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Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 3.02
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center Offers New Hope for Deadly Brain Tumor
Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM.

Business/Economics - Sport Sciences - 3.02
Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
University Park, Pa. - The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Agronomy/Food Science - 2.02
Higher intake of processed meat linked to greater type 2 diabetes risk in population with high diabetes rates
Diabetes risk is increased in men and women who eat a diet that is high in processed meats, according to a study published online this week in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition . Processed meats include hot dogs, lunch meat, sausages and canned meats.

Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 2.02
Researchers identify peptide that inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus
Researchers identify peptide that inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus
Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a cell-permeable peptide that inhibits a hepatitis C virus protein and blocks the viral replication that can lead to liver cancer and cirrhosis.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 2.02
Alzheimer’s Disease May Spread by
For decades, researchers have debated whether Alzheimer's disease starts independently in vulnerable brain regions at different times, or if it begins in one region and then spreads to neuroanatomically connected areas.

Environmental Sciences - 2.02
Heat and Cold Damage Corals in Their Own Ways, Scripps Study Shows
Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While ocean warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold events can also cause large-scale coral bleaching events.

Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 1.02
Stem cells could drive hepatitis research forward
By creating liver-like cells, scientists can study why people respond differently to the disease. Hepatitis C, an infectious disease that can cause inflammation and organ failure, has different effects on different people.

Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 31.01
Genes linked to cancer could be easier to detect with liquid lasers
Genes linked to cancer could be easier to detect with liquid lasers
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Using a liquid laser, University of Michigan researchers have developed a better way to detect the slight genetic mutations that might predispose a person to a particular type of cancer or other diseases.

Chemistry - Physics/Astronomy - 31.01
Freezing technique exposes molecule-to-molecule attachments
Freezing technique exposes molecule-to-molecule attachments
Researchers at Yale University have developed a new way of exposing the atomic attachments that keep complex molecules in precise alignment. The new method could provide insight into the mechanics of a variety of molecular structures, potentially aiding efforts to manipulate them for drug discovery and other purposes.

Chemistry - Life Sciences - 30.01
Ferroelectric switching discovered for first time in soft biological tissue
Ferroelectric switching discovered for first time in soft biological tissue
The heart's inner workings are mysterious, perhaps even more so with a new finding. Engineers at the University of Washington have discovered an electrical property in arteries not seen before in mammalian tissues.

Physics/Astronomy - Medicine/Pharmacology - 30.01
Bright Lights of Purity
Luminescence of CdSe/CuS nanocrystals prepared by cation-exchange. On the left are crystals prior to purification, on the right are the same nanocrystals after impurities have been removed.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 30.01
Genetic breakthrough for brain cancer in children
Canadian-led research team identifies two mutations in crucial gene involved in deadly pediatric brain tumours An international research team led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI MUHC) has made a major genetic breakthrough that could change the way pediatric cancers are treated in the future.

Agronomy/Food Science - Environmental Sciences - 30.01
Kids under chronic stress more likely to become obese
The more ongoing stress children are exposed to, the greater the odds they will become obese by adolescence, reports Cornell environmental psychologist Gary Evans in the journal Pediatrics (129:1). Nine-year-old children who were chronically exposed to such stressors as poverty, crowded housing and family turmoil gain more weight and were significantly heavier by age 13 than they would have been otherwise, the study found.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 29.01
Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response
Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response
A team of UCLA scientists has found that the pathogen that causes leprosy has a remarkable ability to avoid the human immune system by inhibiting the antimicrobial responses important to our defenses.

Physics/Astronomy - Earth Sciences - 29.01
Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing electrons
Researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft. The team shows that the missing electrons are swept away from the planet by a tide of solar wind particles during periods of heightened solar activity.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Business/Economics - 27.01
Lure of entertainment, work hard for people to resist
Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again? The bad news is that desires for work and entertainment often win out in the daily struggle for self-control, according to a new study that measures various desires and their regulation in daily life.

Life Sciences - History/Philosophy - 26.01
Survey suggests family history of psychiatric disorders shapes intellectual interests
by Morgan Kelly A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might actually be genetically predetermined. Survey results published by Princeton University researchers in the journal PLoS ONE suggest that a family history of psychiatric conditions such as autism and depression could influence the subjects a person finds engaging.

Medicine/Pharmacology - 26.01
New Research Study Identifies Why Some Young People Choose to Get Tested for STDs and Others Don’t
A recent study by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland identified the reasons why college-age individuals would be tested for sexually transmitted diseases. These findings are valuable in developing public health awareness advertising campaigns.

Medicine/Pharmacology - 25.01
Pairing masks and hand washing could drastically slow spread of pandemic flu
Pairing masks and hand washing could drastically slow spread of pandemic flu
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Masks and hand hygiene could cut the spread of flu-like symptoms up to 75 percent, a University of Michigan study found. A new report shows the second-year results (2007-2008) of the ground-breaking U-M M-Flu study found up to a 75 percent reduction in flu-like illness over the study period when using hand hygiene and wearing surgical masks in residence halls, said Allison Aiello, associate professor of epidemiology in the U-M School of Public Health.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Administration/Government - 25.01
Nature: Kawaoka authors commentary on flu research
Here is a news release issued today by the journal Nature: The author of an upcoming Nature paper about H5N1 argues in a Nature Comment article today that research into deadly pathogenic viruses must continue if pandemics are to be prevented.

Chemistry - 25.01
Study unravels ’worm speak’ that uses chemicals to communicate
Study unravels 'worm speak' that uses chemicals to communicate
A species of small, transparent roundworms have a highly evolved language in which they combine chemical fragments to create precise molecular messages that control social behavior, reports a new study from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) at Cornell and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Medicine/Pharmacology - Social Sciences - 25.01
Dawn of Social Networks
Ancient humans may not have had the luxury of updating their Facebook status, but social networks were nevertheless an essential component of their lives, a new study suggests. The study's findings describe elements of social network structures that may have been present early in human history, suggesting how our ancestors may have formed ties with both kin and non-kin based on shared attributes, including the tendency to cooperate.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics - 25.01
Researchers Suggest a Proximate Cause of Cancer
Researchers Suggest a Proximate Cause of Cancer
AUSTIN, TX — Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Chemical Engineering are the first to show that mechanical property changes in cells may be responsible for cancer progression - a discovery that could pave the way for new approaches to predict, treat and prevent cancer.

Physics/Astronomy - Earth Sciences - 25.01
A galactic magnetic field in a lab bolsters astrophysical theory
A galactic magnetic field in a lab bolsters astrophysical theory
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Why is the universe magnetized? It's a question scientists have been asking for decades. Now, an international team of researchers including a University of Michigan professor have demonstrated that it could have happened spontaneously, as the prevailing theory suggests.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 25.01
Researchers Induce Alzheimer’s Neurons From Pluripotent Stem Cells
Stem-cell-derived neurons, made from patients with Alzheimer's disease, provide a new tool for unraveling the mechanisms underlying the neurodegenerative disease. In this image, DNA is shown in blue, dendrites and cell bodies in red and endosomal markers Rab5 and EEA1 in green and orange, respectively.

Environmental Sciences - Earth Sciences - 25.01
Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere won’t fully offset climate change
Injecting sulfate particles into stratosphere won't fully offset climate change
As the reality and the impact of climate warming have become clearer in the last decade, researchers have looked for possible engineering solutions – such as removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or directing the sun's heat away from Earth – to help offset rising temperatures.

Medicine/Pharmacology - 24.01
Saliva HIV test passes the grade
RI-MUHC-led study compares saliva self-test to blood test Montreal January 24, 2012 - A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study led by the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and McGill University.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Arts and Design - 24.01
Patients leave ER with poor understanding of how to care for themselves
In a new review article, researchers at the University of Toronto , The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Children's Hospital Boston have found there frequently is a lack of patient-family comprehension at the time of discharge from the emergency department, leaving patients and families unable to report the diagnosis or understand instructions for at-home care, medication use or reasons to return to the hospital.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Arts and Design - 24.01
Drug treatment delays progression of prostate cancer
Treatment with the drug dutasteride (Avodart) and regular monitoring delays the progression of low-risk, localized prostate cancer, according to the results of a three-year clinical trial conducted by the University of Toronto's Neil Fleshner .

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 24.01
Methamphetamine Use Increasing Again, Researchers Find
AUSTIN, Texas — Use of methamphetamines is on the rise nationally after a decrease a few years ago, according to university researchers. Use of meth dropped significantly in 2007 and 2008 after laws limiting the availability of pseudoephedrine went into effect made it much harder to obtain key ingredients.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 23.01
Painful egos: Narcissism may be harmful for men
Medicine/Pharmacology - Environmental Sciences - 23.01
New U-M computer model predicts cholera outbreaks up to 11 months in advance
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 23.01
Patterns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria seen in Galpagos reptiles
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 23.01
Mighty mesh
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 23.01
Lead blood levels may increase smokers' risk for kidney cancer
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 20.01
Gene critical to sense of smell in fruit fly
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 19.01
Potential Of Manganese in Neutralizing Deadly Shiga Toxin
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 19.01
Hardy bacteria help make case for life in the extreme
Chemistry - Earth Sciences - 18.01
Study Confirms Estimates of Gulf Oil Spill Rate
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 16.01
Study uncovers how DNA unfolds for transcription
Physics/Astronomy - Chemistry - 16.01
Scientists predict an out-of-this-world kind of ice
Agronomy/Food Science - Life Sciences - 12.01
Wasp rediscovered in upstate New York after 100 years
Medicine/Pharmacology - Business/Economics - 9.01
Tomato, wine byproducts in filters could make cigarettes less toxic
Pedagogy/Education Science - Business/Economics - 4.01
Kids prefer lots of choices and colors on their plates
Physics/Astronomy - Earth Sciences - 4.01
New Computer Model Explains Lakes and Storms on Titan
Agronomy/Food Science - Medicine/Pharmacology - 26.12.2011
Evidence found for brain injury in diet-induced obesity
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 22.12.2011
New target for HIV drugs
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 22.12.2011
First person: How we discovered fluoride riboswitches
Life Sciences - Medicine/Pharmacology - 22.12.2011
How bacteria fight fluoride in toothpaste and in nature
Medicine/Pharmacology - Life Sciences - 22.12.2011
Possible cure for leukemia found by Penn State researchers
Life Sciences - Chemistry - 21.12.2011
Scientists Pioneer New Method for Watching Proteins Fold