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  Details of Gene Pathways Suggest Fine-Tuning Drugs for Child Brain Tumors

  March 26, 2013 — Pediatric researchers, investigating the biology of brain tumors in children, are finding that crucial differences in how the same gene is mutated may call for different ... > full story
• Bacteria
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  Unique Mechanisms of Antibiotic Resistance Identified

  March 26, 2013 — Microbiologists have identified mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in a clinical isolate of E. coli resistant to carbapenems, a class of “last resort” antibiotics. The new study found ... > full story
• Epigenetics Research
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  Novel Way Plants Pass Traits to Next Generation: Inheritance Behavior in Corn Breaks Accepted Rules of Genetics

  March 26, 2013 — New research explains how certain traits can pass down from one generation to the next – at least in plants – without following the accepted rules of ... > full story
• Genes
  Human Biology
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  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  You Don't 'Own' Your Own Genes: Researchers Raise Alarm About Loss of Individual 'Genomic Liberty' Due to Gene Patents

  March 26, 2013 — Humans don't "own" their own genes, the cellular chemicals that define who they are and what diseases they might be at risk for. Through more than 40,000 patents on DNA molecules, companies have ... > full story
• Heart Disease
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  Molecular Biology
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  Developmental Biology
   

  New Insights Into the Development of the Heart

  March 26, 2013 — Viewed from the outside, our body looks completely symmetrical. However, most internal organs -- including the heart -- are formed asymmetrically. This asymmetry allows the heart to do its job ... > full story
• Immune System
  Lymphoma
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  Counting White Blood Cells at Home

  March 26, 2013 — Engineers have developed a portable device to count white blood cells that needs less than a pinprick's worth of blood and takes just minutes to run. The device can provide accurate differential ... > full story
• Civil Engineering
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  Nanofoams for Better Body Armor, Blast Protection

  March 26, 2013 — Engineers are developing nanofoams that could be used to make better body armor; prevent traumatic brain injury and blast-related lung injuries in soldiers; and protect buildings from impacts and ... > full story
• Obesity
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  Staying Healthy
   
  

  Obesity May Be Linked to Microorganisms Living in the Gut

  March 26, 2013 — How much a person eats may be only one of many factors that determines weight gain. A recent study suggests that a breath test profile of microorganisms inhabiting the gut may be able to tell doctors ... > full story

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  • Microorganisms Detected Via Breath Test Linked to Body Mass, Fat Accumulation
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  Breakthrough Study Sheds Light on Cell Defense Against Radiation Exposure

  March 26, 2013 — New insight into the structural nature of Deinococcus manganese complexes in the world’s toughest microbe, Deinococcus radiodurans, gained by using advanced spectroscopy techniques, may ... > full story
• Optics
  Weapons Technology
  Graphene
  Physics
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  'Metascreen' Forms Ultra-Thin Invisibility Cloak

  March 25, 2013 — Up until now, the invisibility cloaks put forward by scientists have been fairly bulky contraptions -- an obvious flaw for those interested in Harry Potter-style ... > full story

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