Medicinal marijuana effective for neuropathic pain in HIV August 06, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School ... | |
 'Anti-noise' silences wind turbines August 11, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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If wind energy converters are located anywhere near a residential area, they must never become too noisy even in high winds. Most such power units try to go easy on their neighbors' ears, but even the most ... | |
Designer RNA fights high cholesterol, researchers find August 11, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern ... | |
Scientists show how DNA repairs may reshape the genome August 13, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center and at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) have shown how broken sections of chromosomes can recombine to change genomes and spawn new species. | |
 First reported video of cell's recognition of danger through its protein response August 13, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cells are expected to respond defensively when an antigen lands on a cell membrane and prepares to cause mischief. | |
Potatoes may hold key to Alzheimer's treatment August 15, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A virus that commonly infects potatoes bears a striking resemblance to one of the key proteins implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and researchers have used that to develop antibodies that may slow or prevent the onset ... | |
Anti-cancer flower power August 25, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Could a substance from the jasmine flower hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer? Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University thinks so. He and his colleagues have developed ... | |
Study outcome won't sway company on eye drug August 27, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(AP) -- What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? ... | |
Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites August 27, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Intercepting Internet traffic, and spying on the communication between two computers, is a gold mine for hackers. Now Carnegie Mellon University researchers hope software they've built will make it harder for criminals ... | |
Breakthrough could help combat superbugs August 29, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have worked out a key mechanism that protects bacteria against stress in a major discovery that could lead to new ways of killing superbugs like C. difficile and MRSA. | |
 Neighbour's aid for jobless nerve cells September 01, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the laws of nature states that empty spaces don’t stay empty for long. Be it the flowerbed, which is overgrown with weeds in no time, or the gap in your appointment calendar, which ... | |
Researchers piece together gene 'network' linked to schizophrenia September 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Reporting this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have uncovered for the first time molecular circuitry associated with schizophrenia that links three ... | |
 Baby's smell tamps down dad's testosterone levels September 03, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Does eau de infant make dad a better parent? It does, it seems, if you are a common marmoset, a New World monkey known for its collaborative approach to rearing offspring. | |
Studies spot numerous undiscovered gene alterations in pancreatic and brain cancers September 04, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. Some of these genetic changes were previously ... | |
OU researchers developing new tool to detect cancer August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Early cancer detection can significantly improve survival rates. Current diagnostic tests often fail to detect cancer in the earliest stages and at the same time expose a patient to the harmful effects of radiation. Led by ... | |
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