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Origin of aggressive ovarian cancer discovered

Cornell University researchers have discovered a likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma), the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States.

Cancer created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Don't read my lips! Body language trumps the face for conveying intense emotions

Be it triumph or crushing defeat, exhilaration or agony, body language more accurately conveys intense emotions, according to recent research that challenges the predominance of facial expressions as an indicator of how a ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biocompatible patch heals infants with birth defects (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress)—A painstaking effort to create a biocompatible patch to heal infant hearts is paying off at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital.

Medical research created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Autistic adults have unreliable neural responses, study finds

Autism is a disorder well known for its complex changes in behavior—including repeating actions over and over and having difficulty with social interactions and language. Current approaches to understanding ...

Neuroscience created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

New study uncovers brain's code for pronouncing vowels

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have unraveled how our brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech. The discovery could lead to new technology that verbalizes the unspoken words of ...

Neuroscience created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Grammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unaware

Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect ...

Neuroscience created May 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Theta brainwaves reflect ability to beat built-in bias

Vertebrates are predisposed to act to gain rewards, and to lay low to avoid punishment. Try to teach chickens to back away from food in order to obtain it, and you'll fail, as researchers did in 1986. But ...

Neuroscience created May 07, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Exercise could reduce bone tumor growth

(Medical Xpress)—Weight-bearing exercise, often prescribed to combat bone loss, might have anti-cancer effects. Cornell biomedical researchers report that mechanical stimulation of cancerous bone, in making ...

Cancer created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find ethnicity linked to antibodies

(Medical Xpress)—Cracking the DNA code for a complex region of the human genome has helped 14 North American scientists, including five at Simon Fraser University, chart new territory in immunity research.

Genetics created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Penis size does matter to women, researchers say in PNAS study (w/ Video)

The eternal question of whether penis size matters to women has been probed by a team of international scientists who reported on Monday that yes, ladies do find larger men more attractive.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (22) | comments 23

Visceral fat causally linked to intestinal cancer

Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Associ ...

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Scientists make mouse model of human cancer, demonstrate cure

UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report the first successful blocking of tumor development in a genetic mouse model of an incurable human cancer.

Cancer created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study links personality changes to changes in social well-being

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers report that changes in social well-being are closely tied to one's personality, with positive changes in one corresponding to similar changes in the other. Their study reveals ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A class of RNA molecules protects germ cells from damage, researchers show

Passing one's genes on to the next generation is a mark of evolutionary success. So it makes sense that the body would work to ensure that the genes the next generation inherits are exact replicas of the originals.

Genetics created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A protein's role in helping cells repair DNA damage

(Medical Xpress)—In a new study, University at Buffalo scientists describe the role that a protein called TFIIB plays in helping cells repair DNA damage, a critical function for preventing the growth of tumors.

Medical research created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast