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Surprising Effect Of Economic Recessions On Population Health 1 Sep 2009 | 04:14 pm
Paradoxically, mortality rates during economic recessions in developed countries decline rather than increase, according to a new analysis.
Research Points To New Target For Stopping Colon Cancer 1 Sep 2009 | 04:14 pm
New research has found a drug target that suggests a potent way to kill colon cancers that resist current drugs aimed at blocking a molecule found on the surface of cells.
Cardiac Arrest Casualties Form Valuable Source Of Donor Kidneys 1 Sep 2009 | 04:13 pm
A pilot study of a system for harvesting kidneys from non-heart-beating donors where attempts of resuscitation after a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have failed (uncontrolled NHBDs) resulte...
Surprising Rate Of Recurring Heart Attacks, Strokes Globally 1 Sep 2009 | 04:12 pm
Despite medicines for patients with vascular disease, a large international study shows these patients have a surprisingly high rate of recurring strokes, heart attacks and hospitalizations as well as...
No Such Thing As Ethnic Groups, Genetically Speaking, Researchers Say 1 Sep 2009 | 02:59 pm
Central Asian ethnic groups are more defined by societal rules than ancestry. Researchers found that overall there are more genetic differences within ethnic groups than between them, indicating that ...
Moths cloaked in color 1 Sep 2009 | 10:58 am
(American Museum of Natural History) In a new Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, James Miller revises the taxonomy of the Dioptinae, a subfamily of moths that have conquered the day i...
Open source DNA 1 Sep 2009 | 09:58 am
(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) A new mathematical tool from Dr. Eran Halperin of TAU's Blavatnik School of Computer Science aims to protect genetic privacy while giving genomic data to rese...
Fishy Sixth Sense: Mathematical Keys To Fascinating Sense Organ 29 Aug 2009 | 10:57 am
Biophysicists in Germany are leading an effort to develop and apply models of the so-called lateral-line system found in fish and some amphibians. This sensory organ enables an animal, even in murky w...
Marine Biomedicine Researchers Decode Structure Of Promising Sea Compound 29 Aug 2009 | 10:57 am
A novel natural product yields potential new ways to fight diseases. Researchers have deciphered the highly unusual molecular structure of a naturally produced, ocean-based compound that is giving new...
Slowly Slip-sliding Faults Don't Cause Earthquakes, Study Suggests 29 Aug 2009 | 10:56 am
Some slow-moving faults may help protect against destructive earthquakes, suggests new research. Until now, geologists thought when the crack between two pieces of the Earth's crust was at a very gent...
