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Successful Pilot Study Builds Resistance to Food Allergies

“Participants who took a daily dose of egg product over the two-year study period were able to build up their bodies' resistance to the point where most of…

Life & Chemistry

Discover 176 Proteins Linked to Plague Infection in Fleas

Recreating growth conditions in flea carriers and mammal hosts, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have uncovered 176 proteins and likely…

Social Sciences

Ineffective Programs for Aboriginal Children: WA Survey Results

The finding is contained in the fourth volume of results from the Western Australian Aboriginal Child Health Survey, launched in Perth today.The survey,…

Earth Sciences

'Nymph of the sea' reveals remarkable brood

The research team consisted of David Siveter from the University of Leicester, Derek Siveter from Oxford, Mark Sutton from Imperial College London and Derek…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic variation: We're more different than we thought

This discovery of the extent of genetic variation, by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) international research scholar Stephen W. Scherer, and colleagues,…

Studies and Analyses

Single Medication Outperforms Combo Drugs in Cardiac Therapy

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine led by Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital researchers showed…

Life & Chemistry

Mapping Human Genome: Unveiling Structural Variations

Beyond the simple stream of one-letter characters in the human genome sequence lies a complex, higher-order code. In order to decipher this level of…

Health & Medicine

Sleep Issues Common in Overweight Children, New Research Reveals

Research published in the November issue of Obesity shows a surprising 25 out of 100 overweight, inactive children tested positive for sleep-disordered…

Life & Chemistry

New German Chemistry Portal Launched: www.Chem.de Insights

In a cooperative project of development the German Chemical Society Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh), the German National Library of Science and…

Studies and Analyses

Fetal Oxygen Measurement: No Impact on Caesarean Rates

In the study, appearing in this week's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers tested whether doctors' knowledge of fetal blood-oxygen…

Life & Chemistry

Master Cardiac Stem Cell Discovered by MGH Researchers

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cardiovascular Research Center have discovered what appears to be a master cardiac stem cell, capable…

Health & Medicine

Zinc’s Key Role in Brain Circuitry Revealed by New Research

By engineering a mouse with a mutation affecting a neuronal zinc target, researchers have demonstrated a central role for zinc in modulating signaling among…

Life & Chemistry

Parkinson's mutation stunts neurons

They have pinpointed the malfunction of the protein made by mutant forms of the gene called LRRK2 and how it affects neurons, ultimately leading to their…

Studies and Analyses

Multicenter Study Links Exercise to Better Health for Seniors

A study, which appears in the November issue of Journal of Gerontology, is the first to show that physical activity can improve a person's score on a…

Life & Chemistry

Downstate Researchers Target Multiple Sclerosis with Calpain Insights

Calpains are a family of proteolytic enzymes naturally found in the human body. Inappropriate activation of calpain is associated with a number of…

Health & Medicine

Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Approach to Dystonia Treatment

Dystonia, a group of diseases that cause a patient’s muscles to involuntary contract with movement, has had a relatively limited and ineffective number of…

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