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Ötzi the Iceman's Dark Secrets: Protein Investigation Supports Brain Injury Theory
June 10, 2013 After decoding the Iceman's genetic make-up, a research team has now made another major breakthrough in mummy research: Using just a pinhead-sized sample of brain tissue from the world-famous glacier ... > full story -
Scientists Identify Potential Drug Target for Treatment-Resistant Anemias
June 9, 2013 Researchers have identified a key target protein of glucocorticoids, the drugs that are used to increase red blood cell production in patients with certain types of anemia, including those resulting ... > full story -
Diabetes Drug Shows Promise in Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disease
June 7, 2013 Researchers have found that a drug used to control Type II diabetes can help repair the spinal cords of mice suffering from the inherited disease adrenoleukodystrophy which, untreated, leads ... > full story -
Clinical Sequencing Technology Identifies New Targets in Diverse Cancers
June 7, 2013 Novel abnormalities in the FGFR gene were identified in a spectrum of cancers, and preliminary results with cancer cells harboring FGFR fusions suggested that some patients with these cancers may ... > full story -
How Do Immune Cells Detect Infections?
June 7, 2013 Researchers are using computer simulations to shed light on how immune cells may identify foreign ... > full story -
Whispering Light Hears Liquids Talk
June 7, 2013 Researchers have developed optomechanical sensors in which extremely minute forces exerted by light are used to generate and control high-frequency mechanical vibrations of microscale and nanoscale ... > full story -
The Protein Profile of Restless Leg Syndrome
June 6, 2013 A protein profile of people with restless leg syndrome (RLS) identifies factors behind disrupted sleep, cardiovascular dysfunction and pain, according to new research. The research gives insights ... > full story -
Normal Molecular Pathway Affected in Poor-Prognosis Childhood Leukemia Identified
June 6, 2013 Through genetic engineering of laboratory models, researchers have uncovered a vulnerability in the way cancer cells diverge from normal regenerating cells that may help treat children with ... > full story -
How Brain Circuits Can Become Miswired During Development
June 6, 2013 Researchers have uncovered a mechanism that guides the exquisite wiring of neural circuits in a developing brain -- gaining unprecedented insight into the faulty circuits that may lead to brain ... > full story -
Three-Billion-Year-Old Microfossils Include Plankton
June 6, 2013 Spindle-shaped inclusions in three-billion-year-old rocks are microfossils of plankton that probably inhabited the oceans around the globe during that time, according to ... > full story
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