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Cell division regulation protein kills cells with DNA damage
Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:16 AM EDT
A protein known for helping cells in repairing DNA damage, is also involved in the self-destruction of cells when the DNA damage is too large.
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Why Europe fails in Science
Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:06 AM EDT
This year all five Nobel prizes are honouring American research. This is no accident, it is the final conclusion of a trend which has been going on for decades. Europe is failing more and more in science, failng to produce break-through research.
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New medication could mean the end of allergies
Tue Oct 3, 2006 2:59 PM EDT
The Swiss company Cytos may have created a therapy which be the end for the suffering of millions of people around the world. It also concurs with the hypotheses stating allergies are partly caused by a lack of stimulation of the immune system during childhood.
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Nobelprize for RNA interference - Pushing the buttons in cells
Mon Oct 2, 2006 4:00 PM EDT
Andrew Fire and Graig Mello will receive the Nobel prize for Medicine. Their discovery of RNA interference let geneticists make a great leap in their research. It led to a market worth billions in both research and medication.
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microRNA provides hiding mechanism for viruses
Tue Jun 6, 2006 3:57 AM EDT
Some viruses are able to hide themselves in cells, waiting until the immune system becomes weaker. Researchers have found how they are able to do this, which could in the end lead to a new way of fighting these smart invaders. It was published in the June 1 Nature.
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Leeches to counter joint problems
Sat Jun 3, 2006 3:57 PM EDT
Leeches have shown to be able to relieve pain caused by problems in the joints, and better then conventional painkilling ointment. The findings were presented at the North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine.
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New way of fighting autoimmunity diseases found
Fri Jun 2, 2006 8:50 AM EDT
Researchers have found how a rare genetic defect can cause autoimmunity diseases. It may provide a new pathway to stop the body from attacking oneself. This has been found by researchers from the Medical College of Georgia, and was publishes in the June issue of Nature Medicine.
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Grow your own bladder
Wed Apr 5, 2006 5:36 AM EDT
Seven U.S. children have had bladder implemented - grown from their own cells. This is the first time such a transplant was carried out succesful. The Lancet reports about this discovery, which is described as a 'milestone'.
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Asthmatic women gain little from inhaling steroids
Sat Feb 4, 2006 4:35 PM EST
Asthmatic patients frequently use inhaling steroids. New research shows that women gain much less from these medications than was previously thought. The research may also provide new insight in the influence of hormones on asthma and it's development.
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Risky trading as stimulating as sex - trading medicine on the way?
Fri Feb 3, 2006 10:09 AM EST
Sex, taking drugs or high risk trading at the stock market: for neuroscientists there is little difference. Research now shows that all these activities strongly stimulate the pleasure centre of the brain. This may lead to medicines improving the trading abilities of humans.
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Dads expecting babies get fat - finally explained
Thu Feb 2, 2006 11:43 AM EST
Male monkeys and humans gain weight during the pregnancy of their partner. For long this was thought to be psychosomatic. New research indicates that this has biological causes: preparing for fatherhood
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Treatment Of Down Syndrome In Mice Restores Nerve Growth
Seeded on Thu Feb 2, 2006 8:49 AM EST (Science Daily)
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins were able to restore the normal growth of nerve cells in mouse with mice equivalent of the Down Syndrome. This could provide future targets for Down Syndrom treatment in human babies.
Migraine partly caused by heart defect – new treatment?
Wed Feb 1, 2006 2:02 AM EST
About two third of the migraine patients appear to have a heart defect which may partly be the cause of their problems. Treating such a defect may relieve an very large group of headache patients.
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Printing Living Cells with an ink-jet
Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:55 AM EST (nanotechweb.org)
A team of biophysicists in the UK has used a form of ink-jet printing to create "jets" of living cells for the first time.
Last week in Science & Health
Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:56 AM EST
A weekly overview by Jaap Schreurs of the latest developments in Health and Science.
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Army of bird flu viruses decoded - Protein found that could be key to flu pandemics
Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:00 AM EST (News at Nature)
Researchers have decoded nearly 170 strains of avian influenza viruses. This has led to the find of a protein that could be the key to the lethality of the avian flu virus.
Monkey Police Force Provides Social Stability
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:20 AM EST (Sciam)
Monkey again prove to be more human than we thought: Research suggests monkeys have their own police force. The research shows that the most powerful monkeys in a group sometimes intervene to stop conflicts.
Internet serves as 'social glue'
Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:13 AM EST (BBC News)
The internet has played an important role in the life decisions of 60 million Americans, research shows.
Snails hitching a ride from birds
Thu Jan 26, 2006 9:07 AM EST
For long scientists had little clue how land snails ended up on islands in the middle of the ocean. Biologists now have an idea how it happened: by hitching a ride from birds. This is suggested by genetic research published in Nature by Gittenberg et al.
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Contraceptive pill 'does not cause weight gain'
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:26 AM EST (News at Nature)
In contrary to popular believe, the contraceptive pill does not cause weight gain., nor does it increase apetite. This was found by David Grames, researching the effect of contraceptive pills as opposed to placebos.
Turning Christmas Trees into flu drug Tamiflu
Seeded on Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:18 AM EST (CNN)
Because of the worldwide fear for bird flu the demand, and price, of Tamiflu has risen unexpectantly. The main ingredient for Tamiflu, shikimic acid, is obtained from a spice from Chine. The price of this spice has sky-rocketed, because of a lack of the ingredient.
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:23 AM EST
A weekly overview by Jaap Schreurs of the latest developments in Health and Science.
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Blocking the Leptin fat hormone may cure Multiple Sclerosis
Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:24 AM EST
The Leptin hormone is in the news again. The hormone fights depression, but blocking the same hormone may cure Multiple Sclerosis. Blocking Leptin in mice with an MS-like illness resulted in reducing the disease. This was reported in the 'Journal of Clinical Investigation'.
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Owl's Ability to Link Sight and Sound Could Be Key to Treating Attention Disorders
Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2006 7:51 AM EST (Sciam)
Scientists start to understand how the owl's brain make the animal capable of hearing so well - by attention. The new insight in the wiring of the attention circuitry could lead to drive human learning, and cure attention disorders.
Schizophrenia caused by parasites?
Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:55 AM EST
The toxoplasm parasite changes rats into cat loving creatures - with fatal consequences. In humans the parasite is connected to schizophrenia, possible causing delusions and changes of personality.
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