Archive of articles published on the 28th of July 2009

Study: Bariatric surgery patients have 67 percent lower chance of complications at top hospitals
A yeast cancer model for mapping cancer genes
How the carrot approach facilitates learning
Infiltrating blood-derived macrophages are vital cells in recovery from spinal cord injury in mice
German researchers find there is more to bats' vision than meets the eye
Ethics review of research in the context of humanitarian relief work
New FDA regulation of tobacco products has problems
Biologists rediscover endangered frog population
Study finds significant number of kids experience family homelessness
Extinct rodent species discovered
UCSF team focuses on patient safety in ambulatory care system
Rush University Medical Center studies program to help older adults transition from hospital to home
Chicago team uses artificial intelligence to diagnose metastatic cancer
Icy exposure creates armored polymer high tech foams
University of Toronto helps to 'barcode' the world's plants
Microbes and their hosts -- exploring the complexity of symbiosis in DNA and cell biology
Fox Chase researchers uncover one force behind the MYC oncogene in many cancers
Common household pesticides linked to childhood cancer cases in Washington area
Study sheds light on squirrel psychology
Maternal, paternal genes' tug-of-war may last well into childhood
1 in 6 health workers won't report in flu pandemic -- study by Ben-Gurion U. researchers
Extinction crisis looms in Oceania: Landmark study
Game utilizes human intuition to help computers solve complex problems
Actions taken over the next decade to demonstrate and deploy key technologies will determine US energy future
'Corrective genes' closer thanks to enzyme modification
NRL's Large Area Telescope explores high-energy particles
Study: Newspapers located closer to the Mexican border slant news coverage of immigration
Stories we tell about national trauma reflect our psychological well-being
New drug for children with high-risk leukemia
Study shows cancer vaccines led to long-term survival for patients with metastatic melanoma
Study: Being active as a preschooler pays off later in childhood
Freshwater fish at the top of the food chain evolve more slowly
Mathematical modeling predicts response to Herceptin
Wildfires set to increase 50 percent by 2050
Early online releases from Annals of Internal Medicine
SRI and SDK announce breakthrough performance in OLED devices for solid-state lighting applications
NASA and NOAA'S GOES-14 satellite takes first full disk image
Scientists expect wildfires to increase as climate warms in the coming decades
Teeny-tiny X-ray vision
Male germ cells can be directly converted into other cell types
SNM and coalition of professional organizations call for action
Breaking barriers with nanoscale lasers
NHLBI stops study of pulmonary hypertension treatment in sickle cell patients
Forecasting cancer recurrence
Duke scientists create airway spheres to study lung diseases
Forest response project FACEs the end
Fast release of data leads to rapid changes in clinical practice for drug-eluting stents
MEK4, genistein and invasion of human prostate cancer cells
New links between lucid dreaming and psychosis could revive dream therapy in psychiatry
Nanotech particles affect brain development in mice
Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking
Field Museum scientist describes first vertebrate to live in trees
Test helps in fight against lung infections and for treating other life-threatening infections
Homicide by mentally ill has risen in England and Wales
Invigorated muscle structure allows geese to brave the Himalayas: UBC research
New chlamydia test offers rapid, pain-free test for men
Sex in the Caribbean: Environmental change drives evolutionary change -- eventually
Mapping the crocodile genome