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Transgenic Mice Ready to Fight Obesity, and More
April 24, 2013 Scientists have investigated mice with a very precisely modified genome. Because it is possible to turn off the Dicer gene in adult mice, they can be used to investigate the processes related to such ... > full story -
High-Nutrition and Disease-Resistant Purple and Yellow-Fleshed Potato Clones Obtained
April 24, 2013 Agricultural researchers have created four new potato clones which are characterized by their high antioxidant content, their good production both in size and number of tubers, as well as by their ... > full story -
People Care About Source of Money, Attach Less Value to 'Tainted' Wealth
April 23, 2013 It's no accident that money obtained through dishonest or illegal means is called "dirty money." A new study suggests that when people perceive money as morally tainted, they also view it as having ... > full story -
New Pathway, Enhancing Tamoxifen to Tame Aggressive Breast Cancer Identified
April 23, 2013 Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage and less-aggressive disease, and now medical researchers have shown how to exploit tamoxifen's ... > full story -
Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model, Spares Normal Cells
April 23, 2013 Researchers have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little ... > full story -
Contact Killing of Salmonella by Human Fecal Bacteria
April 23, 2013 Researchers have recently found a novel mode of interaction between Salmonella, a foodborne pathogen, and the bacteria that live in our guts. Fecal bacteria collected from healthy donors effectively ... > full story -
Deficiency in P53 Anti-Tumor Protein Delays DNA Repair After Radiation
April 23, 2013 Researchers have found that a deficiency in an important anti-tumor protein, p53, can slow or delay DNA repair after radiation treatment. They suggest that this is because p53 regulates the ... > full story -
Uncleaned Cells Mean Weak Muscles
April 23, 2013 The protein complex mTORC1 promotes muscle growth. However, should this complex remain constantly active, it impairs the ability of the cells to self-clean, causing myopathy. Scientists have now ... > full story -
Scientists Advance Understanding of Human Brown Adipose Tissue and Grow New Cells
April 22, 2013 Scientists have reported significant findings about the location, genetic expression and function of human brown adipose tissue (BAT) and the generation of new BAT ... > full story -
Screening Detects Ovarian Cancer Using Neighboring Cells
April 22, 2013 Pioneering biophotonics technology detects the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells easily brushed from the neighboring cervix or uterus, not the ovaries themselves. The ... > full story
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