• One gene 90 percent responsible for making common parasite dangerous
• Climate change, Earth and oceans focus of UNC-Chapel Hill at AGU
• UCF researcher's 3-D Digital Storage System could hold a library on 1 disc
• The National Academies' Distinguished Speaker Series runs Jan. 17-March 21, 2007
• Does Omega 3 protect against ADHD?
• Nanotechnology: The story behind the headlines
• MIT creates 3-D scaffold for growing stem cells
• NASA presentations at 2006 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting
• NASA media events at 2006 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting
• Ebola-outbreak kills 5000 gorillas
• Project to intensify agricultural production in Great Lakes -- Africa's most impoverished region
• Experimental Biology 2007 meets in Washington, D.C., April 28-May 2
• Four Arnoux's Beaked Whales observed from Polarstern expedition
• American scientist's research of life's first cells
• Who speaks for the Earth?
• Molecular anatomy of influenza virus detailed
• Medicare facing future bankruptcy: 'IEEE-USA Today's Engineer' cites $30 trillion unfunded liability
• AGI honored by California State Mining and Geology Board
• Study shows risk of acute pancreatitis low with statins
• Medical teams are key to patient safety
• For kids with high blood pressure, surgery can help when medicines fail
• New treatments prevent brain injury hours after stroke in rats
• Ground spider diversity studied in research project
• Technique quickly identifies bacteria for food safety, health care and homeland security
• Safety experts ill-equipped to handle nanotechnology in workplace
• Mayo Clinic collaboration mining of ancient herbal text leads to potential new anti-bacterial drug
• Understanding the Arctic -- NSF-funded expeditions cover new ground in climate science
• Sex ends as seasons shift and kisspeptin levels plummet
• Joining forces
• Dust to gust
• A transplant in time
• Adults living with children eat more fat than do other adults
• Jefferson researchers uncover new way nature turns genes on and off
• Inflammatory genes linked to salt-sensitive hypertension
• Green Chemical Reactor Engineering -- XI
• Fluidization -- XII
• Screening for complex genetic interactions
• How does a zebrafish grow a new tail?
• The mathematics of cloaking
• A reason why video games are hard to give up
• New study links western wildfires to Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures
• Study identifies glucose 'sensor' that plays dual role in glucose metabolism and fat synthesis
• Water Treatment and Reuse -- II
• Alternative materials for radioactive materials containment
• Polarstern's biggest fish catch in 24 years of research in Antarctic waters
• Protein's effects essential for kidney-to-bladder urine transfer
• Profiling of cancer genes may lead to better and earlier detection
• USC team reveals structure of APOBEC family protein
• Genetic mechanism helps explain chronic pain disorders
• UGA granted $1.9 million for natural gas education
• How many genes does it take to learn? Lessons from sea slugs
• Winning by a neck -- Giraffes avoid competing with shorter browsers
• UCLA study finds a need for services that help homeless youth obtain health insurance
• Researchers identify new drug targets for cancer
• Trans fat ban: Watch saturated fats and calories too
• HIV treatments improve health, but nutritional issues remain
• Koshland Science Museum announces winter program
• Unfolded proteins may protect cells from dying
• Cellular pathway yields potential new weapon in vaccine arsenal
• Pet owners are sick more often and exercise less than other working-aged people
• Ossur hf. acquires the Gibaud Group in France
• New research could lead to 'invisible' electronics
• Naval Research Laboratory scientists analyze Comet Wild 2 samples
• NIST laser-based method cleans up grubby nanotubes
• 'Vortex lattices' may help explain material defects
• Adenine 'tails' make tailored anchors for DNA
• Risk factors for hypertension start young
• How does aspirin crystallize?
• Dengue and other hemorrhagic fevers: Towards a first potential treatment
• Czech Republic to become member of ESO
• Max Planck Society partners with Elsevier
• MLA awarded Elsevier grant to train librarians in Africa, Asia and Latin America
• Development of gene therapy
• Study finds hidden costs of hotel employee turnover
• First-borns get more quality time with parents, study shows
• 'Mindless autopilot' drives people to underestimate food decisions
• Genomic variation easier to identify with UCSD/Brown software
• AGI announces publishing agreement with Thompson Delmar Learning
• Physicians enlisted in efforts to keep demented drivers off the road
• Clinical simulation technology used to improve communication of medical teams
• Africa's least-known carnivore in Tanzania
• HYMS researchers focus on human evolution
• Robotic crawler detects wear in power lines
• Researchers make progress in studying genetic traits of India-born populations
• Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
• Study compares LASIK and LASEK eye surgery
• Mechanism of black cohosh versus hot flashes revealed
• Cellular killer also important to memory
• New Chicago-Indiana computer network prepared to handle massive data flow
• Women on osteoporosis drug can discontinue use with no risk
• Study offers window into human behavior, brain disease
• Shotgun sequencing finds nanoorganisms
• Cellular cues identified for stroke recovery
• Should we pay the same price for all movies?
• Researchers identify a 'heartbeat' in Earth's climate
• Unbelted backseat passengers produce deadly results
• Purification and dilution reduce risk of fish being injured by hormone-disrupting compounds
• St. Jude, El Salvador create research ethics committee
• Genetically modified cells attack tumors
• Wetzel to discuss malware at 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting
• Dr. Msiska, UN leader in the worldwide fight to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS, to speak at Stevens
• Becker to deliver plenary lecture at plasma science meeting
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Laser experiments reveal strange properties of superfluids
• Scientists develop method to find genetic basis for plant variation
• Wound botulism
• Tuberculosis risks for health workers in developing countries
• Stem cells as cancer therapy
• Prompting men to have syphilis tests
• New compound isolated from Madagascan plant shows activity against malaria
• Erythrocyte G protein as a novel target for malarial chemotherapy
• Do we need a world health insurance to realize the right to health?
• Deaths of severely malnourished children: identifying those most at risk
• Circumcision for prevention of HIV: new analysis demonstrates cost-effectiveness
• Protection against cancer may begin during pregnancy
• How your brain helps you become a wine expert
• Feinstein Institute and Cold Spring Harbor Lab join forces, seek manic depression genes
• Experience sculpts brain circuitry to build resiliency to stress
• Gene discovered for form of brittle bone disease
• Intelligent software solutions to better understand biological processes
• Sex differences and rheumatoid arthritis
• New treatment hope for systemic sclerosis
• Women may be able to 'take break' from osteoporosis drug without losing benefit
• Incidence of stroke decreases over last 50 years
• Acid suppression medication linked with increased risk of hip fracture
• Prediction markets accurately forecast influenza activity
• Recurrence of a flu pandemic similar to infamous 1918 flu could kill 62 million
• Portrait of a dramatic stellar crib
• CHPA statement regarding 'Monitoring the Future' findings on cough medicine abuse
• CHPA president and leading physician available to comment on NIDA 'Monitoring the Future'
• To catch an intermediate
• Children's Hospital Oakland, Calif.'s new iron regulation discovery
• Gene chip discovery may lead to individualized treatment for 5 hereditary liver diseases
• Why are Danes the world's happiest nation?
