- 07-06-2009 - Top Science News Stories from Firstscience.com

Death rates same for diabetes and heart disease patients receiving drug therapy or surgery
7 Jun 2009
International multicenter study led by the University of Pittsburgh Published in New England Journal of Medicine and presented at American Diabetes Association 69th Scientific Sessions NEW ORLEANS, June 7 – There is no difference in...

Research identifies 3-D structure of key nuclear pore building block
7 Jun 2009
Similar architecture of an essential nuclear pore complex module and cell’s vesicle coats supports common evolutionary origin The genome of complex organisms is stashed away inside each cell's nucleus, a little like a sovereign shielded...

A lethal cancer knocked down by one-two drug punch
7 Jun 2009
Bar Harbor, Maine – In the battle against cancer, allies can come from unexpected sources. Research at The Jackson Laboratory has yielded a new approach to treating leukemia, one that targets leukemia-proliferating cells with drugs that...

Recruitment of reproductive features into other cell types may underlie extended lifespan in animals
7 Jun 2009
Mutations extending lifespan induce expression of germline genes in somatic cells In the sense that organisms existing today are connected through a chain of life – through their parents, grandparents and other ancestors – almost a...

Link unraveled between chromosomal instability and centrosome defects in cancer cells
7 Jun 2009
BOSTON—In a new study, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists disprove a century-old theory about why cancer cells often have too many or too few chromosomes, and show that the actual reason may hold the key to a novel approach to...

Routine diabetes screenings could cut health-care costs
7 Jun 2009
Screening adults for diabetes could result in significant cost-savings for health care systems compared to the costs of not screening individuals at all. Emory University researchers will present the findings of their diabetes screening cost...

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