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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Accelerated Aging of Bones
July 10, 2013 Researchers have shown that deficiencies in vitamin D -- the sunshine vitamin -- accelerates the aging of bone, reducing the quality and making it more susceptible to ... > full story -
Women Who Give Birth to Multiple Babies After IVF Are at Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
July 9, 2013 Women who give birth to multiple babies following IVF treatment are at a higher risk of breast cancer than those giving birth to singletons or who remain childless. Investigators said the explanation ... > full story -
Researchers Identify 'Switch' for Long-Term Memory
July 8, 2013 Neurobiologists have identified calcium in the cell nucleus to be a cellular "switch" responsible for the formation of long-term memory. Using the fruit fly as a model, scientists investigate how the ... > full story -
Immune Cells Essential to Establishing Pregnancy
July 8, 2013 New research shows for the first time that immune cells known as macrophages are critical to fertility by creating a healthy hormone environment in the ... > full story -
Adverse Effects of Phthalates on Ovarian Response to IVF
July 8, 2013 Phthalates are among a group of industrial chemicals shown in some studies to have adverse effects on reproductive health and development, particularly in the male. As such, they have been ... > full story -
New Mechanism for Human Gene Expression Discovered
July 3, 2013 Researchers have discovered the first human "bifunctional" gene -- a single gene that creates a single mRNA transcript that codes for two different proteins, simultaneously. Their finding elucidates ... > full story -
Long Term Night Shifts Linked to Doubling of Breast Cancer Risk
July 1, 2013 Working night shifts for 30 or more years doubles the risk of developing breast cancer, and is not confined to nurses as previous research has indicated, a new study ... > full story -
Liver Protein Crucial for Pregnancy
June 30, 2013 A protein first shown to function in the liver plays a crucial role in pregnancy in mice and has a key role in the human menstrual cycle, according to ... > full story -
Biomarker Predicts Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence After Tamoxifen Treatment
June 29, 2013 A biomarker reflecting expression levels of two genes in tumor tissue may be able to predict which women treated for estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer should receive a second estrogen-blocking ... > full story -
Molecule Drives Aggressive Breast Cancer
June 27, 2013 Recent studies have shown a gene known to coordinate initial development of the eye (EYA1) is a powerful breast tumor promoter in mice. The gene EYA1 was also shown to be overexpressed in a genetic ... > full story
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