Two cancer drugs prevent, reverse type 1 diabetes, study shows November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 38 vote(s)
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Two common cancer drugs have been shown to both prevent and reverse type 1 diabetes in a mouse model of the disease, according to research conducted at the University of California, San Francisco. The drugs – imatinib (marketed ... | |
Adult brain neurons can remodel connections November 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Overturning a century of prevailing thought, scientists are finding that neurons in the adult brain can remodel their connections. In work reported in the Nov. 24 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy ... | |
Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The music industry's courtroom campaign against people who share songs online is coming under counterattack. A Harvard Law School professor has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law at ... | |
New method provides panoramic view of protein-RNA interactions in living cells November 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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DNA, it has turned out, isn't all it was cracked up to be. In recent years we learned that the molecule of life, the discovery of the 20th century, did not -- could not -- by itself explain the huge differences in complexity ... | |
 Proteomics study yields clues as to how tuberculosis might be thwarting the immune system November 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A link between the immune system and the self-cleaning system by which biological cells rid themselves of obsolete or toxic parts may one day yield new weapons in the fight against tuberculosis and other deadly ... | |
 New Research on Darwin's Finches Offers Rare Glimpse Into How Species Diverge November 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the latest research on Darwin’s finches of the Galapagos Islands shows an unexpected pattern of natural selection that is allowing researchers “a rare glimpse into what the early stages ... | |
How to get your home cleaner -- and greener November 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Anyone who has ever cleaned a glass shower door with a store-bought cleaner promising to remove dreaded soap scum will attest to trying to do the job as quickly as possible to avoid the smell. | |
International team discovers gene associated with epilepsy November 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A University of Iowa-led international research team has found a new gene associated with the brain disorder epilepsy. While the PRICKLE1 gene mutation was specific to a rare form of epilepsy, the study results could help ... | |
 Beta Pictoris planet finally imaged? November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The hot star Beta Pictoris is one of the best-known examples of stars surrounded by a dusty 'debris' disc. Debris discs are composed of dust resulting from collisions among larger bodies like ... | |
Researchers define new painkilling chemical pathway November 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Marijuana kills pain by activating a set of proteins known as cannabinoid receptors, which can also regulate appetite, inflammation, and memory. The body also has chemicals known as endocannabinoids that naturally activate ... | |
Scientists find more evidence the aging brain is easily distracted November 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Canadian researchers have found more evidence that older adults aren't able to filter out distracting information as well as younger adults. | |
 'Firefly' cubesat to study link between lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Massive energy releases occur every day in the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere. Lightning may give rise to these bursts of radiation. However, unlike the well-known flashes of light and ... | |
Friendly bacteria reduce hospital infections November 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus plantarum 299, has been used to out-compete the dangerous bacteria that cause respiratory illness in ventilated patients. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal ... | |
Researchers get first 3-D glimpse of bacterial cell-wall architecture November 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The bacterial cell wall that is the target of potent antibiotics such as penicillin is actually made up of a thin single layer of carbohydrate chains, linked together by peptides, which wrap around the bacterium like a belt ... | |
 Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study November 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the ... | |
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