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Researchers Image, Measure Tubulin Transport in Cilia
Jan. 26, 2015 — The mechanism behind tubulin transport and its assembly into cilia have been observed in a new study, including the first video imagery of the process. "Cilia are found throughout the body, so ... full story -
Engineering Self-Assembling Amyloid Fibers
Jan. 26, 2015 — Nature has many examples of self-assembly, and bioengineers are interested in copying these systems to create useful new materials or devices. Amyloid proteins, for example, can self-assemble into ... full story -
Phase 1 Clinical Trial of CUDC-101 'Throws Kitchen Sink' at Head and Neck Cancer
Jan. 26, 2015 — At 18 months median follow up of a phase 1 clinical trial, one patient's cancer had worsened, two had died, and nine remained free of disease. Testing of blood and tumor samples showed that ... full story -
Students Master Math Through Movement Using Kinect for Windows
Jan. 26, 2015 — Significant gains in the understanding of angles and angle measurements by elementary school students are seen in those who performed body-based tasks while interacting with a Kinect for Windows ... full story -
Gigantic Ring System Around J1407b Much Larger, Heavier Than Saturn's
Jan. 26, 2015 — Astronomers have discovered that the ring system that they see eclipse the very young Sun-like star J1407 is of enormous proportions, much larger and heavier than the ring system of ... full story -
Girls Lead Boys in Academic Achievement Globally
Jan. 26, 2015 — Considerable attention has been paid to how boys' educational achievements in science and math compare to girls' accomplishments in those areas, often leading to the assumption that boys ... full story -
Collagen: Powerful Workout With Water
Jan. 26, 2015 — Collagen fibers not only passively support bone, tendons and ligaments, but also actively contract, researchers report. Removing water from collagen fibres has dramatic effects on molecular and ... full story -
Electronic Circuits With Reconfigurable Pathways Closer to Reality
Jan. 26, 2015 — Multitasking circuits capable of reconfiguring themselves in real time and switching functions as the need arises -- this is the promising application stemming from a new discovery. Other potential ... full story -
Scientists Discover a New Blood Platelet Formation Mechanism
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new cellular mechanism, called the endocycle, encourages the formation of platelets, the cells needed to coagulate blood. In mouse models, endocycles can help to control thrombocytopenia, a disease ... full story -
Higher Dementia Risk Linked to More Use of Common Drugs
Jan. 26, 2015 — A large study links a significantly increased risk for developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, to taking commonly used medications with anticholinergic effects at higher doses or for ... full story -
Possible Therapeutic Target for Common, but Mysterious Brain Blood Vessel Disorder
Jan. 26, 2015 — Tens of millions of people worldwide have abnormal, leak-prone sproutings of blood vessels in the brain called cerebral cavernous malformations. These abnormal growths can lead to seizures, strokes, ... full story -
Largest-Ever Autism Genome Study Finds Most Siblings Have Different Autism-Risk Genes
Jan. 26, 2015 — The largest-ever autism genome study reveals that the disorder's genetic underpinnings are more complex than previously thought: Most siblings who have autism have different autism-linked genes. ... full story -
New Strategy to Combat 'Undruggable' Cancer Molecule
Jan. 26, 2015 — Three of the four most fatal cancers are caused by a protein known as Ras; either because it mutates or simply because it ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Ras has proven an elusive ... full story -
New Canadian Guideline to Help Prevent, Manage Adult Obesity
Jan. 26, 2015 — A new Canadian guideline to help prevent and manage obesity in adult patients recommends body mass index measurement for both prevention and management and structured behavioral changes to help those ... full story -
Nocturnal Leg Cramps More Common in Summer
Jan. 26, 2015 — Painful nocturnal leg cramps are about twice as common during summer than in winter, found a new study. Because quinine is commonly prescribed to treat leg cramps, researchers looked at the number of ... full story -
Geothermal Microbial Reservoirs: Staircase Fractures in Microbialites and Travertines
Jan. 26, 2015 — Geologists have come up with a new model of the development of fractures showing a stairway trajectory, commonly occurring in finely laminated rock, such microbialites and travertines. These ... full story -
Got Bees? Got Vitamin A? Got Malaria? Loss of Pollinators Increases Risk of Malnutrition, Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 — More than half the people in some developing countries could become newly at risk for malnutrition if crop-pollinating animals -- like bees -- continue to decline, experts say. Despite popular ... full story -
Lung Cancer: Study Finds Potential New Drug Target
Jan. 26, 2015 — Targeting a key enzyme and its associated metabolic programming may lead to novel drug development to treat lung cancer, researchers report. Cancer cells undergo metabolic alterations to meet the ... full story -
Metabolic Mystery Solved, Lending Insight Into Lafora Disease
Jan. 26, 2015 — The metabolic function of the essential enzyme laforin has been identified by researchers, which opens new pathways to treating the deadly Lafora's disease. Lafora disease occurs as a result of ... full story -
Dental Experts Show Why Wound Healing Is Impaired in Diabetics
