Cancer is a difficult disease to treat because it’s a personal disease.
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These cancer cells will self-destruct in 5…4…
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These cancer cells will self-destruct in 5…4…
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Six times more insects in tropical mountains
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010How many species of insects exist? Umea University researcher, Genoveva Rodriguez-Castaneda, found that in tropical mountains there are six times more insects than shown in global calculations
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Cockroach brains could be rich stores of new antibiotics
Monday, September 6th, 2010(PhysOrg.com) — Cockroaches could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard according to scientists from The University of Nottingham.
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Cockroach brains could be rich stores of new antibiotics
With HMGB1’s help, cells dine in
Monday, September 6th, 2010Like some people, cells eat when they are under pressure — but they consume parts of themselves. A multi-function protein helps control this form of cannibalism, according to a study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.
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With HMGB1’s help, cells dine in
Researchers define role of CEP290 in maintaining ciliary function
Monday, September 6th, 2010A new study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology helps define the role of an important ciliary protein, CEP290. The results could be applied toward targeted gene therapy in cilia-related diseases.
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KEPCO, power company in Japan, taps nature to revitalize trees
Monday, September 6th, 2010Kansai Electric Power Co.
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KEPCO, power company in Japan, taps nature to revitalize trees
EU summons BASF over ‘illegal’ potatoes in Swedish field
Monday, September 6th, 2010Europe slapped a summons on German chemical giant BASF on Monday after a “blunder” allowed seed from a new genetically modified potato to remain in a field in Sweden.
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The art of dividing: Researchers decode function and protein content of the centrosome
Monday, September 6th, 2010A basic requirement for growth and life of a multicellular organism is the ability of its cells to divide.
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The art of dividing: Researchers decode function and protein content of the centrosome
Japanese stem cell researcher wins Balzan prize
Monday, September 6th, 2010(AP) — The Balzan Foundation says its prize for the biology of stem cells has gone to a Japanese researcher for discovering a way to transform adult cells into cells with the characteristics of stem cells.
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Levy not law will save the whales
Monday, September 6th, 2010(PhysOrg.com) — Conservationists would save more whales from the harpoon if the whale-watching public and industry were willing to pay a levy that could be used to persuade those countries currently engaged in whaling to stop, says Queensland University of Technology green economist Associate Professor Clevo Wilson.
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