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Are Vampires Real? The Science Behind th
From countless depictions of "Dracula" to recent movies like "Twilight" and "New Moon," the vampire has been a staple in books and film.
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Alzheimer's Study Leads to Better Drug for Infections
Research into Alzheimer's disease seems an unlikely approach to yield a better way to fight urinary tract infections , but that's what scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St.
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Chinese 'gene map' links diseases
A LARGE analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups.
14 hrs ago | Science Blog
Researchers discover biological basis of 'bacterial immune system'
Bacteria don't have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days.
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Cells Defend Themselves From Viruses, Bacteria With Armor Of Protein Errors
When cells are confronted with an invading virus or bacteria or exposed to an irritating chemical, they protect themselves by going off their DNA recipe and inserting the wrong amino acid into new proteins to defend them against damage, scientists have discovered.
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First-ever blueprint of 'minimal cell' is more complex than expected
In three papers published back-to-back in Science , they provide the first comprehensive picture of a minimal cell, based on an extensive quantitative study of the biology of the bacterium that causes atypical pneumonia, Mycoplasma pneumoniae .
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Type 1 Diabetes May Have a New Foe
A drug commonly used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis now also shows some promise in helping patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
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Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug
The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers.
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Experts Scan Disease Links With Chinese "Gene Map"
A large analysis of the genes of 8,200 ethnic Chinese has revealed subtle genetic differences between inhabitants in northern China and southern China, and even between different Chinese dialect groups.
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Researchers identify a set of molecular brakes that stabilize the developing brain's circuitry
You wouldn't want a car with no brakes. It turns out that the developing brain needs them, too.
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Enzo Biochem, Inc. Announces Departure of Its Secretary and Treasurer
Enzo Biochem, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors approved the termination of Shahram K. Rabbani's services as the Company's Secretary and Treasurer, respectively, effective immediately.
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Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality
The new approach is an immunotherapy customized for each individual patient, and was developed by Dr.
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Natural Soy Component May Help Treat Colon Cancer
Sphingadienes, natural lipid molecules found in soy, could become a key ingredient in treatments for colon cancer, California researchers have found.
Researchers identify proteins in lung cancer cells that may provide potential drug targets
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine and the Boston University Biomedical Engineering Department have identified a number of proteins whose activation allows them to distinguish between cancer and normal cells with almost 97 percent accuracy.
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Atomic-level snapshot catches protein motor in action
The atomic-level action of a remarkable class of ring-shaped protein motors has been uncovered by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory using a state-of-the-art protein crystallography beamline at the Advanced Light Source .
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UT Southwestern Receives Continued NIH Funding For Inner City Asthma Consortium
Main Category: Respiratory / Asthma Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Immune System / Vaccines UT Southwestern Medical Center is among 10 institutions selected by the National Institutes of Health to share $56 million over five years as part of the Inner City Asthma Consortium .
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Killer Fungus Threatening Amphibians
The fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ,was found to be associated with waves of amphibian extinctions in Central America and north-eastern Australia in the 1990's. Bd infects over 350 amphibian species by penetrating their skin, but little else is known about where it came from and how it causes disease.
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Polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids boost the birth of new neurons
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona researchers have confirmed that a diet rich in polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids, patented as an LMN diet, helps boost the production of the brain's stem cells -neurogenesis- and strengthens their differentiation in different types of neuron cells.
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New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients
Washington, D.C. A- The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSAA-an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibioticsA-poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, according to a study in the December issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases .
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Gene mismatch influences success of bone marrow transplants
A commonly inherited gene deletion can increase the likelihood of immune complications following bone marrow transplantation, an international team of researchers reports in the November 22 advance online issue of Nature Genetics .
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