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Life & Chemistry

New Insights on CA-MRSA Risk Factors and Management

In a continuing effort to improve the clinical management of community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureas (CA-MRSA), Loren Miller, M.D.,…

Life & Chemistry

Brown Cancer Biologists Discover Key Factor in Cell Growth

When cells go about the business of dividing, they can get sidelined. Maybe there aren’t enough nutrients. Maybe there aren’t the right signals to resume…

Environmental Conservation

Hope for Cambodian Vultures: Nest Discovery Sparks Conservation

Working in the remote forests of Cambodia, conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have just discovered Southeast Asia's only known…

Earth Sciences

Methane Bubbling Creates Unique Undersea Hills

Writing in the January issue of Geophysical Research Letters, MBARI geologists Charlie Paull and William Ussler and their coauthors described the results of…

Studies and Analyses

Immigration Trends Impact Racial and Ethnic Intermarriage Rates

The findings suggest that the growing number of Hispanic and Asian immigrants to the United States led to more marriages within these groups, and fewer…

Life & Chemistry

Woven Scaffolds Enhance Cartilage Repair Potential

“If further experiments are successful, the scaffold could be used in clinical trials within three or four years,” said Franklin Moutos, a graduate student in…

Life & Chemistry

Vagus Nerve Interference in Mice Prevents Diabetes and Hypertension

The research team surgically removed the vagus nerve in mice and found the procedure prevented or reversed the development of insulin resistance and high blood…

Studies and Analyses

New Studies Support Vitamin D’s Role in Cancer Prevention

The work was conducted by a core team of cancer prevention specialists at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Targets Enzyme to Combat Obesity Effectively

Drugs that block some activities of the enzyme, known as xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR), might therefore offer a novel antiobesity therapy designed to fight fat…

Studies and Analyses

Common anesthetic may induce cell death, generation of Alzheimer's-associated protein

In the Feb. 7 Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and colleagues describe how isoflurane may set off a process in…

Life & Chemistry

Global Study Finds Genetic Link to Breast Cancer Risk

An international multi-centre research effort has identified a new genetic defect as a potential heritable breast cancer susceptibility candidate. The same…

Health & Medicine

International Consortium Tackles Coronary Artery Disease

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common form of heart disease in Europe and the US. It is caused by a narrowing of the arteries due to deposits of fat…

Health & Medicine

New Anti-Microbial Hospital Gowns Combat MRSA Effectively

The patient gown combines a new and innovative design with an anti-microbial finish that controls the growth of bacteria. The gown’s unique design aims to…

Information Technology

White rose tackles world's fastest growing crime*

Cyber crime is a fast growing industry, with 'phishing' emails alone rising 8000 times between 2005 and 2006.** In 2004 it cost European business £14.7 billion…

Life & Chemistry

New biotechnology companies flock to London’s first bioscience innovation centre

LBIC currently provides 21st century laboratory and office facilities for more than 23 biotechnology and diagnostic companies, life science product and service…

Environmental Conservation

New Sedge Species Discovered in UK Sparks Further Exploration

Botanists at Edge Hill University, the UK’s newest University, have discovered a population Carex salina (Salt-marsh sedge), near Morvich on the west coast of…

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