New Treatment Option For Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C
A new combination therapy of daily consensus interferon and ribavirin is effective for some people with chronic hepatitis C who do not respond to standard therapy.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/0PI5kTi2630" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Coordinated Pushback Could Help Contain Bovine Bacterial Diseases
Scientists are in a longstanding battle against two serious bacterial infections of livestock: Johne's disease and bovine tuberculosis.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/_G56D90MKuA" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Study Expands Window For Effective Stroke Treatment
Once symptoms start, there's only a tiny window of time for stroke victims to get life-saving treatment. Now, research has cracked that window open a bit wider.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/Vz-tiIBkPyc" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Protein 'Springs' Simplify Control Of Crustacean Limb Movements
Animals can simplify the brain control of their limb movements by moving a joint with just one muscle that operates against a spring made of the almost perfect elastic substance called resilin. This principle is analyzed and illustrated by striking...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
To Spread, Skin Cancer Attacks Immune Dendritic Cells
Dendritic cells are the sentinels of the immune system. When they're alert and on guard, they will marshal the body's immunosoldiers, T cells, to battle at the sight of harmful pathogens. But some diseases, such as cancer, are able to escape their...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Satellite Detects Red Glow To Map Global Ocean Plant Health
Researchers have succeeded for the first time in measuring the physiology of marine phytoplankton through satellite measurements of its fluorescence -- an accomplishment that had been elusive for years. With this new tool, scientists will now be able...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Lower Levels Of Key Protein Influence Tumor Growth In Mice
Tumors need a healthy supply of blood to grow and spread. Researchers have identified a molecule that regulates blood vessel growth that is often found at less-than-normal levels in human tumors. Blocking the expression of the molecule, called PHD2,...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Most Common Brain Cancer May Originate In Neural Stem Cells
Scientists have found that a deficiency in a key tumor suppressor gene in the brain leads to the most common type of adult brain cancer. The study, conducted in mice that mimic human cancer, points the way to more effective future treatments and a way...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
New System Monitors Fetal Heartbeat
Tiny fluctuations in a fetus's heartbeat can indicate distress, but currently there is no way to detect such subtle variations except during labor, when it could be too late to prevent serious or even fatal complications. Now, a new system could allow...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Elevated Water Temperature And Acidity Boost Growth Of Key Sea Star Species
Elevated water temperatures and heightened concentrations of carbon dioxide can dramatically increase the growth rate of a keystone species of sea star, according to new research.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/0NxZFGP5w1w"...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Don't Mistake An Athlete For A 'Toxic Jock'
A rose by any other name is still a rose, but is an athlete by another name...a jock?img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/EpEhQNqMVDA" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Stem Cell Protein Offers A New Cancer Target
Stem cell researchers have shown that a protein that keeps embryonic stem cells in their stem-like state, called LIN28, is also important in cancer. It offers a new target to attack, especially in resistant and hard-to-treat cases.img...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
53 Million-year-old High Arctic Mammals Wintered In Darkness
Ancestors of tapirs and ancient cousins of rhinos living above the Arctic Circle 53 million years ago endured six months of darkness each year in a far milder climate than today that featured lush, swampy forests, according to a new study.img...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Goopy Ear Wax And Unpleasant Body Odors Signal Breast Cancer Risk
If having malodorous armpits (called osmidrosis) and goopy earwax isn't bad enough, a discovery by Japanese scientists may add a more serious problem for women facing these cosmetic calamities. That's because they've found that a gene responsible for...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Bird Flu Virus Remains Infectious Up To 600 Days In Municipal Landfills
Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat ??” the "bird flu" virus ??” can remain infectious in municipal landfills for almost 2 years.? img...
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General Science | Monday Jun 1
Toward Cheap Underwater Sensor Nets
Computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. New research highlights the energy conservation benefits of using reconfigurable hardware rather than...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
First Complete X-ray View Of A Galaxy Cluster
The joint Japan-US Suzaku mission is providing new insight into how assemblages of thousands of galaxies pull themselves together. For the first time, Suzaku has detected X-ray-emitting gas at a cluster's outskirts, where a billion-year plunge to the...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Cotton Bests Other Spray-On Erosion Control Mulches
Agricultural engineers have developed the erosion control industry's first cotton hydromulch "spray-on blanket." Hydromulch is the bright-green mulch used in spray-on slurries that cover bare lands at construction sites and roadside projects, to...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
'Charm' Offensive Could Pinpoint Ways To Change People's Social Habits
People like to believe their actions are driven by their own free will and are not unduly affected by other people. Research, though, shows the way we act is often subconsciously influenced by what we believe to be ???normal??™ behavior. A new research...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices Benefit People With Type 1 Diabetes
People with type 1 diabetes who have already been successful in achieving recommended blood sugar goals can further benefit from using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, according to results of a major multi-center clinical trial.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
TB -- Hiding In Plain Sight
Current research suggests that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can evade the immune response. The related report by Rahman et al., "Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: few CD8+ effector T cells but elevated levels of FoxP3+...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Intestinal Bacteria Associated With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Intestinal permeability and an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine are both associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to new findings.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/k3kuIE2nWgc" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Unstated Assumptions Color Arctic Sovereignty Claims
Settling the growing debate over ownership of Arctic Ocean resources is complicated by the fact that the various countries involved have different understandings of the geography of the place, one researcher argues.img...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
First Multi-pixel Terahertz Modulator Created
Scientists have for the first time devised a multi-pixel modulator for light waves at terahertz frequencies. The formal study of THz radiation, which can be described as far-infrared light, dates back many years, but has become increasingly widespread...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Parasite Risk In Anchovies Varies Depending On Origin Of Fish
The Anisakis spp parasite can still be found in one of the most emblematic Mediterranean dishes -- anchovies in vinegar. Spanish researchers have shown the parasites are present at higher levels in anchovies from the south east Atlantic coast and the...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Scientists Engineer Cellular Circuits That Count Events
Engineers have designed cells that can count and "remember" cellular events, using simple circuits in which a series of genes are activated in a specific order.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/WHijFejGT4k" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Significant Gas Resource Discovered In U.S. Gulf Of Mexico
The U.S. Gulf of Mexico contains very thick and concentrated gas-hydrate-bearing reservoir rocks which have the potential to produce gas using current technology.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/sciencedaily/~4/UuXn1aiUmwI" height="1" width="1"/
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General Science | Sunday May 31
How To Maximize Benefits Of High Altitude Training
An athletes' elevated or heavier breathing at sea level immediately following high-altitude training accounts for a substantial amount of the gains from the high-altitude training, according to a new study. The heavy breathing is temporary, however,...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Benefit Of Aspirin For Healthy People Is Uncertain
A new study has shown that, while taking aspirin is beneficial in preventing heart attacks and strokes among people with established cardiovascular disease (secondary prevention), its benefits don't clearly outweigh the risks in healthy people (primary...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
Two-drug Combination Appears Safe And Active In Metastatic Kidney Cancer
Investigators report that a two-drug blockade of mTOR signaling appears safe in metastatic kidney cancer in a phase I trial. Early data suggests that a combination of temsirolimus and bryostatin may be active in patients with rare forms of renal cell...
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General Science | Sunday May 31
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