• Sword swallowers more likely to be injured when distracted or swallowing 'unusual' swords
• Strong emotions in Shakespeare's plays lead to fits and fatalities
• Surgeons are taller and better looking than other doctors
• Mistletoe is not an anti-cancer drug, say doctors
• Five new technologies that promise to transform medicine
• Antarctic research within the International Polar Year IPY 2007/08
• Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans January 5-8, 2007
• Treatments for urinary infections leave bacteria bald, happy and vulnerable
• Relative abundance of common microbes living in the gut may contribute to obesity
• NYC tadpoles fly to Puerto Rico
• Molecular 'on/off switch' controls immune defenses against viruses
• Male contraception -- UVa discovery stirring interest among basic scientists and drug developers
• Tweaking the treatment for restless legs
• How blood flow dictates gene expression
• Watching with intent to repeat ignites key learning area of brain
• Ocean temperature predicts spread of marine species
• U of MN researchers find novel genes critical in organ development
• Complexity constrains evolution of human brain genes
• UCLA multiculturalism advocate selected for richest prize in humanities
• New study shows promise of toxicogenomics in environmental monitoring
• What it means to be human
• Dinosaurs -- stones did not help with digestion
• Doubts cast on organophosphate poisoning as cause of Gulf War Syndrome depression
• Numbers, sequences pose problems for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome children
• Exercise enhances seniors' physical, mental functioning
• Restoring tamoxifen sensitivity in resistant breast cancer cells
• Corot space mission ready to search out new planets and map the interior of stars
• Wolves are suffering less from inbreeding than expected
• USC-led researchers use stem cells to regenerate parts of teeth
• Tuberculosis: The bacillus takes refuge in adipose cells
• Structural mechanism of the E. coli drug efflux pump AcrB
• Singing for survival
• Researchers find stem-cell therapy effective in targeting metastatic cancer
• Mayo researcher discovers target site for developing mosquito pesticides
• Epigenetic drugs, promising for breast cancer treatment
• Education -- the best pill of all for preventing Alzheimer's
• Cyberspace may overcome ethical constraints in experiments
• A simple feedback resistor switch keeps latent HIV from awakening
• A laser uncovers the logic of the stomata function
• Arrest deters 'johns' from further prostitution activity
• Paying attention sets off symphony of cell synchronization
• What light from yonder neutron breaks?
• Cluster of journals publish findings on dangerous parasite, Toxoplasma gondii
• Scientists develop method to remove prion infectivity from scrapie-infected blood
• Pandemic influenza may cause an extra 62 million deaths a year
• Inherited ischaemic stroke more common in women than men
• Effective medical response reduced deaths of critically injured after London bombings
• Snake-like robot and steady-hand system could assist surgeons
• Safer ICUs: Cheap, simple, 'low-tech' steps work
• Science and Innovation Awards
• A surprise award to George Smoot: The Daniel Chalonge Medal
• The DNA damage response and tumorigenesis
• MicroRNAs, alternative splicing and the muscle proteome
• Filling a niche -- role of Rb in mammalian stem cells
• Cease and desist -- genome stability and epithelial carcinogenesis
• Ho! Ho! Huh? Binghamton University researchers measure holiday spirit
• Inflammatory bowel disease doubles risk of pregnancy complications
• Doubts cast on organophosphate poisoning as cause of Gulf War Syndrome depression
• 'Botox' can ease writer's cramp
• Antenatal fish oil supplements boost kids' hand-eye coordination
• Scanning the brain for transference
• Neurobiological insights for psychoanalysts working with autistic children
• Kevin Groark, Ph.D. wins American Psychoanalytic Association CORST Prize
• A new jump start for aging blood vessels
• Abnormal proteins linked to schizophrenia found in body tissue
• Giant Sauropod dinosaur found in Spain
• Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection
• Plant biologist seeks molecular differences between rice and its mimic
• Non-drug treatments for dementia show promise, experts say
• USC-led researchers use stem cells to regenerate parts of teeth
• Oldest animal fossils may have been bacteria
• Workers' compensation ratings don't accurately predict disabilities
• Higher occurrence of Parkinson's linked to low LDL cholesterol
• High doses of lithium-like drugs may impair neuronal function
• Blood transfusions raise heart patients' infection and death risk -- especially women
• UIC named NIH Islet Cell Resource Center
• Structure of iron regulatory protein-RNA complex solved
• History-hunting geneticists can still follow familiar trail
• The case of the snuggling skunks -- Is it better to brave winter alone or in a group?
• Study finds that rich retirees are the main losers from inflation
• Climate change has surprising effect on endangered naked carp
• University of Colorado influenza chip licensed by Quidel Corp. of San Diego
• New type of massive stellar death
• Two cosmic bursts upset tidy association between long gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
• Electrical activity alters language used by nerve cells
• Cyberspace may overcome ethical constraints in experiments
• CeRPTA develops new gluten-free bread
• The future of federally funded food programs -- Can they also fight obesity?
• Commodity promotion programs -- What's the beef?
• Single protein can determine severity of toxoplasma infections
• Is workers' comp fair? Research finds no link between cash settlements, future impairment
• Androgen therapy may slow progress of Alzheimer's disease
• Impulsiveness linked to activity in brain's reward center
• Access to prior mammograms helps radiologists detect breast cancer
• Astronomers discover new kind of black-hole explosion
• PLoS ONE is launched by the Public Library of Science
• NASA data helps pinpoint wildfire threats
• Universe's oldest objects emerge from the background
• Multinational scientific expedition kicks off International Polar Year 2007-2008
• NJIT computer scientist audits government, hospital terms seeking errors
• New imaging compound might 'see' Alzheimer's earlier
• MCG joins study of best treatment approach for narrowed kidney arteries
• WHSRN awarded major grant to foster shorebird conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere
• Mayo researcher discovers target site for developing mosquito pesticides
• Mayo Clinic study explores link between nanoparticles and kidney stones
• Batfish to the rescue!
• CCFA survey finds the majority of ulcerative colitis patients are not compliant with medications
• ESA polls stakeholders to inform its long-term exploration strategy
• Europe looks forward to COROT launch
• EUREKA TRIQ SORTING project develops new sorting system for better grain-based foods
• Argonne National Laboratory releases award-winning vehicle simulation modeling software
• Study finds the air rich with bacteria
• Doing it right: New book helps biologists conduct rigorous and reliable research
• New technologies for heart disease: Are drug-eluting stents worth the cost?
• Psychological treatments improve outcomes for back pain sufferers
• Risk of spina bifida associated with choline metabolism genes, but unrelated to choline intake
• AGU journal highlights -- Dec. 19, 2006
• Gene tied to longevity also preserves ability to think clearly
• News tips from ACS Chemical Biology
• Methamphetamine use increases risks of artery tears and stroke
• Longevity gene also protects memory, cognitive function
• 2006 is banner year for discoveries of new species in Borneo's rainforests
• Tiny device enables wide range of study at liquid-liquid interface
• Researchers find biological clock for smell in mice
• Physicists explore Strange Matter Hypothesis
• Developing our brightest minds
• Contrary to common wisdom, scientist discovers some mammals can smell objects under water
• Virtual experiences can cause embellished, false memories
• High-quality marriages help to calm nerves
• Allergy drug slows pancreatic tumor growth in preclinical studies
• Bungee-powered backpack can lighten your load, University of Pennsylvania researcher says
• Run amok enzyme causes same problems in both humans and fruit flies
• Reading Shakespeare has dramatic effect on human brain
• Study gives clues about how deadly bacterium gains foothold
• Sniffers show that humans can track scents, and that two nostrils are better than one
• 'Home run' study on spread of disease published
• How to avoid a bat
• Squirrels place winning bet in unpredictable world
• Olive oil emulsion helps with problem heart arteries
• Rutgers College of Nursing's Beverly Whipple co-authors 'The Science of Orgasm'
• Funding boost for QUT world-class banana research
• Study: Living coral reefs provide better protection from tsunami waves
• Less sugary drinks during childhood may cut disease risk
• Mystery cosmic explosions
• Europe's long-term strategy for space exploration
• Dispel the top 10 myths about evolution
• Malaria vaccine prompts victims' immune system to eliminate parasite from mosquitoes
• Mental exercise helps maintain some seniors' thinking skills
• Newer biomarkers add small improvement in cardiovascular risk prediction to established risk factors
• Squirrels winning at outwitting trees' survival strategy
• Professors to develop hand-held pathogen testing device
• MIT team reports new insights on animal dreams
• MIT implant could measure tumor growth, treatment
• Durable critters providing insight for human egg preservation
• New ergonomic backpack lightens the load
• Too mellow for our predatory world
• Long-term financial costs associated with prostate cancer treatment
• Health-care delivery contributes to racial disparity in colorectal cancer
• Human-chimp difference may be bigger
• Henry Ford health system: New and strict vendor policies begin Jan. 1
• Nanomaterials vulnerable to dispersal in natural environment
• The dark side of nature: The crime was almost perfect
• Another world first for Artemis: A laser link with an aircraft
• Roadworks on the motorways of the cell
• Embryonic selection of sex avoids conceiving blind children
• Application of micro and nanotechnologies for the rapid detection of pesticides and pathogens
• Anchovy fishing continues to be in a risk situation
• Stem cell activity deciphered in the aging brain
• Estrogen study provides new impetus for development of colon cancer drugs
• Unlocking the frozen secrets of comet Wild 2
• Tidal motion influences Antarctic ice sheet
• Australians support mandatory fitness testing to combat childhood obesity
• CSIRO wins transfer of US WLAN court case
• HALT study: Black cohosh no better than placebo for hot flashes
• Genesearch Breast Lymph Node assay detects breast cancer metastases with greater sensitivity
• CellSearch System cleared for monitoring metastatic breast cancer
• UVA receives training grant for new kidney disease researchers
• Testosterone therapy may prevent Alzheimer's disease
• Young women unfamiliar with safety, effectiveness of IUD
• Deal or no deal? Need for immediate reward linked to more active brain region
• New hope for wrinkles
• Researchers devise safer way to dose life-saving heart drug
• UCLA senior wins Britain's prestigious Marshall Scholarship
• UCLA Family Medicine Department receives $300,000 from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Software, evolution and micro-inversions -- improving the building of phylogenetic trees
• Researchers show surprising interaction between genes, gender and hypertension
• Researchers barcode DNA of Venice museum's vast fungi collection
• New imaging technique identifies people-at-risk for Alzheimer's disease
• Linchpin discovered in insulin metabolism
• UAB researchers assess psychopathological symptoms in pre-school children
• On the golf tee or pitcher's mound, brain dooms motion to inconsistency
• This party doesn't start until the hosts arrive
• SSSS presented its Kinsey Award to Rutgers College of Nursing's Beverly Whipple
• NJIT solar physicist says weak sun produces record solar outburst
• Herbal supplement fails to relieve hot flashes in large NIH trial
• Ability of biomarkers to predict risk of heart disease, stroke appears limited
• Underground air might cause DNA damage
• Darunavir with FUZEON provides HIV patients a better chance to reach undetectable viral load
• Wiley-VCH acquires Lipid Technology
• Neurons targeted by dementing illness may have evolved for complex social cognition
• Molecular Solomon's knot
• 'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer
• Drug treatment slows macular vision loss in diabetics
• IEEE-USA launches critical infrastructure protection committee
• ESRF helps reveal the origin of the Solar System
• ESA mission controllers react to solar flare
• Your buddy in the sky -- New system will improve interaction between autopilots and pilots
• Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2006
• New neurons could act to alleviate epilepsy
• How learning influences smell
• Options improving for patients with acromegaly and gigantism, says endocrinology expert
• CERN confident of LHC start-up in 2007
• Shoulder ligament a linchpin in the evolution of flight
• Many children discontinuing use of ADHD medication
• Incontinence sufferers have lower quality of life
• Certain types of cancer becoming more common, while rates of others decreasing
• Authors address the present and future of clinical psychology
• Science's breakthrough of the year -- The Poincaré Theorem
• Quality not quantity important for immune response to HIV
• Secure software-defined radio technology is goal of Virginia Tech Cyber Trust project
• Americans' support for embryonic stem cell research declines, VCU Life Sciences survey shows
• Researchers demonstrate direct brain control of humanoid robot
• Beyond the book: Software automates access to brain atlases
• Buildup of damaged DNA in cells drives aging
• Problem drug use declining in previous hot spots
• Boost for new cancer therapies
• Study finds gender differences related to eating and body image
• Dental crowns reveal the diet of a species
• UC Berkeley researchers developed techniques to pluck comet dust from Stardust collectors
• Herceptin plus chemotherapy significantly increases disease-free survival in breast cancer
• Texas extension to lead efforts to stabilize Iraq through agriculture
• Study reveals molecular basis of botulism toxin's deadly activity
• Pesticides need sunscreen to beat the heat
• A green way to slag off bunnies
• Barrow receives two grants worth a total of 900,000 from the ABRC
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• It's enough to turn your neighbors green
• Lab on a Chip and Corning Incorporated are pleased to announce
• Taking nanolithography beyond semiconductors
• New system solves the 'who is J. Smith' puzzle
• New fellowships to 'share the amazement'
• Novel EGFR ectodomain mutations in glioblastoma
• Involvement of the amygdala in systemic lupus erythematosus
• Hyaluronate reverses skin atrophy
• High levels of blindness in southern Sudan following years of war
• Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible
• NYU study shows those closer to World Trade Center have more vivid memories when recalling 9/11
• Phyloinformatics Hackathon at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
• Effective HIV control may depend on viral protein targeted by immune cells
• Use of mammograms in men is rising, but Mayo Clinic researchers find little reason to administer
• Very high frequency radiation makes dark matter visible
• Colluding with colloids: Scientists make liquid crystal discovery
• Costs of long-course palliative radiotherapy acceptable in late-stage lung cancer
• Other highlights in the December 20 JNCI
• Reduced dietary fat intake may decrease breast cancer recurrence
• JCI table of contents: Dec. 21, 2006
• Study identifies characteristics of fast-growing skin cancers
• Phototherapy for neonatal jaundice associated with increased risk of skin moles in childhood
• More patients diagnosed at earlier stage of colon cancer since expansion of screening coverage
• Low to moderate blood alcohol level linked to reduced mortality following traumatic head injury
• Kidney transplantation linked with increased risk of various cancers
• HIV patients have increased risk of pneumonia, death following surgery
• Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may lower risk of multiple sclerosis
• Cognitive training for older adults may help slow decline of daily functioning abilities
• Clinical factors of tinnitus influence perceived loudness and annoyance
• Far-out findings -- New analysis suggests planets were formed from a giant mix
• International AIDS Vaccine Initiative statement on male circumcision
• Black cohosh does not relieve menopausal hot flashes, Group Health researchers find
• Pentecostals overtake Methodists in England
• Mars Express scientists find a different Mars underneath
• Jules Verne goes hot and cold
• Hot stuff on Venus! Venus Express sees right down to the hell-hot surface
• New study demonstrates efficacy of Pfizer's Aromasin for early breast cancer
• AZTI-Tecnalia obtains isomers of conjugated linoleic acid from micro-organisms
• New clean-up project builds upon success gained in field
• DZero finds evidence of rare single top quark
• Stardust particles tell story about birth of solar system
• 1 in 5 early-stage breast cancer patients may not follow hormonal therapy plan
• To elude bats, a moth keeps its hearing in tune
• Fish species plays surprise role in aiding coral reef recovery
• A new male-specific gene in algae unveils an origin of male and female
• Researchers identify genes that allow brain cancer-causing stem cells to resist treatment
• Obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors
• Just how useful are animal studies to human health?
