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Atomic-Scale Investigations Solve Key Puzzle of LED Efficiency
From the high-resolution
glow of flat screen
televisions to light bulbs
that last for years,
light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
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Biophysicists Measure Mechanism That Determines Fate of Living Cells
For the first time,
biophysicists have measured
the molecular force required
to mechanically transmit
function-regulating signals
... > full story
First Successful Treatment of Pediatric Cerebral Palsy With Autologous Cord Blood: Awoken from a Persistent Vegetative State
Medics have succeeded in
treating cerebral palsy with
autologous cord blood.
Following a cardiac arrest
with severe brain damage, a
... > full story
The Secret Lives (and Deaths) of Neurons
Researchers have uncovered
surprising insights about
how nerve cells rewire
themselves, shedding light
on a process linked with
neurodegenerative diseases
and neurodevelopmental
... > full story
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Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking on Its Head
May 23, 2013 — Scientists have made an advance in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective ... > full story -
Research Identifies a Way to Make Cancer Cells More Responsive to Chemotherapy
May 23, 2013 — Breast cancer characterized as "triple negative" carries a poor prognosis, with limited treatment options. In some cases, chemotherapy doesn't kill the cancer cells the way it's supposed to. New ... > full story -
When Oxygen Is Short, EGFR Prevents Maturation of Cancer-Fighting miRNAs
May 23, 2013 — Even while being dragged to its destruction inside a cell, a cancer-promoting growth factor receptor fires away, sending signals that thwart the development of tumor-suppressing microRNAs before it's ... > full story -
Discarded Immune Cells Induce the Relocation of Stem Cells
May 23, 2013 — The study reveals a surprising coordination between two fundamental body systems, the immune and the hematopoietic. The study has implications for the understanding of metastasis, because malignant ... > full story -
New Screening Approach Uncovers Potential Alternative Drug Therapies for Neuroblastoma
May 23, 2013 — Nearly two-thirds of patients with high-risk neuroblastoma -- a common tumor that forms in the nerve cells of children -- cannot be cured using tumor-killing cancer drugs. A new study reveals a new ... > full story -
Powerful New Method IDs Therapeutic Antibodies
May 23, 2013 — Scientists have devised a powerful new technique for finding antibodies that have a desired biological effect. The newly reported technique should greatly speed the process of discovering medicines, ... > full story -
Boosting Body's Natural Flu Killers as Way to Offset Virus Mutation Problem
May 23, 2013 — The known difficulty in fighting influenza (flu) is the ability of the flu viruses to mutate and thus evade various medications that were previously found to be effective. Researchers at the Hebrew ... > full story -
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Breakthrough on Huntington's Disease
May 23, 2013 — Researchers have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington’s disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of ... > full story -
Serengeti Road Divides Biologists: Will a Road Across the Northern Tier of Serengeti National Park Ruin It?
May 23, 2013 — Serengeti National Park in Tanzania may be the most iconic national park in the world. Here, lions, leopards, elephants, hippos and giraffes wander free. Rivers of wildebeests, zebra and Thompson's ... > full story -
Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease
May 23, 2013 — The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain, new research ... > full story
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