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49 min ago | Health.com

Storm Chasers: Born to Be Wild?

We've all seen them: the surfers who race to the beach when a hurricane hits, the guy who decides to ride out the storm in his overmatched boat, the tornado chasers who fearlessly steer their cars alongside a scary-looking funnel cloud.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Medicine, Duke University, UC Los Angeles, California

1 hr ago | Science Daily

Proteins in Migration: New Animal Model Provides Important Clues on Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease

In Parkinson's disease, the protein "alpha-synuclein" aggregates and accumulates within neurons.

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Related Topix: Parkinson's Disease, Health

4 hrs ago | Newswise

Researchers Identify First Drug Targets in Childhood Genetic Tumor Disorder

Two mutations central to the development of infantile myofibromatosis -a disorder characterized by multiple tumors involving the skin, bone, and soft tissue-may provide new therapeutic targets, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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Related Topix: Medicine

8 hrs ago | Science, Industry and Business

Mayo Clinic Genomic Analysis Lends Insight to Prostate Cancer

Mayo Clinic researchers have used next generation genomic analysis to determine that some of the more aggressive prostate cancer tumors have similar genetic origins, which may help in predicting cancer progression.

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Related Topix: Health, Prostate Cancer, Medicine

10 hrs ago | MediLexicon

A "Genetic Thermometer" May In The Future Reveal How Healthy You Are You For Your Age

JoVE has published details of a technique to measure the health of human genetic material in relation to a patient's age.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu May 23, 2013

Mercury-Register

Stanford University students study own DNA

Professor Stuart Kim teaches his Genetics class at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., on Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Startups, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Genetics, Biology, Science, Mountain View, CA

Forbes.com

Debunking 'The Big Lie' About Genetically Engineered Crops

In spite of two decades of stunning scientific, humanitarian and financial successes and an admirable record of health and environmental safety, the application of genetic engineering to agriculture is still beleaguered by activists.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Medicine, Activism, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Entomology

Science Daily

Drug reverses Alzheimer's disease deficits in mice

The research, funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Association, reviewed previously published findings on the drug bexarotene, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in cutaneous T cell lymphoma.

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Related Topix: Alzheimer's, Health, University of Pittsburgh, Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

KFVS12

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science, Medicine

BBC News

Genetics of white tigers pinpointed

The researchers have traced the cause to a single change in a gene known to drive pigmentation in a host of animals, including humans.

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Related Topix: Genetics, Biology, Science, Medicine

Science Daily

Slowing the aging process -- only with antibiotics

Now, EPFL researchers led by Johan Auwerx report in the journal Nature how a mechanism in mice plays a determining role in longevity.

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Related Topix: Nutrition, Medicine, Genetics, Biology, Science

Science Daily

Fast new, one-step genetic engineering technology

Published in the journal ACS Synthetic Biology , the method paves the way for more rapid development of designer microbes for drug development, environmental cleanup and other activities.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Biology, Science

Science Daily

Schizophrenia symptoms eliminated in animal model

They genetically engineered mice so they could turn up levels of neuregulin-1 to mimic high levels found in some patients then return levels to normal, said Dr.

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Related Topix: Schizophrenia, Medicine, Health, Genetics, Biology, Science, Medical College of Georgia

Science Daily

Norway spruce genome sequenced: Largest ever to be mapped

The genome is complex and seven times larger than that of humans. This major research project has been led by Ume Plant Science Centre in Ume and the Science for Life Laboratory in Stockholm.

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Related Topix: Medicine

MediLexicon

Reducing Your Risk Of Breast Cancer

Recently Angelina Jolie announced that she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in order to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer, she said she "hopes other women can benefit from my experience". When she found out what her odds of developing cancer were, Jolie became proactive and decided to reduce her risk to a minimum.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Health, McLean, VA

Health.com

Having Both Migraines, Depression May Mean Smaller Brain

Migraines and depression can each cause a great deal of suffering, but new research indicates the combination of the two may be linked to something else entirely - a smaller brain.

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Related Topix: Bethesda, MD, Medicine

Wed May 22, 2013

Science Daily

Important Genetic Factors That Could Influence Survival in Sepsis Patients

Researchers at the Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Medicine, and Institute for Physiology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, are the first to study the regulation of hypoxia-inducible-factor-1 in sepsis patients.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Anesthesiology

Science Daily

Vast methane-based ecosystem uncovered

The seep lies deep in the western North Atlantic Ocean, far from the life-sustaining energy of the sun.

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Related Topix: Medicine

National Institutes of Health

Taming suspect gene reverses schizophrenia-like abnormalities in mice

Scientists have reversed behavioral and brain abnormalities in adult mice that resemble some features of schizophrenia by restoring normal expression to a suspect gene that is over-expressed in humans with the illness.

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Related Topix: Schizophrenia, Medicine, Health, National Institutes of Health, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Medical College of Georgia

Science, Industry and Business

Drought makes Borneo's trees flower at the same time

Evolutionary biologists from the University of Zurich have identified two genes that indicate when the plants are about to flower.

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Related Topix: Medicine