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LOOK at ME!
Science Blog | 13 minutes ago
Have you ever been on one of those long drives through the country. You know what I'm talkin about not much to look at but the trees on the side and the cars beside you and of course the road. haha got to be safe. I seem to enjoy these drives the best when it's fall. Why is that you ask ?
New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy
Science Blog | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Scientists at the Brain Research Centre, a partnership of the University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, have uncovered new information about the mechanism by which brain cells die following a stroke, as well as a possible way to mitigate that damage. The results of the study were recently published online in Nature Medicine.
New cancer target for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Science Blog | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK (Nov. 22 2009) -- Physician-scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a molecular mechanism that may prove to be a powerful target for the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer that affects lymphocytes, or white blood cells.
Cancer metabolism discovery uncovers new role of IDH1 gene mutation in brain cancer
Science Blog | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Cambridge, MA -- November 23, 2009 -- Agios Pharmaceuticals today announced that its scientists have established, for the first time, that the mutated IDH1 gene has a novel enzyme activity consistent with a cancer-causing gene, or oncogene.
New hydrogen-storage method discovered
Science Blog | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
Washington, D.C. -- Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach the hydrogen-storage problem.
Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance
Science Blog | 1 hour 33 minutes ago
On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the skin surface trigger a pathway that prevents excessive inflammation after injury.
Weekly Roundup - 11-20-09
Eye on FDA | 6 hours 47 minutes ago
Ok, I'm two days late and a dollar short. It was busy last week. And then there is this thing called my job, which someone actually expects me to do, at least now and then. But some interesting stuff went...
Head Lice Treatment
Science Blog | 10 hours 14 minutes ago
Head Lice Treatment
Science Blog | 19 hours 5 minutes ago
Melanoma News Database MMMP
Science Blog | 23 hours 38 minutes ago
Finally we have a scientifically reliable, systematically comprehensive, and continuously updated database of news on melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer. It's part of the Melanoma Molecular Map Project (MMMP) website (www.mmmp.org), an internationally based project made by and for the scientific community.
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Corante/Brain Waves
The field of neurotechnology, the focus of this blog, encompasses advances in brain science (neurons), information technology (bits) and bioengineering (genes). Up for discussion and analysis: the political, economic, ethical, and social forces that will shape the future of what will be one of the most important and fascinating stories of the coming decades.
Eye on FDA
RX for Pharma Industry Communications and Planning
Science Blog
In case Mr. Wizard and Mythbusters don't give you enough science