Student science contest participation influences study, career choices, alumni say
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...our response to fractionated radiotherapy was also improved significantly because the increased blood flow carried more oxygen to the tumour." Dr. Feron, who is an assistant professor and research associate in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Louvain, said that the team was now plannin......cancer, hepatitis and arthritis." Furthermore, the improved understanding of the molecular basis of disease has led to "real optimism that a new generation of improved medicines is just around the corner," Professor Duncan said. New drugs and new delivery systems bot...Study: Emission of smog ingredients from trees is increasing rapidly
...e study may help explain why ozone levels have not improved in some parts of the country as much as was anticipated with the enactment of clean-air laws, Purves said. Environmental technologies such as catalytic converters and hoses that collect fumes at gas pumps have substantially reduced human-produced VOC...16 APS exercise research highlights, from reduced flu mortality to proteomics & obesity
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...d reduce toxins in and around the Great Lakes, and improved the quality and safety of the lakes in recent decades. PCBs are semi-volatile, which means the toxins can easily alternate between liquid and gaseous states. Hites and other environmental scientists have found that some of these airborne PCBs waft to...Fortifying food with folic acid benefits babies
...itamin B12 status in seniors, and no evidence that improved levels of blood folate masked this vitamin deficiency....UCI scientists successfully target key HIV protein; breakthrough may lead to new drug therapies
...molecules also may lead to new drug therapies with improved treatment options. The researchers used a scientific technique called "phage display," which is used to identify small molecule inhibitors that can disrupt interactions between proteins. According to Gregory Weiss, lead researcher and assistant profe...New sequence involved in DNA replication timing may aid in cancer detection
...associated with cancer, this discovery may lead to improved methods for cancer detection. The research appears as the "Paper of the Week" in the October 1 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry , an American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology journal. Before a cell can divide, it must dupli...Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy
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... lead to cotton varieties with superior traits and improved fiber quality. Dr. Jeff Chen, a Texas Agricultural Experiment Station scientist, is working on a $5.7 million National Science Foundation project led by Thomas Osborn at the University of Wisconsin, and a project funded by the National Institutes o...Scientists discover potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria
Based on an improved understanding of bacteriophages--viruses that infect bacteria--scientists reporting in the Sept. 23 issue of the journal Nature believe they have discovered a potential new way to control drug-resistant bacteria, an increasingly worrisome public heal...The book opens on the first tree genome
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HERSHEY, PA-An inch-long tropical fish will enjoy improved global exposure thanks to a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources-National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded to Keith Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology, Penn State College of Medicine. The g...Scientists decipher genetic code of biothreat pathogen
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