Archive: 11/20/2011
Future cancers from Fukushima plant may be hidden
(AP) -- Even if the worst nuclear accident in 25 years leads to many people developing cancer, we may never find out.
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Study finds sex a significant predictor of happiness among married seniors
The more often older married individuals engage in sexual activity, the more likely they are to be happy with both their lives and marriages, according to new research presented in Boston at The Gerontological Society of ...
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Novel ALS drug slows symptom progression, reduces mortality in phase II trial
(Medical Xpress) -- Treatment with dexpramipexole -- a novel drug believed to prevent dysfunction of mitochondria, the subcellular structures that provide most of a cell's energy – appears to slow symptom ...
Medical research
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Researchers find genetic rearrangements driving 5 to 7 percent of breast cancers
Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered two cancer-spurring gene rearrangements that may trigger 5 to 7 percent of all breast cancers.
Cancer
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Recipient's immune system governs stem cell regeneration
A new study in Nature Medicine describes how different types of immune system T-cells alternately discourage and encourage stem cells to regrow bone and tissue, bringing into sharp focus the importance of the transplant recipient's ...
Medical research
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Nerve cells key to making sense of our senses
The human brain is bombarded with a cacophony of information from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and skin. Now a team of scientists at the University of Rochester, Washington University in St. Louis, and Baylor College of Medicine ...
Neuroscience
Nov 20, 2011 |
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New muscle repair gene discovered
An international team of researchers from Leeds, London and Berlin has discovered more about the function of muscle stem cells, thanks to next-generation DNA sequencing techniques.
Genetics
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With training, a failing sense of smell can be reversed
In a new study scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have shown that the sense of smell can be improved. The new findings, published online November 20, 2011, in Nature Neuroscience, suggest possible ways to reverse the lo ...
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