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One Cause of Aging Found, Scientists Say Potentially Reversible
New research performed on mice offers insights into the
mechanism of aging, and perhaps with time...
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Autumn Babies More Likely To Develop Asthma
U.S. researchers concluded on Friday that babies that are born four months before the peak cold and...
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Stem Cell Airway Transplant Succeeded
As any other science, medicine is also constantly changing, evolving, improving for the benefit of...
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Breast Cancer Risk Up in Women with a Family History of the Disease
Women with a family history of breast cancer have a very
high risk of developing the disease even...
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Mind power can help keep pain in check
Boppard, Germany - Hardly anyone lies voluntarily on a bed of nails or runs 40 kilometres without...
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A Big Step Forward For Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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Update: Full Cancer Genome Decoded
Cancer is one of the most destructive diseases of past and present centuries. Certain treatments...
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Researchers Map Cancer Genes
Washington University researchers have decoded the complete
DNA of a patient suffering from...
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Genetic Map Of Cancer Unveiled
By using cells donated by a woman in her 50s who died of leukemia, the scientists at the Washington...
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Autism Gene May Play Role in Childhood Language Disorder As Well
University
of Oxford researchers discovered
that a gene implicated in autism may also play a...
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Scientists Decode Entire Genome Of A Cancer Patient For The First Time
For the first time, scientists have managed to decode the complete DNA sequence of a cancer...
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Researchers Detect More Genes Associated with Alzheimer’s Risk
Researchers have detected more genes
associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
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Staph Infections May Cause Serious Illnesses
Doctors announced on Monday that the staph bacteria found in common places is believed to have...
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Purple Ketchup, Just the Right Thing!
A group of British researchers have used genes from the snapdragon flower to increase tomatoes'...
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Purple Tomatoes May Help People Fighting Cancer
Researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich have created a purple tomato which they hope may...
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Prostate Gland, a Repository of Adult Stem Cells, Genentech Researchers Found
Researchers at Genentech, in San Francisco, found that
the prostate contains adult stem cells that...
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Update: New Genes Related To Lung Cancer Discovered
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, United States have identified...
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Sharing Your Genes With The World
As part of their project on http://www.personalgenomes.org, a
group of enthusiastic scientists and...
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Personal Genome Project Makes Available The Personal Genome Of Volunteers
The genomes of 10 people, volunteers in the
Harvard Medical School’s
Personal Genome Project,...
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Scientific Advances in Stem Cell Field: Yamanaka Finds New Method for Safer iPS Cells
The search for viable alternatives to replace
the embryonic stem cells that are derived from the...
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Genetic Code Of Malaria Parasite Deciphered
About 40 researchers sequenced the genetic code of
Plasmodium vivax, one of four malaria parasites...
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New Discovery in Stem Cell Field: Stem Cells from Testicular Biopsies
The search for the best source of stem
cells continues, with many scientists supporting the field...
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Stems Cells Made from Human Testicles
Providing a way out of a thorny ethical dilemma, scientists
have developed a kind of cells called...
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Three European Scientists Win The 2008 Nobel Prize For Medicine
One German and two French scientists won
the 2008 Nobel prize in medicine for their work in...
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National Children's Health Study Aims to Find Ways to Lower the Cost of Health Care
The National Children’s Study, the largest nationwide study of the effects of genes and the...
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Fat Hormone Gene Plays Significant Role In Colon Cancer
Obesity has long been thought to increase the risk for heart
disease and cancer in general. Breast...
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Distinguished Biochemist Robert Tjian Elected as President of Howard Hughes Institute
Robert Tjian, a distinguished UC Berkley biochemist
and gene researcher, has been named president...
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New Discovery in Stem Cell Field Improves the Cell Reprogramming Technique
The results of a study conducted by researchers
at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard...
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New Stem Cell Technique, a Safer Alternative to Embryonic Stem Cells
Scientists have found a new and safer way to generate induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), which...
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American Researchers Find New, Safer Way To Develop Stem Cells
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston have found a...
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New Harvard Research Investigates the Causes of Aging
Harvard Medical School scientists claim to have discovered a mechanism that may be the
universal...
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No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
The results of genetic testing for Type 2
diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
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Big Step Forward for Cancer Research: Scientists Map Cancer Patient’s Genome
Scientists for the first time have been able to look at the entire set of genes from a cancer...
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“Red Wine” Drug Fights Against Obesity Regardless of Diet
Are scientists one step closer to finding the secret weapon in the fight against obesity and...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Double Risk of Heart Attack
Three studies scheduled to be presented this week at the
American College of Rheumatology's annual...
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Purple Tomatoes May Be The Answer To A Healthy, Long Life
Scientists have long praised tomatoes’ cancer-fighting powers because of their enriched levels of...
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US Researchers ID 26 Genes Responsible For Lung Cancer
US
researchers have identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in people who
develop...
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Hesitant about Sharing Your Genes? Personal Genome Project Needs Volunteers
Those who are hesitant about publicly
sharing any part of their genome data, including medical...
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The Beginning of Personal Genome Project: Positive and Negative Aspects
Harvard Medical School genetics professor
George Church, Harvard psychology professor Steven...
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Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data of 10 Volunteers Online
Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
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Obesity Is in Your Genes and...Brain!
Eating too much to simply satisfy your pleasure for food?
Then you’re probably one of those people...
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How Does Gene Testing Influence Lifestyle Habits?
A 20-year, landmark study involving 10,000
participants, funded by a research group and three...
