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First kidney transplant to be broadcast live to a UK audience at the Science Museum's Dana Centre, London

Visitors to the Dana Centre in London – the Science Museum’s adults-only venue for discussing contemporary science, medicine and technology – will have the…

Environmental Conservation

Tibetan Antelope Population Shows Signs of Recovery

Returning from a recent 1,000-mile expedition across Tibet's remote Chang Tang region, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) biologist George Schaller reports…

Life & Chemistry

New Biomarker Test Predicts Outcomes for Bladder Cancer Patients

Once a patient undergoes surgery for the removal of their bladder and lymph nodes — the standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer — researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Grafts Against Cancer: Key Discovery in Genomics Unveiled

A research team led by Prof. Claude Perreault, Université de Montréal, is announcing a major discovery in Genomics. This will generate a fundamental impact on…

Life & Chemistry

Obesity Drug Reveals New Insights Into Cancer Treatment

“Our discovery makes an exciting treatment target because theoretically you don't have to worry about harming nearby healthy tissue,” said senior researcher…

Studies and Analyses

South Asian Immigrants Face Increased Heart Disease Risk

The trouble, Medical College of Georgia researchers suspect, is that their high-density lipoprotein, or so-called good cholesterol, doesn’t protect many of…

Studies and Analyses

Private Schools in Philadelphia: No Better Outcomes Found

While significant academic gains were made from 2002 to 2006 by students across Philadelphia, private managers who were given extra funds to run 45 elementary…

Health & Medicine

Introducing FibroIndex: A New Way to Measure Liver Fibrosis

Fibrosis, the formation of scar-like tissue in the liver, usually indicates damage and can lead to cirrhosis. The new series of markers, called FibroIndex, was…

Health & Medicine

Understanding Skin Cancer: Insights into Melanoma Risks

It is one of the most common cancers in the UK, with more than 69,000 new cases reported every year. The incidences of the most dangerous type – melanoma –…

Health & Medicine

Calcium’s Role in Reducing Cardiovascular Risk During Weight Loss

The scientists enrolled 63 women with a body mass index over 30 on a 15-week low-calorie diet. At the start of the experiment, the women's daily calcium intake…

Physics & Astronomy

Nanomachine of the future captures great scientist's bold vision

James Clerk Maxwell, who is ranked along Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein for his contributions to science, imagined an atom-sized device — known as Maxwell's…

Life & Chemistry

Peptide Vaccine Boosts Breast Tumor Defense with Bacteria Agents

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic, University of South Florida, and University of Torino employed substances called toll-like receptor agonists to help a…

Life & Chemistry

Stanford Study Identifies Genes Linked to Severe Depression

“This finding has a very good chance of leading to a discovery of a gene that could yield important information about why some people develop depression,” said…

Life & Chemistry

Discover How Odorant Receptors Impact Longevity

In a report that appears online today in the journal Science Express, Dr. Scott Pletcher, assistant professor in the Huffington Center on Aging and Department…

Life & Chemistry

U-M Researchers Identify Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer

University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have discovered the small number of cells in pancreatic cancer that are capable of fueling the…

Life & Chemistry

Self-assembling nanostructures of DNA <br>– a biotechnologist&#039;s dream

Or at least use the specific bonds of DNA molecules to get nanostructures to grow themselves right in the test tube? This technology could be used to build…

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