Science Blog

Sunday th 19th of April 2009

Large study documents how p53 mutations link to high-grade breast cancer, poor outcomes - 14:42

New drug achieves pancreatic cancer tumor remission and prevents recurrence - 14:42

Experimental agents may prevent radiation-induced leukemia - 14:42

Urine test may determine if a smoker is at risk for lung cancer - 14:42

Penn's online survivorship care plans empower cancer survivors, caregivers - 14:42

New biomarker may predict leukemia aggressiveness - 14:42

Research suggests vegetable juice may help people with metabolic syndrome lose weight - 14:42

New human study reinforces antioxidant benefits of tart cherries - 14:42

Chewing gum reduces snack cravings and decreases consumption of sweet snacks - 13:56

Low socioeconomic Mississippi Delta children willing to try fruits and veggies, but few available - 12:49

Indigenous peoples at world summit to share climate change observations, coping techniques - 12:49

Clouds: Lighter than air but laden with lead - 12:49

The genetic X-factor - 12:49

New imaging analysis predicts brain tumor survival - 12:49

Transplanted liver cells function in older animals but do not proliferate as much as in younger ones - 11:42

LSUHSC research shows fish oil protects against diseases like Parkinson's - 11:42

New study finds chewing gum helps lower calorie intake and reduce cravings for sweet snacks - 11:42

Risk of vibration-induced vascular injuries linked to vibration frequency differences - 10:56

Lab study shows THC exposure as adolescents linked to negative effects of THC as adults - 09:49

Addition of dasatinib to standard chemo cocktail may enhance effect in certain ovarian cancers - 09:49

An herbal extract inhibits the development of pancreatic cancer - 09:49

Saturday th 18th of April 2009

Smoothing out fluctuations in wind power with "wind" - 16:56

Newly discovered epidermal growth factor receptor active in human pancreatic cancers - 11:42

Friday th 17th of April 2009

Autopsy study links prostate cancer to single rogue cell - 16:49

Maternal immune response to fetal brain during pregnancy a key factor in some autism - 16:49

OptiNose presents new data on highly effective treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis - 15:42

'Instant on' computing - 15:42

Scripps research team invents first technique for producing promising anti-leukemia agent - 15:42

Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to "breathe" - 14:56

Discovered after 40 years: Moon dust hazard influenced by Sun's elevation - 14:56

Genetic switch potential key to new class of antibiotics - 12:42

Fossils suggest earlier land-water transition of tetrapod - 12:42

TGen researchers discover possible way to block the spread of deadly brain tumors - 12:42

Origin of Language Pinpointed - 11:35

Inexpensive drug appears to relieve fibromyalgia pain in Stanford pilot study - 11:10

'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy - 11:10

Caffeine appears to be beneficial in males -- but not females -- with Lou Gehrig's disease - 11:10

Smoke from cigarettes, cooking oil, wood, shift male cardiovascular system into overdrive - 11:10

NC State study finds better way to protect streams from construction runoff - 11:10

A novel method of isolating high quality RNA from Kupffer cells - 11:09

A potential therapeutic target for gastric cancer - 11:09

Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons? - 11:09

Could senna improve the quality of colonoscopy preparation with magnesium citrate? - 11:09

Linked angina relates with gastroesophageal reflux diseases? - 11:09

Thursday th 16th of April 2009

Huntington disease begins to take hold early on - 15:56

UI chemists' DNA biosynthesis discovery could lead to better antibiotics - 14:49

Origins of sulfur in rocks tells early oxygen story - 13:42

Putting the squeeze on an old material could lead to 'instant on' electronic memory - 13:42

Study shows simple writing assignment improves minority student grades - 13:42

New nucleotide could revolutionize epigenetics - 13:42