• Intelligent children more likely to become vegetarian
• Hospitals miss most patient safety incidents
• Defibrillators should be available in ski resorts
• New report highlights aromatase inhibitor side effects
• PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative announces partnership to develop novel malaria vaccine
• Wild tigers need cat food
• Study reveals clean air challenge for major Asian cities
• Study finds lapatinib shows promise as therapy for inflammatory breast cancer
• Genomic tests improve prediction of breast cancer response to chemotherapy, hormonal therapy
• Decline in breast cancer cases likely linked to reduced use of hormone replacement
• New dyslexia theory blames 'noise'
• New tool being tested at Penn to halt recurrence of atrial fibrillation
• Nano design adjustment may help find, clear some water contaminants
• Tiny bones rewrite textbooks
• Study finds oysters can take heat and heavy metals, but not both
• Manchester makes contribution to improving global health
• Heavy smokers who cut back still take in more toxins than light smokers
• Discovery sheds new light on cause of earthquakes
• Researchers complete seismic borehole in Kentucky
• U of Illinois professor tout health benefits of Hispanic foods and beverages
• Male circumcision reduces HIV risk, study stopped early
• Turning 'delayed' to 'on time' goal of UH professor in aircraft turbulence studies
• New observations on properties of water
• For crickets, parasitic flies can stop the music
• U. of Colorado study finds growing up in bad neighborhood not as harmful as expected
• UCSF stem cell study reveals cells' capability in mouse brain tissue repair
• UCR-led research team detects 'top quark,' a basic constituent of matter
• Mount Sinai and EXACT Sciences announce study results on study stool DNA testing for colon cancer
• Stanford discovery may help predict when toxoplasma can be deadly
• Soil nutrition affects carbon sequestration in forests
• Rice takes zeolite design into 21st century using teragrid
• Rensselaer licenses microscope technology to Thorlabs
• Staying together with kids -- Relationships benefit when new parents get help
• Pharmacists likely to play direct role in future diabetes management
• Overconfidence leads to bias in climate change estimations
• Commercial marketing in schools may discourage healthy nutrition environment for students
• Effect of tobacco ads may backfire
• Mass. General leading international trial of novel breast cancer drug
• Advances in breast imaging
• Research suggests better option for treating organophosphorus pesticide poisoning
• Psychological therapies for common anxiety disorder not readily available in primary care settings
• Interagency relations key to improving outcomes from UK health research
• Epidemic of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis may be larger than previously thought
• Pioneer in operations research awarded 2007 Stockholm Prize in Criminology
• High levels of vitamin D in the body may decrease the risk of multiple sclerosis
• Seeing a neurotoxin's deadly grip
• Divorce does not spell doom at Christmas
• Elsevier announces partnership with Chinese Society of Particuology
• Russian capabilities benefit the hydrogen economy
• Nalco Company and Argonne National
• Leibniz Prize winners 2007 announced
• CU study reveals pros and cons of therapy for lead exposure
• CIHR-funded research in Kenya
• Nursing home or hospital: State policy has big impact on elderly
• 1 in 3 drivers under 'the limit' for alcohol still test positive for drugs
• Over 500 sudden unexplained deaths every year, mostly in young men
• Massive gun 'buyback' doubled fall in Australian gun deaths
• Feet, rather than fists, the most dangerous bodily weapon to use in assaults
• Steroid-free medication lowers rejection rate for kidney transplants
• Moderate drinking may help older women live longer
• Greater cooperation needed for advancement of stem cell research
• Future of nanotechnology discussed by experts
• Researchers find two biomarkers with potential to predict breast cancer spread
• Pair of microRNA molecules controls major oncogene in most common leukemia
• 'Cosmic freezer' yields unique discovery
• First Laos bacteraemia study highlights need for local knowledge
• Drug that chokes off tumor blood vessels offers new hope to lung cancer patients
• Antibiotic ear drops favored over popular oral antibiotics for ear infections
• University of Washington-led team discovers a gene that causes familial pancreatic cancer
• Microbe fixes nitrogen at a blistering 92 degree Celsius
• Could the ability to expel worms lead to a future asthma treatment?
• Older men treated for early prostate cancer live longer than those who are not
• Researchers produce insulation with lowest thermal conductivity ever
• Flu shot effective against drifted influenza, nasal spray vaccine less so
• Ape-man skeleton is 2.2 million years old, say scientists
• Combination of technologies works best against E. coli
• Law professor finds home health-care workers have few legal protections
• Squid-inspired design could mean better handling of underwater vehicles
• UCSD researchers discover internal compass of immune cell
• Mandarin language is music to the brain
• Cassini's infrared camera sees tall mountains on Saturn's moon Titan
• Identification of carbon dioxide receptors in insects may help fight infectious disease
• High tech help to prevent further heart disease
• 42-meter giant will probe the universe
• Molecular structure reveals how botulinum toxin attaches to nerve cells
• Nano-devices hold promise for early-stage cancer detection
• Robotics, laser and wireless technologies make driving safer for wheelchair users
• Incontinence a common postnatal problem
• Hairpins for switches
• Coral stress 'like never in history'
• High risk of chronic health conditions plagues those with schizophrenia
• IEEE-USA commends Sen. Collins for seeking answers on flawed H-1B program
• Prescribing inconsistencies in prostate cancer treatment in the UK when using LHRHAs
• Field Museum scientists solve riddle of mysterious faces on South Pacific artifacts
• Forsyth scientists discover early key to regeneration
• Two ESA astronauts meet in space
• Case Western Reserve University biologists suspect lightning fires help preserve oak forests
• Clemson alumnus 'nails' top innovation honor
• Binghamton University researcher to study declining US fertility rates
• Chikashi Toyoshima to present National Lecture at the Biophysical Society 51st Annual Meeting
• Obesity linked to acid reflux disease
• Frankincense trees overexploited for Christmas scent
• For Pacific white shrimp, gender matters when competing for food
• Travel ban could reduce spread of SARS or other infectious diseases
• HIV burden in India may be much lower than official estimates
• Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• 'Lessons learned' highlighted as global politics of HIV/AIDS examined in new research
• Positive clinical trial results of investigational thrombocytopenia agent
• Yes, Virginia, some snowflakes can look the same!
• ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Dec. 13, 2006
• Congressional action strengthens internal medicine ACP says
• Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Dec. 19, 2006, issue
• First biomarker for human sleepiness identified in fruit flies
• Why we 'never forget a face'
• New technology makes clinical research more precise
• Even slight holiday weight gain can set stage for obesity, health risks
• Study helps explain why botulinum toxin is so deadly
• M. D. Anderson reports first drug activity in T315I-Positive CML, ALL and JAK-2-Positive MPD
• Hospital performance measures may not make much difference when it comes to mortality
• Study finds three-quarters of women are households' chief cook and food shopper
• Drug combination slows progression of treatment resistant bone marrow cancer
• Self-assembling nano-ice discovered at UNL -- Structure resembles DNA
• Balance training better than tai chi at improving mobility among older adults
• Technology exists to keep E. coli out of food
• Leicester breakthrough in eye disease
• Gas on your mind
• World's fastest transistor approaches goal of terahertz device
• Study takes rare look at how materialism develops in the young
• Scientists propose alternate model for plume on enceladus
• Researchers study role of natural organic matter in environment
• 'Encyclopedia of Stars' aimed at anyone who enjoys astronomy
• New instrumentation helps scientists better predict space weather
• Fishbone deforestation pattern affecting environment, research shows
• Regional nuclear war would trigger mass death, devastating climate change
• Glaciers adding more to global sea rise than ice sheets, says University of Colorado study
• Cambridge led team discovers gene mutation which prevents carriers from feeling pain
• With computers, astronomers show predicted present day distribution of elusive first stars
• Two central mysteries in genome inheritance solved at UCSD
• Regional nuclear war could devastate large cities and disrupt the global climate
• A window on the environment from Tahoe to the ocean
• Antibody extends life of mice with breast cancer
• Natural, soy-based substance might help fight MS, Jefferson neuroscientists find
• Research upsetting some notions about honey bees
• Stanford researchers predict a new state of matter in semiconductors
• Flexible electronics advance boosts performance, manufacturing
• Botulism study could lead to new vaccines and treatments to counter bioterrorist attacks
• Capture study shows safety of carotid stenting in 'real-world' setting
• Springer to publish key journal in materials science
• Geologists finding a different Mars underneath
• Research offers hope for alcoholics
• Fear of migraine destroys quality of life for men
• New technique studies how plastic solar cells turn sunlight into electricity
• Drop in acid rain altering Appalachian stream water
• Phylonix awarded National Science Foundation Phase II SBIR for zebrafish screening
• Satellite radar gauges water levels in Louisiana wetlands
• Radar reveals view of land beneath polar ice
• Midges send undeniable message -- planet is warming
• New evidence shows New Madrid Seismic Zone may be cold and dying
• NASA provides new perspectives on the earth's changing ice sheets
• NASA ice images aid study of Pacific walrus arctic habitats
• NASA diagnoses Tropical Storm Gert's growth spurt
• NASA aircraft captures windy details in hurricane's ups and downs
• Volcanic blast likely killed and preserved juvenile fossil plesiosaur found in Antarctica
• Carbon dioxide emissions predicted to reduce density of Earth's outermost atmosphere by 2017
• Innovative satellite system proves worth with better weather forecasts, climate data
• Climate change affecting Earth's outermost atmosphere
• Stem cells found in adult hair follicles may provide alternative to embryonic stem cells
• Pioneers in field of functional genomics work toward gene therapy for vision defects
• Key to avoiding whiplash injury may lie in head restraint positioning
• 'Dua Anti-reflux Valve' found to improve quality of life for bile duct/pancreatic cancer patients
• Mayo Clinic -- Collaborating to move treatment research forward
• LSU professor discovers new species
• Clinical study results using Aldagen's product to isolate cord blood stem cells presented at ASH
• Researchers identify driver for near-Earth space weather
• Iowa State researchers developing machinery to harvest corn stalks and leaves
• FSU professor receives grants to study teacher preparation, training
• New Year's resolution No. 1: Prevent cancer, use olive oil.
• Analysis: Older men treated for early prostate cancer live longer than those not treated
• Breakthrough for future exploration unrecoverable gas reserves
• Emory/Georgia Tech Predictive Health Symposium features national healthcare leaders
• Grandparents linked with church-going
• The rise of a giant
• Climate experts search for answers in the oceans
• Star on a Hubble diet
• Getting people to move -- challenges in promoting physical activity
• MuseGlobal creates customized connections to the Elsevier XML Gateway
• Sustainable nuclear energy moves a step closer
• Mileage from megawatts
• Plant a tree and save the Earth?
• Columbia University licenses next-generation DNA sequencing technology
• Researchers create genetically matched embryonic stem cells for transplantation
• 'Asian haze' impacts on Australian rainfall
• Less help at home -- Female support for new Moms on the decline
• Study explains how NSAIDs halt cancer growth
• Burnham Institute for Medical Research announces affiliation with UC Santa Barbara
• Fluid displacement from legs to neck can lead to obstructive sleep apnea
• Common cold virus leads to death in lung transplant patients
• New research explores limits of non-invasive coronary imaging tests
• Smokers who cut back on cigarettes may negate benefit through 'compensatory smoking'
• Climate scientists to discuss the chilling consequences of nuclear war
• SCAI issues recommendations to prevent kidney damage after imaging procedures
• New research shows big improvement in survival after stroke
• Drivers ignore the risk of mobile phone use
• Family and friends set the speedo
• ANDE risk reduction flight launched on space shuttle Discovery
• World-class Biomedical Research Center to be in West London
• Butterfly wing scales provide template for complex photonic structures
• Eculizumab is well-tolerated and shows significant improvement in PNH patients (Ph III)
• Laugh and the whole world laughs with you -- Why the brain just can't help itself
• After 2 years, study shows Revlimid patients live longer and remain transfusion free
• The great number debate on DVD
• Stardust findings override some commonly held astronomy beliefs
• Breastfeeding overcomes a genetic tendency toward ear infections, scientists discover
• Researchers make progress against lung disease attacking women in childbearing years
• 'Best of both worlds' -- Targeting a single gene could inhibit bone decay and stimulate bone growth
• Gene discovered by UNC researchers tied to pancreatic cancer
• Families need more than quality education from pre-K programs
• Researchers in Montréal and the US create model of key immune-system component
• UCSF pharmacy school receives major grant from Amgen Foundation for Medicare Part D outreach
• Patients' requests for antidepressants can influence physician evaluation of depression
• New instrument reveals raindrop formation in warm clouds
• Cancer immunoresistance linked to loss of tumor suppressor gene
• Experts advise world policies to cope with causes, rising consequences of creeping desertification
• Study questions the 'biodiversity hotspot' approach to wildlife conservation
• Scientists offer new model for forecasting the likelihood of an earthquake
• Finding an answer to Darwin's Dilemma
• Snottites, other biofilms hasten cave formation
• Invitrogen features new scientific online resources at ASCB Meeting
• New study suggests promising drug combinations for sleeping sickness
• Melts in your body, not in your hand
• Graduate students study links between African and US weather systems
• Public meeting Jan. 4 on research priorities on EHS aspects of engineered nanoscale materials
• Unusually stable glasses may benefit drugs, coatings
• New targets may hit bull's-eye for chip makers
• NIST math technique opens clearer window on universe
• Mechanical motion used to 'spin' atoms in a gas
• Ethylene suggested for hydrogen storage
• NIAID media availability: Examining genetic variability of malaria parasite offers insight
• Beyond silicon: MIT demonstrates new transistor technology
• MGH study examines impact of infection with both HIV and hepatitis C virus
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- Working on the tough cases
• Year-round contraceptive, elimination of menstrual cycles safe, study shows
• Growing catalysts
• Price comparison sites and competition
• AVN944 inhibits IMPDH and induces apoptosis-related biomarkers in patients with hematologic cancers
• EMBO Installation Grants help scientists get set up in Europe
• Winner of the 2005-06 Research Councils' Business Plan Competition announced
• Study reveals noisy Christmas toys can damage hearing
• Drug combination proves effective against myeloma in Phase I trial
• Regulating the nuclear architecture of the cell
• When the label says 'low fat,' calories can pile up, study says
• Why teens do stupid things
• Two studies on bee evolution reveal surprises
• Queen bee promiscuity boosts hive health
• Mutant mouse provides insights into breast cancer
• Geneticists discover genes that make fruit fly hybrids sterile
• Cornell robot discovers itself and adapts to injury
• Bonuses boost performance 10 times more than merit raises
• 'Stripes' and superconductivity -- Two faces of the same coin?
