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Slowing the aging process—only with antibiotics

Swiss scientists reveal the mechanism responsible for aging hidden deep within mitochondria—and dramatically slow it down in worms by administering antibiotics to the young.

Medical research created May 22, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Researchers complete largest genetic sequencing study of human disease

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune diseases.

Genetics created May 22, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Aggressive behavior linked specifically to secondhand smoke exposure in childhood

Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history ...

Health created May 21, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Competing antibodies may have limited the protection achieved in HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

Continuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more people.

HIV & AIDS created May 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover how brain's auditory center transmits information for decisions, actions

When a pedestrian hears the screech of a car's brakes, she has to decide whether, and if so, how, to move in response. Is the action taking place blocks away, or 20 feet to the left?

Neuroscience created May 01, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Team finds dissimilar proteins evolved similar 7-part shape

Solving the structure of a critical human molecule involved in cancer, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found what they call a good example of structural conservation—dissimilar ...

Medical research created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Health impact assessments prove critical public health tool

As natural gas development expands nationwide, policymakers, communities and public health experts are increasingly turning to health impact assessments (HIA) as a means of predicting the effects of drilling on local communities, ...

Health created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In an economic crash, public health improves

The economic crash in Cuba following the fall of the Soviet Union has provided researchers with a unique natural experiment on obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

Health created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Global burden of dengue is triple current estimates

The global burden of dengue infection is more than triple current estimates from the World Health Organization, according to a multinational study published today in the journal Nature.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers decode biology of blood and iron disorders mapping out novel future therapies

Two studies led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medical College shed light on the molecular biology of three blood disorders, leading to novel strategies to treat these diseases.

Medical research created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Did evolution give us inflammatory disease?

In new research published on March 21, 2013 in the online issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) demonstrate that some variants in our genes that contribute to a p ...

Genetics created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI Fingerprinting: the 12-second scan and a whole lot more

(Medical Xpress)—Getting an MRI can be an uncomfortable experience, particularly for a 40-minute or longer scan. In the US at least, it is also quite expensive—the same kind of scan costing just over ...

Medical research created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Researchers find NSAIDs help push stem cells into bloodstream prior to transplantation

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Indiana University's School of Medicine has found that giving meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), to people and baboons boosts the number of haematopoietic ...

Medical research created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Cancer-slowing compound also combats malaria, researchers find

An extract from a shrub often used for medicinal purposes in tropical Africa may have lethal effects against a dangerous parasite that transmits malaria, according to a multi-institutional team of scientists ...

Medical research created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Low-risk bladder cancer rarely progresses to muscle invasion

(HealthDay)—Low-risk bladder cancer rarely progresses to muscle invasion but is associated with an increased risk of disease-specific mortality compared with matched populations, according to research published ...

Cancer created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nature (journal)

Nature is a prominent scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869. Although most scientific journals are now highly specialized, Nature is one of the few journals, along with other weekly journals such as Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that still publishes original research articles across a wide range of scientific fields. In many fields of scientific research, important new advances and original research are published as articles or letters in Nature.

Research scientists are the primary audience for the journal, but summaries and accompanying articles make many of the most important papers understandable for the general public and to scientists in other fields. Toward the front of each issue are editorials, news and feature articles on issues of general interest to scientists, including current affairs, science funding, business, scientific ethics and research breakthroughs. There are also sections on books and arts. The remainder of the journal consists mostly of research articles, which are often dense and highly technical. Due to strict limits on the length of articles, in many cases the printed text is actually a summary of the work in question with many details relegated to accompanying supplementary material on the journal's website.

In 2007 Nature (together with Science) received the Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanity.

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