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Signaling protein builds bigger, better bones in mice

In a new study, researchers present a “cautionary tale?about what may go wrong when using the fledgling science of proteomics to devise a diagnostic test for cancer. In the February 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center detail why an experimental test intended to identify early ovarian cancer from a...

The biggest family tree ever

Ever wondered where your family's ancestors roamed 60,000 years ago? Now you can find out by participating in the world's most ambitious project tracing the genetic and migratory history of the human race. Members of the general public from all over the world can supply their DNA to the Genographic Project, and scientists at The University of Arizona in Tucson will do the genetic ana...

15 generations of untrained jocks, couch potatoes show big physiological adaptations

So, you don't like to exercise? Maybe you could blame it on your great-great-grandparents. Similarly, if you're a practiced and proud couch potato who suddenly woke up to the fact that you're a "natural" athlete, the credit could also belong to your genes. Exercise research traditionally has focused on the effects of training, rather than underlying genetic mechanisms. But physiologists wo...

UN: World in big ecological mess

The emergence of new diseases, sudden changes in water quality, creation of coastal "dead zones," the collapse of fisheries and shifts in regional climate are just some of the potential consequences of humankind's degradation of the planet's ecosystems, according to a new United Nations-backed report launched today. Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively in the last 50...

Scientists discover global pattern of big fish diversity in open oceans

A new study released in Science (via Science Express http://www.sciencexpress.org) on July 28th reveals a striking downward trend in the diversity of fish in the open ocean ?the largest and least known part of our planet. Teasing apart the effects of climate change and fishing over the past 50 years, the authors show a clear link to overfishing and highlight a surprising global pattern of open oc...

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A Positive Selection Assay for Mutation Analysis in Big Blue Animals

Select-cII mutation assay kit Animals Stratagene Stratagene now offers an alternative way to perform mutational analysis inthe Big Blue<sup...

Big Blue Rodent Cell Cultures for Mutagenesis Studies

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The 10 biggest events shaping biotech in 2006

Here's my list, in order of importance: biofuels, stem cells, BIO 2006 in Chicago, the reshaping and resurgence of Abbott Labs, biogenerics in the U.S., the internationalizat...

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Roller coaster takes brain for a big ride!!

Riding roller coasters may increase the risk of developing potentially harmful blood clots on the brain's surface. The Neurological center reported a case of 25 year old healthy male who developed blood clots on the brains surface, known as subdural haematomas, after riding several roller coasters. The symptoms of blood clot includes difficulty in walking, vomiting, changes in m...

The big brain in suicides

A study from England has found that people who commit sucide have heavier brains than most people. The human brain normally weighs about 1400g in men and 1300g in women, but can drop in weight with some diseases like Alzheimers, Schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and alcoholism.// Emad Salid from Liverpool University and George Tadros from the Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust we...

Big and Bright

A new study shows that smaller babies tend to have lower IQs.While the differences are too small to have any practical significance they might be of importance at a population level. Researchers at Columbia University have examined over 2500 children at age seven to study the relationship between birth weight and intelligence.They found that on average,// IQ at age seven is d...

A Slight Increase In BP Can Mean big Risks

Women who have already had a heart attack or stroke, even slightly raised blood pressure levels can give a higher risk of having another cardiac event .// The finding holds true even in the case of women who have only slightly elevated blood pressure to begin with say researchers. The increased risk kicked in when the systolic pressure rose to 130, the number considered by doctors to rep...

Preschoolers eat more when served in bigger helpings

Preschool children in the age group of 4 to 6 years of age will eat as much as they are served// in a single helping. New research on pediatric behavior suggests that preschool children eat as much as they are served on their plate in any one time. Till date it was accepted that these children ate depending on how much they had eaten in their last meals, or how calorie rich the last me...

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Phase 3 Results for Dabigatran Etexilate, an Investigational Oral Anticoagulant, Presented Today at the XXIst Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase 3 resultsfrom the RE-NOVATE(TM) trial demonstrated that oral dabigatranetexilate once daily, administered for an average of 33 days, wasnon-inferior to enoxaparin, also administered for an average of 33days, in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) and all-causemortality after total hip replacement surgery. In this trial, therate o...
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