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A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...ation with Alzheimer’s disease. In a January 2007 online issue of Nature Genetics, the researchers reported a new gene called SORL1 (sortilin-related receptor). They found that people who inherited certain variations of SORL1 appear to have an increased risk of developing the late-onset form of Alzheimer’s...

Scientists Identify Antibodies That Block Human and Animal SARS Viruses

...the authors. The study has been published in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....

Chemical Injections for Fat Removal

...atory animals. They say the discovery, published online in Nature Medicine on July 1, could revolutionize human cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery and treatment of diseases associated with human obesity. Investigators say these findings may also, over the long-term, lead to better control of me...

Researchers Reveal Why Eyes See Things Changing Colour

... substances themselves. In the study, published online in Springer's journal Naturwissenschaften, the researchers examined the remarkable two-tone colour of pumpkin seed oil by combining imaging and CIE (International Commission on Illumination) chromaticity coordinates. The study also explains why hum...

In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash

...kes place in cyberspace, where earning credits for online gamers who are too busy to do it themselves has be... He sometimes delves into the massive multi-player online games in his dormitory but more often goes with friends to Internet cafes, and says the only tools n...

Major Gene Link Seen to Childhood Asthma

... is located on Chromosome 17, the paper, published online on Wednesday by the British science journal Nature, says. Twenty-four experts from Britain, France, Germany, the United States and Austria joined the DNA trawl, comparing samples from 994 children with asthma against those from 1,243 local children...

Genetic Mutation That Makes Common Cancers Resistant to Drugs Identified

...information in an article published in an advanced online publication of Nature magazine. The researchers have for the first time found evidence of direct mutation of AKT1 in clinical samples of human cancer tumours. "This discovery is a seminal finding in cancer biology that confirms AKT1 as an oncog...

Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies

...erapies. The results of their study are reported online in "Science Express" today, July 5, and will be published in an upcoming issue of "Science." Adult neural stem cells give rise to the three major types of brain cells - astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and neurons. Their role in producing neurons is of...

Scientists Discover Key to Manipulating Fat

...oratory animals. They say the discovery, published online in Nature Medicine on July 1, could revolutionize human cosmetic surgery and treatment of diseases associated with human obesity. Investigators say these findings may also, over the long-term, lead to better control of metabolic syndrome, which is a...

SKorean Online Dogmeat Retailer Closes Site Amid Uproar

A South Korean online retailer of dogmeat on Thursday closed its website... the traditional but controversial cuisine. The online shop (www.e-bosin.com) has been under fire from critics, including animal rights activists, since lo...

Fibrinogen may Inhibit Spinal Cord Regeneration

...o the central nervous system, was published in the online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on July 2. The research team studied three types of spinal cord injuries in mice and rats which resulted in cellular and vascular damage, and leakage of fibrinogen from the blood vessels. ...

New Device to Treat Snoring and Sleep Apnea

... is implanted into the lower jawbone, reported the online edition of the Daily Mail. A thin wire connects the two anchors and a spool is turned to tighten the wire until the tongue base is moved far enough forward to make the airway bigger. The wire is then secured to the jawbone anchor. Once in place,...

Overdose of Paracetamol was Dropped

The results published today in the online open access journal BMC Public Health suggest that the acetaminophen (paracetamol) overdose rate in Calgary, Canada dropped by over 40% in the decade to 2004 , without a change to the smaller pack sizes that were credited with overdose reductions in ...

Nanospectrometer Aids in Identifying Nutrient Cycle

...trogen cycle . Their study appears as an advanced online publication of The ISME Journal. A state of the art NanoSIMS instrument (short for nanometer-scale, secondary ion mass spectrometry) located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can image and measure minute amounts of chemical elements. Doug...

Frustrated With Fad Diets One Man Sets Out to Weed Through The Jungle of Plans

...or my subscribers and discover the true diet plans online that really actually work. I started this process for my own health and have decided to help others along the way as well. Explains Big John on his motivation for discovering the top 5 diet plans on the internet. As America and the world becomes mo...

Genetic Factors Behind Mosquitoes Resistance to Malaria Identified

... for termination, they say. In a study, reported online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers used a method called X-ray crystallography to uncover TEP1s three-dimensional structure. It was found that the genetic differences between mosquitoes resistant to or susceptib...

Indian and Pakistani-origin Scots More Likely to Suffer Heart Attacks

... factor. The findings of the study appear in the online journal BMC Public Health....

Cancer Patients in New South Wales to Receive Advanced Image Guided Radiation Therapy Treatments

... and treated with dose-escalated 7-field IMRT with online cone-beam CT and electronic portal image verification. "As a result of the technology now available at the NCCI, we will be able to provide patients with the most modern, highest quality radiation oncology treatment available in Australia," said Ar...

Selenium Supplements Could Increase Diabetes Risk

...ished in the Annals of Internal Medicine's advance online edition. Dr. Saverio Stranges, lead author of the study, says it's not clear why selenium would be associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes. "No single study can provide the answer to a scientific question, but at this time, selen...

Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer

... at the molecular level. The study is published online in July 9, 2007 issue of the journal Cancer....

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