,” said Nathan Smith of the University of California at Berkeley,…

Life & Chemistry

Plant Pathologists Combat Stem Rust Threat to Wheat Supply

Stem rust of wheat was responsible for massive epidemics on wheat during the early 20th Century in North America. In the mid-1950s, wheat breeders developed…

Studies and Analyses

Lung Treatments for Premature Babies: A 24,883-Infant Study

A retrospective study of 24,883 premature babies with respiratory distress syndrome treated in 191 U.S. hospitals from January 2003 to June 2006 showed…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists encourage cells to make a meal of Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease is one of a number of degenerative diseases marked by clumps of malformed protein in brain cells. Symptoms include abnormal movements,…

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