Extra gene copies were enough to make early humans' mouths water
Sep 09, 2007 |
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To think that world domination could have begun in the cheeks. That's one interpretation of a discovery, published online September 9 in Nature Genetics, which indicates that humans carry extra copies of the ...
Molecular probe 'paints' cancer cells in living animals
Sep 09, 2007 |
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a molecular probe that sets aglow tumor cells within living animals. Their goal is to use the probe to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer ...
Using evolution, scientists create a template for many new therapeutic agents
Sep 09, 2007 |
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By guiding an enzyme down a new evolutionary pathway, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has created a new form of an enzyme capable of producing a range of potential new therapeutic agents with anticancer ...
USC researcher identifies stem cells in tendons that regenerate tissue in animal model
Sep 09, 2007 |
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Athletes know that damage to a tendon can signal an end to their professional careers. But a consortium of scientists, led in part by University of Southern California (USC) School of Dentistry researcher Songtao Shi, has ...
Next 50 years may be last for polar bears
Sep 09, 2007 |
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Shrinking sea ice will eliminate nearly all of the world's polar bear population in the next 50 years, U.S. government scientists predict.
Mathematician Kenneth Cooke dies at 82
Sep 09, 2007 |
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Kenneth Cooke, a mathematician who became a well-known researcher while teaching at a California liberal arts college, has died at age 82.
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