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Baby Owls Spotted Sleeping Like Baby Humans
Baby birds have sleep
patterns similar to baby
mammals, and their sleep
changes in the same way when
growing up. This is what a
biologists found out working
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Burnt Sugar Derivative Reduces Muscle Wasting in Fly and Mouse Muscular Dystrophy
A trace substance in
caramelized sugar, when
purified and given in
appropriate doses, improves
muscle regeneration in an
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Genetics: More Than Merely a Mutated Gene
If two women have the same
genetic mutation that puts
them at higher-than-average
risk for a disease such as
breast cancer, why does only
one develop the disease?
Genetic scientists have
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Stimulating Brain Cells Can Make False Memories
By activating a subset of
brain cells in mice,
researchers changed the way
the animals remembered a
particular setting. To
determine if they could
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New Drugs to Find the Right Target to Fight Alzheimer's Disease
August 2, 2013 — The future is looking good for drugs designed to combat Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have unveiled how two classes of drug compounds currently in clinical trials work to fight the disease. Their ... > full story -
Study of Gene Expression Has Revealed First Steps of Evolution in Gene Regulation in Mice
August 2, 2013 — A study of gene expression has revealed the first steps of evolution in gene regulation in mice. The research has implications for the study of differences in gene regulation between ... > full story -
Re-Learning How to See: Researchers Find Crucial on-Off Switch in Visual Development
August 1, 2013 — A new discovery offers hope for treating "lazy eye" and other serious visual problems that are usually permanent unless they are corrected in early ... > full story -
Blocking Key Enzyme in Cancer Cells Could Lead to New Therapy
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have identified a characteristic unique to cancer cells in an animal model of cancer -- and they believe it could be exploited as a target to develop new treatment ... > full story -
Climate Change Occurring Ten Times Faster Than at Any Time in Past 65 Million Years
August 1, 2013 — Not only is the planet undergoing one of the largest climate changes in the past 65 million years, scientists report that it's occurring at a rate 10 times faster than any change in that period. ... > full story -
As Climate, Disease Links Become Clearer, Study Highlights Need to Forecast Future Shifts
August 1, 2013 — Climate change is affecting the spread of infectious diseases worldwide, according to an international team of leading disease ecologists, with serious impacts to human health and biodiversity ... > full story -
Arctic Sea-Ice Loss Has Widespread Effects on Wildlife
August 1, 2013 — How the Arctic wildlife and humans will be affected by the continued melting of Arctic sea ice is explored in a review article in the journal Science, by an international team of scientists. The ... > full story -
New Treatment Strategy for Breast Cancer Spread to Brain
August 1, 2013 — Researchers have successfully combined cellular therapy and gene therapy in a mouse model system to develop a viable treatment strategy for breast cancer that has metastasized to the patient’s ... > full story -
The When and Where of the Y: Research on Y Chromosomes Uncovers New Clues About Human Ancestry
August 1, 2013 — Using advanced analysis of DNA from Y chromosomes from men all over the world, scientists have shed new light on the mystery of when and how a few early human ancestors started to give rise to the ... > full storyMore: -
Existing Cropland Could Feed Four Billion More by Dropping Biofuels and Animal Feed
August 1, 2013 — The world's croplands could feed 4 billion more people than they do now just by shifting from producing animal feed and biofuels to producing exclusively food for human consumption, according to new ... > full story
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