• Neural stem cells lend the brain a surprising capacity for self-repair
• Preventing graft-versus-host disease disease after bone marrow transplant -- without toxicity
• Do low-fat foods make us fat?
• Small, smaller, smallest -- The plight of the vaquita
• Research highlights how farmers' agri-environment schemes could do more for wildlife
• Bank on a Cure researchers identify pathways mediating myeloma treatment side effects
• Trauma patients at risk across the country, surgeons on-call to discuss emergency-care crisis
• Studies at cancer conference show new therapies changing outlook for blood cancer patients
• Protecting Information
• Friendship Clinic
• A molecular condom against AIDS
• Novel brain areas associated with the recognition of gender, ethnicity and the identity of faces
• A new approach to growing heart muscle
• Ancient ape ruled out of man's ancestral line
• New poinsettia for the nontraditionalist
• Sea urchin genome suprisingly similar to man and may hold key to cures
• NASA images, White Sands features support a wetter Mars
• Blood pressure drugs could help halt pancreatic cancer spread, Jefferson researchers find
• From hot springs to rice farms, scientists reveal new insights into the secret lives of archaea
• Bioprospecting not biopiracy
• Aggressive stem cells might improve transplant outcome
• Calhoun to discuss business models at London conference
• Rocket man reasoning
• Regional nuclear war could devastate global climate
• Supercomputing equipment to advance the frontiers of computational biology
• Pro-vitamin E shown to be active against breast cancer cells
• Medical text takes on an Aussie style
• Pollution knows no borders
• TV viewing and physical inactivity independently associated with metabolic risk in children
• First familial pancreatic cancer gene identified
• Doctors' extended duration work shifts are associated with medical errors and adverse events
• Hormonal contraception does not appear to increase HIV risk
• Infectious disease researchers develop basis for experimental melanoma treatment
• Abrupt ice retreat could produce ice-free arctic summers by 2040
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center -- individualizing treatment for multiple myeloma patients
• JCI table of contents: December 14, 2006
• Antioxidants decrease disease in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer's disease
• Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'
• Natural protein stops deadly human brain cancer in mice
• 'Erectile dysfunction' drugs heighten natural anti-cancer activity
• Weight loss through calorie restriction, but not exercise, may lead to bone loss
• Treating prostate cancer in elderly men associated with longer survival, compared to non-treatment
• Recurrence of silent brain lesions after initial stroke may predict subsequent stroke
• Major visual disorders in people over 40 may be costing the US economy billions
• More people in US dealing with financial burden of health care costs
• Hospital performance measures may not accurately reflect quality of care or predict patient outcomes
• Higher physical activity associated with reduced risk of breast cancer
• Height loss in older men associated with increased risk of heart disease, death
• Folic acid supplementation does not appear to reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases
• Nonprofit hospitals, more nurses and greater availability of technology equal better patient care
• Study: University quality key to saving cutting-edge corporate R&D from offshoring
• Electronic Health Record-based programs triples osteoporosis screening rate, study finds
• Spacecraft fleet zeroing in on Martian water reserves
• Soliris (eculizumab) data to be presented at American Society of Hematology
• Elsevier launches new journal with the National Institute of Polar Research
• Acoustic noise contains valuable geophysical information
• ORNL aids diesel parts manufacturers
• Protein 'fingerprint' in spinal fluid could spot Alzheimer's disease
• Alcohol and health: Those 2 glasses a day that lengthen your life
• Guide to promoting integrity in scientific journals published by the Council of Science Editors
• From managing sugar to managing healing
• Importance of personal health records draws support of American College of Physicians
• AASM position statement: Treating insomnia with over-the-counter sleep aids, herbal supplements
• Successful lung cancer surgery not enough to break nicotine dependence in many smokers
• Exercise can reduce a smoker's lung cancer risk, but quitting smoking is still most important
• Top awards go to Williams College physics professor William Wootters
• First molecular simulation of a long DNA strand shows unexpected flexibility
• Psychologist to study how we put stress into words
• UW-Madison researchers clear way to stronger glass
• Immigrants of a feather don't necessarily flock together
• Rochester study rolls out RU-486 to treat uterine fibroids
• Health benefits, risks weighed for mammography in 40-something women
• Sleep problems -- real and perceived -- get in the way of alcoholism recovery
• U of MN study finds children with leukemia are living longer
• Liverpool launches £20 million project to develop medicines for children
• Study highlights new and cheaper way to treat heroin addiction
• New biomarker predicts effectiveness of breast cancer drugs
• Global warming is reducing ocean life, increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, say scientists
• Fibers used in bullet-proof vests quadruple toughness of dental composites
• Functional brain imaging insights from UC San Diego grad student
• Breakthrough in magnetic devices could make computers more powerful
• Alaska graduate receives nation's top dissertation honor
• Study looks at effects of national trauma on Americans' health
• Long the fixation of physicists worldwide, a tiny particle is found
• Study in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
• Stevens' high-speed towing tank re-commissioning and technical symposium -- December 11-13
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• A great honor for Professor Metcalf
• No matter their size black holes 'feed' in the same way
• Contact lenses a good choice for children 12 and younger
• Five-year study by OHSU Cancer Institute shows Gleevec's excellent survival rate
• NIH Nanomedicine Center draws on NYU School of Medicine expertise
• NYU chemists create 'nanorobotic' arm to operate within DNA sequence
• NASA research reveals climate warming reduces ocean food supply
• Scientific meeting on pulmonary hypertension, December 7-8
• Smoking worsens knee osteoarthritis
• Mayo Clinic Cancer Center collaborating to find new tools to fight leukemia
• The UK's third case of vCJD associated with blood transfusion
• Jury still out on net benefit of screening younger women for breast cancer
• Global strategies to improve health in developing countries need truly global discussions
• Symptom screening advances early ovarian cancer detection
• Report calls for improved monoclonal antibodies against solid tumors
• Planning for surge of disaster victims? Discharge the healthiest from every hospital, experts advise
• Scientists learning to create nanomaterials based on micro-algae patterns
• Researchers learn from analyses of rare tsunami earthquake
• Do galaxies follow Darwinian evolution?
