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OHSU
Researchers Reveal the Science of Shivering |
Soccer
Parents: Why They Rage |
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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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Researchers at
Oregon Health & Science University’s Neurological Sciences
Institute have uncovered the system that tells the body when to
perform one of its most basic defenses against the cold:
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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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Brain
imaging and genetic studies link thinking patterns to addiction
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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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Scientists have for the first time identified
brain sites that fire up more when people make impulsive
decisions. In a study comparing brain activity of sober
alcoholics and non-addicted people making financial decisions,
the group of sober alcoholics showed significantly more
"impulsive" neural activity |
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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Human-generated
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
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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
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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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