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Soccer Parents:
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by a chance discovery during another experiment, researchers at UT
Southwestern Medical Center have created a small molecule that
stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in
culture. |
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Wonder if you could be one of "those "
parents who rant and rage at their kid's soccer game? Well, you don't
have to look much farther than your car's rearview mirror for
clues. According to a new study in the June issue of the Journal of
Applied Social Psychology, |
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Team
finds key mechanism of DDT resistance in malarial mosquitoes |
Team discovers
new inhibitors of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells |
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Researchers are testing
a new way to kill cancer cells selectively by attaching cancer-seeking
antibodies to tiny carbon tubes that heat up when exposed to
near-infrared light.
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University
of Illinois researchers have identified a key detoxifying protein in
Anopheles mosquitoes that metabolizes DDT, a synthetic insecticide
used since World War II to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria. |
Researchers have discovered a new family of agents that inhibit the
growth of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells. The finding, described
today at a meeting of the Endocrine Society, has opened an avenue of
research into new drugs to combat estrogen-dependent breast cancers |
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UF researchers
develop improved gene therapy agent |
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Old
antibiotic may find new life as a stroke treatment |
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Replacing one
amino acid on the surface of a virus that shepherds corrective genes
into cells could be the breakthrough scientists have needed to make gene
therapy a more viable option for treating genetic diseases such as
hemophilia, University of Florida researchers sayReporting in the
journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today (May 19), |
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An old intravenous antibiotic may have new life as a
stroke treatment, researchers sayMinocycline appears to reduce stroke
damage in multiple ways – inhibiting white blood cells and enzymes that,
at least acutely, can destroy brain tissue and blood vessels,
respectively, says Dr. David Hess, chair of the Department of Neurology
in the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. |
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Hot climate could shut down plate tectonics |
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Study
uses music to explore the autistic brain's emotion processing |
Commencement
2008: Rensselaer Student Invents Alternative to Silicon Chip |
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A new study of possible links between climate and
geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of
the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust
to become locked in place
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Music has a universal ability to
tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with autism
spectrum disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult
task. Can music help them?
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Even before Weixiao Huang received his doctorate from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his new transistor captured the
attention of some of the biggest American and Japanese automobile
companies.The 2008 graduate’s invention could replace one of the most
common pieces of technology in the world — the silicon transistor for
high-power and high-temperature electronics. |
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CLIMATE
CHANGE COULD DIMINISH DRINKING WATER MORE THAN EXPECTED |
MITOCHONDRIA SEND DEATH SIGNAL TO CARDIAC CELLS, STUDY SHOWS |
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New research has found that a drug used
to treat severe forms of acne reduces the availability of the chemical
serotonin, low levels of which have been linked to aggression and
clinical depression. |
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As sea levels rise, coastal communities could lose
up to 50 percent more of their fresh water supplies than previously
thought,
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Scientists have determined how cardiac cells die just
as emergency treatments restore blood flow to a heart in distress, a
paradox that has long puzzled doctors who are able to
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ozone will damage crops, according to MIT study |
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UCLA doctor
develops new technique to treat varicose veins |
MIT works
toward novel therapeutic device |
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A novel MIT study concludes that increasing
levels of ozone due to the growing use of fossil fuels will damage
global vegetation, resulting in serious costs to the world's economy.
The analysis, reported in the November issue of Energy Policy,
focused on how three environmental changes (increases in temperature,
carbon dioxide and ozone) associated with human activity will affect
crops, pastures and forests
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Dr. Peter Lawrence, UCLA's
chief of vascular surgery, picks up size 7 crochet hooks from a fabric
store — not to make sweaters or scarves but to use in a new technique he
has developed to treat varicose veins
Early results of the new
outpatient procedure, called light-assisted stab phlebectomy, or LASP, appear
in a study in the October issue of the journal The American Surgeon
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MIT and University of Rochester researchers report important advances
toward a therapeutic device that has the potential to capture cells as
they flow through the blood stream and treat them. Among other
applications, such a device could zap cancer cells spreading to other
tissues, or signal stem cells to differentiate
Their concept leverages cell rolling, a biological process that slows
cells down as they flow through blood vessels. As the cells slow, they
adhere
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Hospital Room
Shook Up in First Seismic Experiment of Its Kind |
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Researchers
caution against genetic ancestry testing |
Sleep loss
linked to psychiatric disorders |
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In its initial public demonstration, the world's
first seismic testing apparatus for nonstructural components performed
exactly as designed last Friday at the University at Buffalo and MCEER
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"For many
Americans, the potential to track one's DNA to a specific country,
region or tribe with a take-home kit is highly alluring. But while the
popularity of genetic ancestry testing is rising - particularly among
African Americans - |
It has long been assumed that sleep deprivation can
play havoc with our emotions.
This is notably apparent in soldiers in combat zones, medical
residents and even new parents. Now there's a neurological basis for
this theory,
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