• Magnetic whirlpools feed Earth's magnetosphere
• New Inteleos features gives users the ability to tailor information
• PhD researcher develops inexpensive, sustainable production method in just 2 years
• Evacuation no option for Randstad flood
• ORNL's Thundat elected fellow of AAAS
• Don't move a muscle: Evolutionary insight into myogenesis
• Achieving asymmetry in the brain
• Consumer-driven health plans slow to catch on, 2nd annual survey finds
• Elusive rust resistance genes located
• Hotspots or not? Isotopes score one for traditional theory
• Brown scientists map structure of DNA-doctoring protein complex
• Women with rheumatoid arthritis have significantly less chance of remission than men
• Smokers risk more painful and progressive osteoarthritis
• Prescribing information for kidney disease far too vague
• 'Stranger danger' threat and lack of green spaces put kids off walking
• Young infants should not be left unattended to sleep in car safety seats
• Women need not wait to conceive after breast cancer
• Hajj pilgrims should get flu jab to avoid pandemic
• New study shows epidural during birth may negatively affect breastfeeding
• Factors affecting kernel yield in maize
• Worms produce surprise insight into human fever
• Embryonic stem cells do better on bumpy nanoscale mattress
• Evolution and the workaround
• A fisheye view of the deadliest breast cancer
• Two-slice-touch rule reliable when diagnosing meniscal tears
• 'Diabetes gene' may be linked to polycystic ovary syndrome
• Brain wave changes in adolescence signal reorganization of the brain
• All itches not created equal -- Different parts of brain activated depending on cause
• Newsbriefs from the journal Chest, December 2006
• Memory improves after sleep apnea therapy
• Symposium 'Changes on Earth' honors Yale Geologist Robert Berner
• Swedish massage benefits osteoarthritis patients
• Global warming of the future is projected by ancient carbon emissions
• Does too much protein in the diet increase cancer risk?
• Engineered yeast speeds ethanol production
• Penn researchers discover initial steps in the development of taste
• U of M study shows promoting self-weighing in teens is not helpful to weight management
• Why we buy bad gifts for the ones we love most
• Virtual reality can improve memory -- perhaps too much
• Rural students lag behind in sub-Saharan Africa
• Nothing personal -- Study shows how caring sentiments can affect business sense
• Feeling sad about Iraq? New research finds that it won't keep you from buying American products
• Buyer's remorse? How about not-buying remorse?
• Genetic experts investigate causes of harmful metabolic disorder
• Stretch a DNA loop, turn off proteins
• Environmental markets theme for February meeting in Houston
• A chilling solution: Measuring below-ground carbon without destroying trees
• PET imaging shows young smokers quick benefit of quitting
• Examining molecular imaging's hot future
• Cancer drug side effect caused by cell 'pump' problem
• Detailed 3-D image catches a key regulator of neural stem cell differentiation in action
• SCAI president testifies before FDA on safety of drug-eluting stents
• Consumers neutral on risks, benefits of nano
• Protein's tail may be flu virus's achilles heel
• RAND to review renewable energy study and will issue corrected version
• RAND study finds adolescent Asian immigrants improve their good health habits over time
• Rockhampton part of worldwide fight against respiratory infections
• Frazer welcomes Federal Government decision on Gardasil
• Abnormal Pap smears not unusual
• Former White House science advisor warns that nanotechnology's potential threatened
• Low self-esteem? Avoid crime novels with surprise endings
• Global warming will reduce ocean productivity, marine life
• New 'GreeneChip' identifies multiple pathogens rapidly and accurately
• Professional fasters deep under the sea floor
• Newts which regrow their hearts
• Learning during sleep?
• Renowned adhesion expert elected Fellow of American Physical Society
• Dually porous glass shows promise in helping damaged bone regenerate
• 5-year study shows Gleevec's potency against chronic myeloid leukemia
• January-February 2007 GSA Bulletin media highlights
• River-shelf interactions during spring floods in the coastal Beaufort Sea
• World's largest clinical trial into rare bone cancer 'well underway' conference hears
• Blacks less likely to recognize overweight and obesity, study shows
• 'GreeneChip' -- New diagnostic tool that rapidly and accurately identifies multiple pathogens
• Authoritative new book on epigenetics published by CSHL Press
• Extreme life, marine style highlights 2006 ocean census
• Pittsburgh-based team engineers muscle, bone cell differentiation with aid of ink-jet printer
• Carnegie Mellon researchers uncover online auction fraud
• Researchers find that screening children for heart disease risk helps to identify parents at risk
• CSIRO demonstrates world's fastest wireless link
• Working parents concerned about after-school care, companies losing billions in job productivity
• Book by Binghamton University psychology professor focuses on terrorism
• Brown and OTS will jointly manage new ILTER network secretariat
• New research sheds light on stroke development
• Patients unaware of risks and purpose of research even after informed consent
• Changes in brain density can help predict schizophrenia
• American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- December 6, 2006
• Treatment discovered for deadly childhood disease
• Number of siblings predicts risk of brain tumors
• Brain images show hysteria not an imaginary disorder
• November/December 2006 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
• New hope for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
• Tearing down the fungal cell wall
• Hair-growth drug artificially lowers PSA levels in prostate cancer screening, study finds
• From a lowly yeast, researchers divine a clue to human disease
• Controlling confusion -- Researchers make insight into memory, forgetting
• Not ready to quit? Try cutting back
• Consortium of international hospitals receives $11 million to conduct study of genetic brain tumors
• No 'smoking' gun -- Research indicates teen marijuana use does not predict drug, alcohol abuse
• New anti-psychotic drugs no better than older, cheaper ones
• Mixed prairie grasses are better biofuel source, U of M study says
• Study shows cats can succumb to feline Alzheimer's disease
• Why do some queen bees eat their worker bee's eggs?
• Why do males and females of some species look so different?
• Gendered division of labor gave modern humans advantage over Neanderthals
• Freshwater snails are surprisingly fast-moving invaders
• CU-Boulder space station experiments to involve K-12 students around the globe
• Taste test may identify best drugs for depression
• The message in advertising is irrelevant, new research shows
• Invention could solve 'bottleneck' in developing pollution-free cars
• Southern Ocean could slow global warming
• Can the Stanley Cup playoffs harm your hearing?
