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Pollution threatens coral health by preventing lesions from healing, UCF study shows

...etermine the specific causes of pollution that are harming coral, it then will be up to governments, organizations and residents to decide whether it's worth the cost of solving whatever problems are discovered. Solutions include additional treatment of storm-water runoff and wastewater discharges and enforc...

'LEGO-Like' building blocks to halt cell growth wins Hebrew University prize

...t only cancer, but other diseases as well, without harming healthy cells. ...

Killing brain tumors from within: A 'Trojan horse' approach

...ultiple EGF receptors on the cancer cells, without harming normal cells. Once embedded in the tumor cells, it destroys them from within ?a true "Trojan horse," said Prof. Levitzki. Normal cells, which possess 20 to100 less receptors for EGF, are spared, since the amount of double-stranded RNA gobbled up is ...

Sandia research to focus on early detection of harmful algal blooms

...umulating in zooplankton and shellfish, eventually harming or even killing marine mammals and humans that consume tainted shellfish. Sandia to focus on early-warning detection methods The Sandia research will focus on enhancing the early-warning capability of detection and is expected to lay the ground...

New biochip helps study living cells, may speed drug development

...p also directly records ion concentrations without harming the cells, whereas present methods cannot directly detect specific ions, and cells being studied typically are destroyed in the process, he said. There are several advantages to retaining live cells, he said, such as being able to conduct additional ...

Mass vaccination unnecessary in the event of a large bioterrorist US smallpox attack

...gent, presenting the greatest potential threat for harming public health if developed and used as a bioterrorist agent. Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which emerged thousands of years ago. Variola major, the most common form of the virus, is divided into four subcategories: ordinary (which accou...

MIT material stops bleeding in seconds

...gel that essentially seals over the wound, without harming the nearby cells. Even after excess gel is removed, the wound remains sealed. The gel eventually breaks down into amino acids, the building blocks for proteins, which can be used by surrounding cells. The exact mechanism of the solutions' action is...

Encouraging results in pancreatic cancer research

...including a pancreatic cancer cell line, while not harming healthy cells. The research team has now given PNC-28 to laboratory animals to test its ability to block the growth of pancreatic cancer cells. When administered over a two-week period in the peritoneal cavities of mice containing simultaneously tr...

New fMRI technology making brain tumor surgery safer

...ove tumors to the greatest extent possible without harming areas that are critical to the patient’s quality of life. Functional MRI creates a series of images that capture blood oxygen levels in parts of the brain that are responsible for movement, perception, and cognition. Functional MRI, which reveals ...

Focused ultrasound relieves fibroid symptoms in women

... radiologists to precisely target fibroids without harming healthy surrounding tissue. "This treatment immediately stops blood flow in the treated fibroid tissue, which results in a significant, sustained decrease in symptoms for up to 12 months," said the study’s lead author, Fiona M. Fennessy, M.D., Ph.D...

MU researchers to study the status of black bears in Missouri

...ires that remove a few of the bears’ hairs without harming the bears themselves. After collecting hair samples this summer, they will extract DNA from the hair follicles and use that DNA to estimate the number of bears, the gender ratio of male to female bears, where the bears are migrating from and if they ...

Massive herds of animals found to still exist in Southern Sudan

...ve seismic exploration for oil in the Sudd that is harming the environment,” added Elkan. “Industrial permits have been awarded over much of the migration corridors. Widespread automatic weapons used during the conflict are now being used by unauthorized individuals for poaching and commercial, unsustainable...

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