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Wear Pink for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is
dedicated to increasing awareness of the importance of...
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I’m a PC, But I am Disturbed Because Of The New Ads
Microsoft much talked-about $300 million campaign, designed
to convert the Mac fans to Windowism...
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Mapping The Cancer Genome
A new discovery shows promise in cancer
fight. Scientists have managed to draw a map of the...
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The Mystery Behind Men’s Commitment Problems: Some Genes
Can men be exempted from being charged with atypical
relationship behavior? It appears they can,...
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Do You Wonder Why Your Hubby Has A Mistress? Puzzle Solved
Are you terribly upset because your husband cheated on you, although you gave him your heart? Well,...
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Smoking Addiction Could Be In Your Genes
Researchers from the University
of Michigan, Washington University
School of Medicine, as well as...
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The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts to Find a Vaccine
Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Gene Research Heightens Hope For Curing Autism
U.S. researchers have found six new genes involved in autism. More exactly, they found that these...
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Genome Institute’s Renowned Director, Francis Collins, to Resign
The National Human Genome Research Institute is losing one
of its prestigious researchers in the...
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Human Evolution: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens…?
How much wisdom (sapientia) would
humans be able to accumulate? Homo sapiens sapiens is on the...
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Harvard Scientists Unravel The Secret Of Aging
As we get older, our health becomes our worst enemy. What’s
the secret of living a longer healthy...
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Wide-DNA Sequence Could Help Resurrect Woolly Mammoth
Sequencing the nuclear genome of extinct species has always
been a challenge for scientists, and...
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DNA Damage May Predict Lung Cancer
Canadian scientists have conducted a study in proving that a genetic trait can be a reliable...
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Cancer Research Moves Forward: Scientists Decode Complete Cancer Genome
Using DNA sequencing, scientists at Washington University in St. Louis were able to identify the...
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Scientists Map Cancer Genome for the First Time
For the
first time, a team of scientists managed to decode all the genes of a person
who suffered...
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Harvard Gene Project Posts DNA Data Of 10 Volunteers Online
Hoping to give medical research a big push forward, the Harvard University Medical School made the...
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Testicles an "ethical" source of stem cells, German scientists claim
Faced with strict German laws banning the use of human embryos, a team of German scientists came up...
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Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien - US scientists
Washington - Martin Chalfie, a professor of biological sciences at Columbia University in New York,...
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Update: Stem Cells Research Could Become Safer
Researchers took one more step toward so-called regenerative
medicine by developing a safer way of...
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The Mystery Behind Men’s Commitment Problems: Bad Genes
Can men be exempted from being charged with atypical
relationship behavior? It appears they can,...
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The AIDS Battle Continues! Researchers Join Efforts To Find A Vaccine
Around 33 million people had the AIDS virus in 2007. The majority lived in Sub-Saharan Africa,...
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Genetics Legend Doctor Victor McKusick Dies At 86
On Tuesday, Dr. Victor A. McKusick, the Johns Hopkins University physician who has brought an...
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Scientists Revealed World's First Genome-Wide Spinal Cord Map
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has taken a groundbreaking step into deciphering the...
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US Researchers Identify Autism Genes Heightening Hope for Cure
A genetic research on more than 100 families prone to autism
by Harvard researchers shed new light...
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Mars Starts Journey Into The Mysteries Of Cocoa Genome
Mars, the giant chocolate maker, is planning on solving
humanity’s cocoa crisis (yes, there is...
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Scientists Use DNA Fingerprinting to Identify Viable IVF Embryos
A team of fertility researchers from Australia and Greece has
discovered a way of testing IVF...
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Platypus' Genetic Mystery Solved
An
international scientific team announced Wednesday they had finally decoded the
genetic...
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Platypus Holds The Genetic Code To Evolution
As science evolved, people
started asking questions and developing theories about how evolution on...
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Scientists Report A New Method To Create Human Antibodies
The U.S researchers have discovered a new technology to
identify and clone human antibodies...
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It’s A Robotized World – No More Animal Testing!
Three governmental agencies made
a decision that will certainly go straight to the hearts of...
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Scientific World Loses Genetics Pioneer Joshua Lederberg, 82
Scientific world has lost Joshua Lederberg, University
Professor and president emeritus of the...
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The 1000 Genomes Project Aims To Map DNA Of 1000 people
A consortium, which includes Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
in Hinxton, England,
the Beijing...
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First Cloned Human Embryos From Skin Cell DNA
US scientists at biotech company Stemagen Corporation in La Jolla, California, allege they made the...
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Stem cell breakthrough promises “ethical” bio-replacements
No need to worry about the ethical implications of stem-cell research anymore: American scientists...
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South Korean Researchers Cloned Fluorescent Cats
These days, it seems that science out wins art. Up to now artists could get their imagination free...
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Anthropologist Say Humans Evolve More Rapidly
A new study led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
anthropologist John Hawks revelead that we...
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Stem Cells Created from Human Skin
Two research groups managed to obtain stem cells without the ethical problems posed by destroying...
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Ian Wilmut, Dolly’s Creator, Abandons Human Embryos Use
Professor Ian Wilmut, the Scottish scientists who led the
team that created Dolly the sheep ten...
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Chemistry Nobel Winner Kornberg Dies at 89
American biochemist Arthur Kornberg, who isolated the first DNA polymerizing enzyme, has died....
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DNA Shows Some Neanderthals were Pale-Skin Redheads
The Neanderthals, or Homo neanderthalensis, may have had red hair and pale skin, a new study in...
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