• Peering into the shadow world of RNA
• Hospital palliative care programs continue rapid growth
• A life's research for equilibrium
• RAND study shows solitary drug, alcohol and cigarette use puts adolescents at higher risk
• The power of one: A simpler, cheaper method for cell fusion
• NIH selects Purdue to use phi29 DNA packaging motor for National Nanomedicine Development Center
• Fishy cooperation
• 'The Strangest Song' -- The story of the link between a rare genetic disorder and musical talent
• Scientists develop a new way to target Alzheimer's disease
• Hospital emergency departments vary greatly across country
• Transplanted brain cells hold promise for Parkinson's disease
• How to herd atoms
• Weighty viruses
• City kids with asthma lose out on preventive treatment
• Reef sharks threatened by overfishing
• Vanishing beetle horns have surprise function
• International scientists present the latest advances in RNAi and its clinical impact
• IDIBAPS validates the first prognostic DNA chip
• High-resolution imaging with contrast agent shows promise in osteoarthritis research
• Technology can't replace doctors' judgment in reading mammograms
• Who's afraid of the big bad boss? Plenty of us, new FSU study shows
• Research grant funds studies of climate change and reef ecosystems
• Radical innovation needed for more sustainable consumption and production
• Juries reluctant to convict in rape cases in which alcohol involved
• Statin users risk heart attacks by dropping treatment or taking low doses
• Teens who take multivitamins have healthier lifestyles
• Monitoring devices for security and economy
• Sandia researchers develop better sensor detection system
• Rise in California temperatures likely to affect crops
• Dartmouth researchers find that low doses of arsenic have broad impact on hormone activity
• Case Western Reserve University physicists
• Exposures to the insecticide chlorpyrifos in pregnancy adversely affect child development
• Ancient climate change may portend toasty future
• Children's Hospital researcher leads multipronged attack on infant leukemia
• Genetic map offers new tool for malaria research
• Study uncovers mutation responsible for Noonan Syndrome
• BIDMC's Terry Strom, M.D., honored by American Society of Nephrology
• Tracing the formation of long-term memory
• BioMed Central announces Journal of Medical Case Reports
• The biggest bug in gut discomfort
• Spelling out cancer on the nanoscale
• Stem cells get a grip
• Muscle and bone from an ink-jet printer
• Inheritance outside DNA
• Embryonic patterning makes the feathers fly
• APS names UC Davis professor 'Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Distinguished Mentor and Scientist'
• Ray Charles really did have that swing
• Smashing the time it takes to repair our bones
• New recommendations for the diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism
• Math model predicts cancer behavior
• Molecular 'marker' on stem cells aids research, perhaps therapies
• Parkinson's approach with stem cells a promising first step
• Multicenter study looks at colon polyps
• African-Americans with prostate cancer more likely to have family history of prostate, breast cancer
• Pendulums, predators and prey: The ecology of coupled oscillations
• Gene-bender proteins may sway to DNA
• Regulatory pathway in brain development possible basis for malformations
• Reducing air pollution could increase rice harvests in India
• Pioneering study shows richest 2 percent own half world wealth
• Synthetic cannabinoid may aid fertility in smokers
• Efforts for whites to appear colorblind may backfire
• Jefferson researchers develop combined procedure for uterine preservation in treating fibroids
• Molecule linked to autoimmune disease relapses identified at Stanford
• GM spuds to be commercialized in 2007
• Springer adds Genomic Medicine to biomedical publishing portfolio
• New research predicts US entry of H5N1 avian influenza
• HIV-1 kills immune cells in the gut that may never bounce back
• ResearchChannel awards matching funds for video production
• Disability among older Americans continues significant decline
• Treating obesity vital for public health, physicians say
• Genetically engineered blood protein can be used to split water into oxygen and hydrogen
• December Geology and GSA Today media highlights
• STAR*D study examines effect of genetic variation in treatment resistant depression
• Researchers suggest new direction for development of psychotropic drugs
• New study finds treatment with certain anti-hypertensive drugs may reduce Alzheimer's disease
• New research suggests oxytocin's potential for treatment of two core autism symptom domains
• New research identifies gene important for nicotine's effects on the brain
• Malaria may fuel spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
• ESA and JAXA satellites 'talk' to each other
• Final of the 2005-06 Research Councils' Business Plan Competition
• Mind Wars -- Brain Research and National Defense
• New clues to how sex evolves
• US teen pregnancy rates decline as result of improved contraceptive use
• Plants, plasmids and possibilities -- Methods permit functional gene studies in plants
• Origin of inherited pain disorder pinpointed
• Cocaine high caused by interference in neuronal receiving stations
• 'Super' enzyme may lead way to better tumor vaccines
• Combination therapy shows improvement for breast cancer patients
• Improperly sized tennis racket grip doesn't cause tennis elbow
• Gene therapy for erectile dysfunction shows promise in clinical trial
• Study shows value of HIV screening in virtually all health settings
• Southern California wildfires pose health risks to children
• Postpartum depression is a major public health problem that requires more resources
• New highways carry pathogens and social change in Ecuador
• National Allium Research Conference
• New info on eating disorders in two Stanford/Packard children's studies
• Research yields new insights into the cause of diabetes
• OHSU findings may improve how people with chronic heartburn, precancer of the esophagus are screened
• NASA sets briefing on how climate warming affects marine life
• Benefits to employers outweigh enhanced depression-care costs
• Brain's fear center likely shrinks in autism's most severely socially impaired
• MIT: Engineered yeast speeds ethanol production
• Underweight women at greater risk of miscarriage
• Cell phone use not linked to cancer risk
• More common associations found between BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and cancer
• Other highlights in the Dec. 6 JNCI
• T-beta-RIII joins the fight against breast cancer
• JCI table of contents: December 7, 2006
• Whole-body scans may provide option for diagnosing colorectal cancer
• Survey of Marine Corps military recruits reveals risk factors for alcohol disorders in young adults
• Increasing numbers of California teens abuse over-the-counter cold medicine
• First-time mothers at increased risk for postpartum mental disorders
• Enhanced depression care may be cost-effective for employers
• Antidepressants associated with increased risk for suicide attempts, decreased risk for death
• Catching the wave -- Researchers measure very short laser pulses
• Protein-based tumor biomarker predicts breast-cancer survival
• December issue of Frontiers
• Structure essential for brain remodeling identified
• DOE JGI releases IMG 2.0 with all genomes refreshed from RefSeq
• Timely treatment of heart attacks: Results from the AMI-QUEBEC Study
• Restrictive provincial drug policies may have benefits
• Can hockey playoffs harm your hearing?
• Research suggests new treatment approaches for glaucoma
• Intensified research effort yields climate-resilient agriculture to blunt impact of global warming
• CGIAR climate change research
• Highlights from the December 2006 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
• Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say
• Scientists uncover speedometer for crystal growth controlled by biomolecule properties
• Mapping the wake of a pending quake
• Pediatric specialists often far from home
• Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'
• Beyond the bonds that bind: UCSB researchers discover hydrogen can form multicenter bonds
• Global malaria map key weapon in fight against malaria, scientists say
• Early HIV treatment fails to restore memory T cells
• Genetic archaeology offers clues to backstory of male pregnancy
• Mayo discovers link between Huntington's and abnormal cholesterol levels in brain
• Indiana University researchers discover unique marker to identify breast cancer protein
• Ocean sampling yields environmental sources of coral symbionts
• Ongoing collapse of coral reef shark populations
• How mammals fuel milk production may have implications for cancer
• Changes in dietary protein may override inherited skeletal abnormalities
• Cities change the songs of birds
• Leading neurobiologist receives Barbara Turnbull Award for contribution to spinal cord research
• Sodium, prostaglandin may be keys to successful treatment for some bedwetters
• Making sense of sensors
• Common PTSD drug is no more effective than placebo
• Older medication may be more cost-effective for some patients with schizophrenia
• Varying weight training intensity increases growth hormone in women
• Glucocorticoid plays key role in skin abnormalities induced by psychological stress
• ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Nov. 29, 2006
• Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for December 5, 2006
• New approach to BSE successful in lab
• Pulmonary hypertension patients improve from combination therapy
• Theory of oscillations may explain biological mysteries
• How movement lubricates bone joints
• Silencing the cause of mad cow disease
• JCI table of contents: December 1, 2006
• Immune responses spread from one protein to another in type 1 diabetes
• Blame our evolutionary risk of cancer on body mass
• Dreaming of a nanotech Christmas: What persuades the public to embrace and buy nanotechnology?
• OSA and the heart problems it can lead to; Improving new mothers and their babies' sleep

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009
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