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Prion-like protein helps memory

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Killing cancer with nanobubles

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Lifespan and genes

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3/4th law of metabolism disproven by mathematician

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Bleeding esophageal varices

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How aware are those in long-term, non-responsive comas?

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Proposal: ban ghost writing in medical literature?

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Can MRI's detect insincere behavior?

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Low brain serotonin and SIDS linked

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Paper linking vaccine and autism withdrawn by The Lancet

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The oddest liquid: water

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Henrietta's cells

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Low androgen might increase heart issues

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Integrase from HIV isolated

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Biomechanics of running

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Exercise protects heart and head

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Symptoms not helpful in detecting early ovarian cancer

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Being overweight may produce lower mortality in elderly

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New treatment for rheumatoid arthritis targets immune system

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The effect of switching to low or fat free milk in schools

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Too many X-rays?

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Fire-retardant associated with fertility, endocrine problems

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Case studies in science workshop at University of Buffalo

May 17-21, 2010

US approves new human embryonic stem cell lines

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What is the mortality rate in tightly-controlled glucose levels?

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Migrating hookworms

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Protective function seen for prion-like proteins

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Grad exempted from comprehensives, claims test anxiety

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Chest images of a beta thalassemia patient

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Hydropneumothorax

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Sensor developed to diagnose diabetes, other conditions

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Sealing amniotic sacs with a mussel-like glue

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Frequency of abnormal blood lipid levels in US youth

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Reduced genetic diversity in humans points to catastrophe

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Efficacy of smoking cessation and lung cancer

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New MS drug stops lymphocytes from leaving lymph nodes

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First open-source DNA production center

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Evading immune detection in ebola virus: interferon antagonism

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Aging and fish oil

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Gliomas have diverse genetics

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Search for a better artificial blood

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Cell migration mechanism revealed

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How to stay healthy

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Decision in California creationism case

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More critical look at appendectomies

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Strokes in children

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Webinar on moving stem cell research forward

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Brain imaging shows noun-processing

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National glaucoma awareness month

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Biomedical funding in decline

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US obesity rate rise leveling

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Extreme psoriasis illustration

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Gonadotropin-inhibiting hormone found in humans

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Tracheal Stenosis

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Y chromosome in humans and in chimps

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Stem cells on polymer scaffold to repair bones

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Decreased chance of Alzheimer Disease with ARB's

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Misoprostol, an abortifactant, to stop hemorrhage after giving birth

Abstract from The Lancet

C-Reactive Protein associated with coronary disease, stroke

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National Birth Defects Prevention Month and folic acid awareness week

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Lower Alzheimer Disease with cell phone use?

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Efficient gene modification of human embryonic stem cells

Press release from The Univ. Cal./San Diego

"Bookmark" proteins in replication

Cold Springs Harbor press release

Top 10 stories of 2009

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Smoking and type II diabetes

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Ginkgo does not prevent cognitive impairment in elderly

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Need to include more genetic disorders for neonates?

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Dystroglycan may fail in MD and in metastasis

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Glucagonoma: a rare cause of diabetes mellitus

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Was FDR killed by a melanoma?

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Plastic bottle component under safety review

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Special cells change color with neurotransmitter binding

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Nanoparticle mixture targets, kills cancer

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Open Learning initiative: education methods

Carniegie Mellon University press release

Pseudohypoparathyroidism

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Teachers highest in well-being

Gallop-Healthways Index

Japan Prize announced

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TENS not recommended for chronic low back pain

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Around 1% of US 8-year olds have some form of autism

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Multiple hormone approach for glucose regulation

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Variant gene may protect against emphysema, asthma

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Synthetic platelets developed

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Preterm birth frequencies in US, other countries

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How well do surgical masks stop a cough?

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Years lost due to coal mine dust

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Damaged cornea repaired by stem cell autologous transplant

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Supernumerary intrathoracic rib

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Enzymes customizing histones around DNA

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Using light to track the effect of one neuron upon another

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Henry Moliason (or H.M.), amnesic subject of neurosciences dies

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Screening mammography

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New microscope images collagen

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Hypothalamic enzyme may be key to weight control

Brown University press release

 DNA code for melanoma and a lung cancer mapped

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Concerns about variations in radiation doses in CT scans

Press release from The University of California, San Francisco

Synthetic particles to mimic red blood cells for drug delivery

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Lack of ethnic diversity in stem cell lines

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Agranulocytosis related to adulterated cocaine

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How do cells move?

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Herniated omental bursa

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Painful purple toes: case history

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What's the 90-day risk of having a second stroke?

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Screening adults for cystic fibrosis reduces number of children born with CF

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Brain adaptations to sensory loss

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Sunscreens are cost effective

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Gene keeps the ovaries female

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New cancer-controlling gene found

University of Montreal press release

Metastasis viewed in breast cancer in mice

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Soy-based diet linked to better breast cancer results

Full, free article from JAMA

Nanoparticles make MRI's of cancer easier

Baylor and Rice Universities press release

Higher levels of leptin related to lower Alzheimer risk

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High-flow oxygen for cluster headaches

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Benefits of tight glucose control may be limited to only some patients

Free abstract from Ann. Int. Med.

Kinase protects from liver cancer

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Cholesterol emboli in the retinal arteries

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Catalog of all that goes wrong in cancer

Press release from Princeton University

Testosterone does not cause aggression in placebo-controlled study

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Chromosomal deletion linked to obesity

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