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Nanotechnology holds promise for STD drug delivery
3 May 2009
IMAGE: This is Kim Woodrow from Yale University. Click here for more information. New Haven, Conn. — Yale researchers describe a breakthrough in safe and effective...
3 May 2009
IMAGE: This is Kim Woodrow from Yale University. Click here for more information. New Haven, Conn. — Yale researchers describe a breakthrough in safe and effective...
Late motherhood boosts family lifespan
3 May 2009
Same genes linked to longevity and births after age 45 IMAGE: University of Utah demographer Ken R. Smith led a new study confirming that women who have their last baby after age 45 live longer than women who...
3 May 2009
Same genes linked to longevity and births after age 45 IMAGE: University of Utah demographer Ken R. Smith led a new study confirming that women who have their last baby after age 45 live longer than women who...
March of Dimes awards $250,000 prize to scientists unraveling the causes of muscular dystrophy
3 May 2009
IMAGE: Dr. Louis Kunkel is a 2009 co-recipient of the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology. Click here for more information. BALTIMORE, MAY 3, 2009 – Two...
3 May 2009
IMAGE: Dr. Louis Kunkel is a 2009 co-recipient of the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology. Click here for more information. BALTIMORE, MAY 3, 2009 – Two...
Songbird study from CSHL, CCNY provides concrete measure of biology's impact on culture
3 May 2009
Can birds raised in complete isolation evolve “normal” species song over generations? Cold Spring Harbor, NY – During infancy, each of us emerges from a delightful but largely incoherent babble of syllables and learns to speak...
3 May 2009
Can birds raised in complete isolation evolve “normal” species song over generations? Cold Spring Harbor, NY – During infancy, each of us emerges from a delightful but largely incoherent babble of syllables and learns to speak...
Genetic study confirms the immune system's role in narcolepsy
3 May 2009
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified a gene associated with narcolepsy, a disorder that causes disabling daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, irresistible bouts of sleep that can strike at any time, and...
3 May 2009
Scientists funded by the National Institutes of Health have identified a gene associated with narcolepsy, a disorder that causes disabling daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, irresistible bouts of sleep that can strike at any time, and...
Narcolepsy is an autoimmune disorder, Stanford researcher says
3 May 2009
STANFORD, Calif. — Ten years ago, Stanford University School of Medicine scientist Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and his colleagues made headlines when they identified the culprit behind the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now Mignot and his...
3 May 2009
STANFORD, Calif. — Ten years ago, Stanford University School of Medicine scientist Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, and his colleagues made headlines when they identified the culprit behind the sleep disorder narcolepsy. Now Mignot and his...
Process controlling T cell growth and production identified
3 May 2009
HOUSTON – (May 3, 2009) – Identifying one of the processes that plays a role in naïve and memory T-cells' growth and production could one day lead to better vaccines and possibly more effective cancer immunotherapy, said...
3 May 2009
HOUSTON – (May 3, 2009) – Identifying one of the processes that plays a role in naïve and memory T-cells' growth and production could one day lead to better vaccines and possibly more effective cancer immunotherapy, said...
Small molecules might block mutant protein production in Huntington's disease
3 May 2009
DALLAS – May 3, 2009 – Molecules that selectively interfere with protein production can stop human cells from making the abnormal molecules that cause Huntington's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have...
3 May 2009
DALLAS – May 3, 2009 – Molecules that selectively interfere with protein production can stop human cells from making the abnormal molecules that cause Huntington's disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have...
CCNY, CSHL biologists find birdsong of isolates reverts to norm over several generations
3 May 2009
AUDIO: This recording demonstrates the progression from isolate song to "wild-type " song in two tutoring lineages and also in the isolate colony. Click here for more...
3 May 2009
AUDIO: This recording demonstrates the progression from isolate song to "wild-type " song in two tutoring lineages and also in the isolate colony. Click here for more...
Personalized treatment for early lung cancer
3 May 2009
EMCTO Conference, May 1-3, 2009, Lugano, Switzerland Cancer vaccines and targeted therapies are beginning to offer new treatment options following surgery for patients with early stages of lung cancer, experts said at the first European...
3 May 2009
EMCTO Conference, May 1-3, 2009, Lugano, Switzerland Cancer vaccines and targeted therapies are beginning to offer new treatment options following surgery for patients with early stages of lung cancer, experts said at the first European...
Women more vulnerable to tobacco carcinogens, new results show
3 May 2009
EMCTO Conference, May 1-3, 2009, Lugano, Switzerland Women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco, according to new results reported this week at the European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic...
3 May 2009
EMCTO Conference, May 1-3, 2009, Lugano, Switzerland Women may be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco, according to new results reported this week at the European Multidisciplinary Conference in Thoracic...
Moving gene therapy forward with mobile DNA
3 May 2009
Gene therapy Gene therapy is the introduction of genetic material into a patient's cells resulting in a cure or a therapeutic effect. In recent years, it has been shown that gene therapy is a promising technology to treat or even cure several...
3 May 2009
Gene therapy Gene therapy is the introduction of genetic material into a patient's cells resulting in a cure or a therapeutic effect. In recent years, it has been shown that gene therapy is a promising technology to treat or even cure several...
Neuroscientists discover long-term potentiation in the olfactory bulb
3 May 2009
Study in Nature Neuroscience uncovers possible basis of memories for different smells CLEVELAND – May 3, 2009 –Ben W. Strowbridge, Ph.D, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, and Yuan Gao, a Ph.D. student in...
3 May 2009
Study in Nature Neuroscience uncovers possible basis of memories for different smells CLEVELAND – May 3, 2009 –Ben W. Strowbridge, Ph.D, associate professor of Neuroscience and Physiology/Biophysics, and Yuan Gao, a Ph.D. student in...
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