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Study Reveals How Fishing Gear Can Cause Slow Death of Whales
May 21, 2013 Using a "patient monitoring" device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale's diving and swimming behavior. The ... > full story -
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Biomarkers Discovered for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
May 21, 2013 Researchers have identified a number of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease, which could help with earlier diagnosis and intervention in those who have not yet shown ... > full story -
Changing Cancer's Environment to Halt Its Spread
May 21, 2013 By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, scientists have identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly ... > full story -
Minus Environment, Patterns Still Emerge: Computational Study Tracks E. Coli Cells' Regulatory Mechanisms
May 21, 2013 Random mutations and genetic drift, rather than design principles, may explain the emergence of regulatory network properties in E. ... > full story -
Dietary Advice on Added Sugar Is Damaging Our Health, Warns Heart Expert
May 21, 2013 Dietary advice on added sugar is damaging our health, warns a cardiologist. He believes that "not only has this advice been manipulated by the food industry for profit but it is actually a risk ... > full story -
Life Expectancy Gap Widens Between Those With Mental Illness and General Population
May 21, 2013 The gap between life expectancy in patients with a mental illness and the general population has widened since 1985 and efforts to reduce this gap should focus on improving physical health, suggest ... > full story -
Small Cancer Risk Following CT Scans in Childhood and Adolescence Confirmed
May 21, 2013 Young people who undergo CT scans are 24 percent more likely to develop cancer compared with those who do not, a study published today on bmj.com suggests. However the absolute excess for all cancers ... > full story -
Bird's Playlist Could Signal Mental Strengths and Weaknesses
May 21, 2013 Having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch, a new study shows. In a series of problem-solving tests with the birds, researchers found that the male song ... > full story -
Bacterium Uses Natural 'Thermometer' to Trigger Diarrheal Disease, Scientists Find
May 21, 2013 How does the bacterium Shigella -- the cause of a deadly diarrheal disease -- detect that it's in a human host? Scientists have found that a biological "RNA thermometer" monitors whether the ... > full story -
Bacterial Spare Parts Filter Antibiotic Residue from Groundwater
May 21, 2013 Researchers have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources -- lakes and rivers -- at a significantly higher rate ... > full story
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