Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans 5 hours ago | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the ... | |
 Scientists dig deeper into the genetics of schizophrenia by evaluating microRNAs 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral ... | |
A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified 5 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The COMT gene – known already for its role in schizophrenia – has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today’s advance on-line issue of Nature. | |
Families will make case for vaccine link to autism 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Families claiming that a mercury-based preservative in vaccines triggers autism will challenge mainstream medicine Monday as they take their case to a federal court. They seek vindication and financial redress from ... | |
Is divorce bad for the parents? 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The elderly are cared for by their adult children regardless of their marital status. In a unique study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, researchers found British adult children help their elderly parents ... | |
UV lotion lights the way to cleaner facilities 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of Canadian scientists using a lotion which glows under ultraviolet light have shown that up to a third of patient toilets are not properly cleaned. Their findings, published in BioMed Central’s journal, BMC Infectious ... | |
Peer pressure, the new weapon against teen smoking May 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Enrolling an influential student to convey an anti-smoking message to schoolmates is a valuable way of getting youngsters to say no to cigarettes, a British study suggests. | |
US co-inventor of nicotine patch dies May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A pioneer in the fight against tobacco and the co-inventor of the nicotine patch, Murray Jarvik, died this week of congestive heart failure, the University of California said Saturday. He was 84. | |
 New study finds number of fat cells stays constant throughout life May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The radioactive carbon-14 produced by above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and '60s has helped researchers determine that the number of fat cells in a human's body, whether lean or obese, is established ... | |
Suspected cause of type 1 diabetes caught 'red-handed' for the first time May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis working with diabetic mice have examined in unprecedented detail the immune cells long thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes. | |
 Why criminals cannot say 'no' May 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A study integrating theories from criminology and psychology has provided an in-depth explanation for the link between self-control and why people get into crime. | |
Train quarantined in Canada after passenger dies (Update) May 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Doctors in hazardous materials suits swarmed a passenger train in Canada's outback on Friday to contain a possible outbreak after one person died and several fell ill, officials said. But the emergency was soon deflated after ... | |
70 people sickened during San Francisco conference May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- It's a new kind of virus for Sun Microsystems Inc. At the company's JavaOne conference this week in San Francisco, 70 people came down with what officials believe is norovirus, a type of medical virus easily spread ... | |
New outbreak of bird flu hits India: minister May 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Bird flu has spread to the hilly Darjeeling district of eastern India which has been hit by avian influenza several times already this year, a minister said Saturday. | |
 Justice in the brain: Equity and efficiency are encoded differently May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that everyone gets a share? A study appearing this week in Science finds that most people choose the latter, ... | |
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