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Tumor-activated protein promotes cancer spread

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center report that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system – a network of vessels that transports and ...

Cancer created May 13, 2013 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Higher child marriage rates associated with higher maternal and infant mortality

Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, report researchers in the current online issue of the journal Violence Ag ...

Health created May 13, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gone, but not forgotten: Scientists recall EP, perhaps the world's second-most famous amnesiac

An international team of neuroscientists has described for the first time in exhaustive detail the underlying neurobiology of an amnesiac who suffered from profound memory loss after damage to key portions ...

Neuroscience created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds women who drink alcohol before pregnancy less likely to take multivitamins

Researchers from the University of California, San Diego Department of Pediatrics and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, a research affiliate of UC San Diego School of Medicine, have found a link between multivitamin use ...

Health created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With two new methods, scientists hope to improve genome-wide association studies

As scientists probe and parse the genetic bases of what makes a human a human (or one human different from another), and vigorously push for greater use of whole genome sequencing, they find themselves increasingly ...

Genetics created Apr 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast