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NASA's AURA satellite peers into Earth's ozone hole

NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous years. This yea...

Peering into the shadow world of RNA

The popular view is that DNA and genes control everything of importance in biology. The genome rules all of life, it is thought. In particular, RNA produ...
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Popularity Among Peers Increases Susceptibility To Smoking Habit Among School Children

Dealing with adolescence and teenage has always remained a problem for parents because of the vulnerability to habit formation, the curiosity to experiment and susceptibility to get easily influenced by peers // . A new study throws light on the fact that teenagers who enjoy popularity are more likely to smoke than less popular classmates. The study has been conducted among popular st...

Peer Rejection Leads To Reduced Participation In Classroom Activities

Children who do not take an active part in classroom activities are more likely to demonstrate a poor academic performance a new study shows. Furthermore, children excluded from classroom activities by their peers have also been found to show withdrawal symptoms.// The results of this study can be found in the Journal of Educational Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological...

Exercising With Peers Has Added Appeal

A new has found if given a choice of exercising alone, with people younger or older or with people// their same age, most adults would rather exercise with others in their own age group. “The study’s findings provide useful insight into the preferences of older exercisers, which in turn have important implications for exercise promotion initiatives [in communities around the world],”...

Religious Adults Have a Higher Quality of Life than Their Peers

Older individuals who are religious have a significantly enhanced quality of life in old age than nonreligious older Americans, and are more generous and less afraid of death than their less religious peers // , according to new research by Michele Dillon, professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire. Based on longitudinal research conducted by Dillon and her collaborator,...

High-risk Sexual Behavior Adolescents Attract Peers With Similar Attitudes

High-risk sexual behavior in adolescents appears to be influenced by the sexual attitudes of peers, and young people select friends whose attitudes about sex are consistent with their own attitudes. The study addressed issues of peer influence. Researchers sought to determine how adolescents come to resemble their peers in risky attitudes and behaviors, attempting to learn whether...
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Peer Reviewed Journal Article Indicates Repros' Proellex Exhibits Potential for New Approach to the Treatment and Prevention of Breast Cancer

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 5, 2007 - ReprosTherapeutics Inc. (NasdaqGM:RPRX) today announced that an articlehas been published in the July 1, 2007 issue of Oncology Reportsindicating a potential for a new approach to the treatment ofbreast cancer using Proellex. The article reviews the findings froma study conducted in an accepted in vivo rat model of breastcancer. The study...

Medicure's MEND-CABG Trial Results Published in Peer Reviewed Journal

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - (May 31, 2007) Medicure Inc. (TSX:MPH;Amex:MCU), a cardiovascular focused biopharmaceutical company,today announced that the results from its Phase 2 MEND-CABG trialare featured in a peer reviewed article in the June edition of TheJournal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, published by theAmerican Association of Thoracic Surgery. The article, titled, "Effects of...

CytRx Announces RNAi Delivery Nanoparticle Technology Exclusively Licensed to Subsidiary, RXi Pharmaceuticals, Described in Peer-Reviewed Journal

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 23, 2007 - CytRx Corporation(NASDAQ:CYTR) today announced that the RNA interference (RNAi)delivery technology exclusively licensed to its majority-ownedsubsidiary, RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (RXi), has beenpublished in the April 2007 issue of peer-reviewed scientificjournal ACS Chemical Biology. The technology was developed by RXiCo-founder, Scientific...
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