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Research discovers link between epilepsy and autismOur researchers have found a previously undiscovered link between epileptic seizures and the signs of autism in adults.Dr SallyAnn Wakeford from the Department of Psychology revealed that adults with epilepsy were more likely to have higher traits of autism and Asperger syndrome.Characteristics... Published on 16 May 2013, 04:51 |
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Associated with Type 2 DiabetesNeuherberg, Germany, May 16, 2013. The presence of posttraumatic stress disorder is significantly associated with the development of type 2 diabetes. This is the finding of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University Hospital Gießen and Marburg who worked with data from... Published on 16 May 2013, 04:47 |
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H1N1 Discovered in Marine MammalsScientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a year after the human pandemic began, according to a study published today, May 15, in the journal PLOS ONE. It is the first report of... Published on 16 May 2013, 04:40 |
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Study IDs key protein for cell deathFindings may offer a new way to kill cancer cells by forcing them into an alternative programmed-death pathway. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When cells suffer too much DNA damage, they are usually forced to undergo programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, cancer cells often ignore these... Published on 16 May 2013, 04:32 |
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Making frequency-hopping radios practicalNew hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The way in which radio spectrum is currently allocated to different wireless technologies can lead to gross... Published on 16 May 2013, 04:27 |
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Proteome atlas for the tuberculosis pathogenResearchers from ETH Zurich have mapped the coordinates for all the proteins of the tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Thanks to this “atlas”, scientists are now able to easily find and accurately measure every protein of this bacterium that causes dangerous lung... Published on 16 May 2013, 04:22 |
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Membrane remodeling: Where yoga meets cell biologyNIH-funded study reveals protein, fatty molecules and cellular energy work together during endocytosis.Cells ingest proteins and engulf bacteria by a gymnastic, shape-shifting process called endocytosis. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health revealed how a key protein, dynamin,... Published on 30 April 2013, 09:22 |
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Stem Cells for Metastasis Found in Blood of Breast Cancer PatientsFor the first time, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg have characterized cancer cells that can initiate metastasis in the blood of breast cancer patients. These cells have properties of cancer stem cells and... Published on 30 April 2013, 08:43 |
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Estrogen Fuels Autoimmune Liver DamageJohns Hopkins research in mice unravels mystery behind sex disparities in drug-induced hepatitis.A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study in mice may help explain why women are more prone than men to a form of liver damage by implicating the female sex hormone estrogen in the development of... Published on 30 April 2013, 08:14 |
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Maternal diet sets up junk food addiction in babiesResearch from the University of Adelaide suggests that mothers who eat junk food while pregnant have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they are weaned.In laboratory studies, the researchers found that a junk food diet during pregnancy... Published on 30 April 2013, 06:27 |
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Antidepressants Linked with Increased Risks After SurgeryBleeding, Transfusion, Readmission, Death More Likely After Taking SSRIs.Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – among the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications – are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission and death when taken... Published on 30 April 2013, 02:25 |
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Aggressive Surgery for Nonfatal Skin Cancers Might Not Be Best for All Elderly PatientsNew UCSF Study Urges Doctors to Consider Patient Risks, Benefits and Preferences When Treating Low-Risk Skin Cancers.Surgery is often recommended for skin cancers, but older, sicker patients can endure complications as a result and may not live long enough to benefit from the treatment. ... Published on 30 April 2013, 02:10 |
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The Earth’s Centre is 1000 Degrees Hotter than Previously ThoughtScientists have determined the temperature near the Earth’s centre to be 6000 degrees Celsius, 1000 degrees hotter than in a previous experiment run 20 years ago. These measurements confirm geophysical models that the temperature difference between the solid core and the mantle above, must... Published on 29 April 2013, 07:15 |
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World first treatment helps with lazy eyePlaying Tetris under controlled conditions may be a cure for lazy eye in both children and adults.The world-first Tetris experiments were devised by vision scientist, Dr Ben Thompson from The University of Auckland’s Centre for Brain Research, in collaboration with a team including Professor... Published on 29 April 2013, 06:18 |
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Fingerprinting malaria parasite drug resistanceNew genome sequencing technologies provide insight into emerging artemisinin resistance and a novel way to track this public health threatA worldwide collaboration of researchers has shown that resistance to the frontline antimalarial drug - artemisinin - can be identified by... Published on 29 April 2013, 03:35 |
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Mapping of cancer cell fuel pumps paves the way for new drugsFor the first time, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have managed to obtain detailed images of the way in which the transport protein GLUT transports sugars into cells. Since tumours are highly dependent on the transportation of nutrients in order to be able to grow rapidly, the... Published on 29 April 2013, 03:26 |
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Conversion from bad fat to good fatETH scientists have shown for the first time that white and brown fat cells can directly interconvert in a living organism from one type to the other. This finding challenges the prevailing belief that white and brown fat cells arise solely from distinct precursor cells. The knowledge will... Published on 29 April 2013, 03:21 |
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Why Does Smallpox Vaccine Shield Some, Not Others? It's in the Genes, Mayo FindsROCHESTER, Minn. — How well people are protected by the smallpox vaccine depends on more than the quality of the vaccination: individual genes can alter their response, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings, gathered using sophisticated genomic screening, appear in the online issue of the... Published on 22 April 2013, 08:07 |
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Understanding Abnormal Proteins in Degenerative DiseasesNew IBN Peptides May Help Researchers Combat Alzheimer’s, Diabetes and Cancer Singapore, April 22, 2013 – Amyloids, or fibrous aggregates of abnormally folded proteins, are a common feature in degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer. Amyloids occur... Published on 22 April 2013, 07:55 |
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Study Shows Reproductive Effects of Pesticide Exposure Span GenerationsNorth Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations – causing the so-called “water fleas” to produce more male offspring, and causing reproductive problems in... Published on 22 April 2013, 07:42 |
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