Jan. 26, 2015 — A critical molecule has been identified by a team of dental scientists that helps explain why diabetics suffer from impaired healing. Their results pinpoint a target for therapies that could help ... full story
- Researchers image, measure tubulin transport in cilia
- Engineering self-assembling amyloid fibers
- Phase 1 clinical trial of CUDC-101 'throws kitchen sink' at head and neck cancer
- Students master math through movement using Kinect for Windows
- Gigantic ring system around J1407b much larger, heavier than Saturn's
- Girls lead boys in academic achievement globally
- Collagen: Powerful workout with water
- Electronic circuits with reconfigurable pathways closer to reality
- Scientists discover a new blood platelet formation mechanism
- Higher dementia risk linked to more use of common drugs
- Possible therapeutic target for common, but mysterious brain blood vessel disorder
- Largest-ever autism genome study finds most siblings have different autism-risk genes
- New strategy to combat 'undruggable' cancer molecule
- New Canadian guideline to help prevent, manage adult obesity
- Nocturnal leg cramps more common in summer
- Geothermal microbial reservoirs: Staircase fractures in microbialites and travertines
- Got bees? Got vitamin A? Got malaria? Loss of pollinators increases risk of malnutrition, disease
- Lung cancer: Study finds potential new drug target
- Metabolic mystery solved, lending insight into Lafora disease
- Dental experts show why wound healing is impaired in diabetics
- Is head CT overused in emergency departments?
- Brain study sheds light on how children with autism process social play
- Majority of homeless adults with mental illness have high rates of cognitive deficits
- Cochlear implant users can hear, feel the beat in music
- Partly wrong with a chance of being right: Weather forecast
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Swarm of microprobes to head for Jupiter
- Climate models disagree on why temperature 'wiggles' occur
- Would you tell your manager you had a mental health problem?
- Meteosat-7 becomes EUMETSAT's longest-serving operational satellite
- How tropical parasite hijacks cells
- In infants, pain from vaccinations shows up in brain activity
- New mechanism to aid cells under stress identified
- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Brain circuit that regulates thirst identified
- Hilltop panorama marks Mars rover's 11th anniversary
- Helicopter could be 'scout' for Mars rovers
- Researchers make magnetic graphene
- Cause for decline of Missouri River pallid sturgeon identified
- Frogs prove ideal models for studying developmental timing
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Mindfulness-based program in schools making a positive impact, study shows
- Towards a scientific process freed from systemic bias
- Mother's stress hormone levels may affect fetal growth and long term health of child
- How cancer turns good cells to the dark side
- Hemin improves adipocyte morphology, function by enhancing proteins of regeneration
- Entanglement on a chip: Breakthrough promises secure communications and faster computers
- Poor psychosocial work environments may contribute to heart problems
- Swedish model for PSA testing has little effect on mortality
- Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
- Rabies booster defends pets with out-of-date vaccination against the disease
- Majority of primary care physicians find that medical imaging improves patient care
- Many women with breast cancer have poor knowledge about their condition
- Medical radiation may be reduced to one-sixth with new mathematical discovery
- New programming language for fast simulations
- How your friends might help you avoid flu
- For university students, walking beats sitting
- Digital storytelling promotes HIV/AIDS education in Africa
- Ethnic minorities, deprived communities hardest hit by air pollution
- Converting olive mash into cash
- Testosterone helps bind antidepressants in brain
- Nanodiamonds: Promising use for delivering cancer drug to kill chemoresistant cancer stem cells more effectively
- Daily drinking increases risk of alcoholic cirrhosis
- Scientists identify new disease treatment path
- Reducing work-family conflicts in the workplace helps people to sleep better
- Morphine following common childhood surgery may be life threatening
- Relationship between religion and educational attainment
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- 'July Effect' doesn’t apply to length of surgery
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- 3-D view of Greenland Ice Sheet opens window on ice history
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Acute heart failure patients bounce back to ERs for complex reasons
- Improving antibiotics to treat staph infections
- Why all-nighters don't work: How sleep, memory go hand-in-hand
- Early English exposure prepares Spanish-speaking children for academic success
- More light shed on on biomass breakdown
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Unusually elastic protein found by researchers; may have originated in cnidarian elastomer
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Efficient methylating enzyme identified for cancer development
- Live broadcast from inside the nerve cell
- How does the universe creates reason, morality?
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- H.E.S.S. finds three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources
- Lucky charms: When are superstitions used most?
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
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