Researchers have discovered a method for simultaneously visualizing gene number and protein expression in individual cells. The fluorescence microscopy technique could permit a detailed analysis of the relationship between gene status and expression of the corresponding protein in cells and...
Today, at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress, two new risk indicators for prostate cancer will be revealed. The investigation, led by Dr David Orsted at the Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, reveals that men who are diagnosed with benign prostate enlargement have a higher...
A global study in 17 countries led by McMaster University researchers has found too few patients are using drugs proven to give significant benefits in warding off a heart attack or stroke. This is true in high income countries, like Canada, as well as middle and low income countries, say the...
Using a modern version of open-wide-and-keep-this-under-your-tongue, scientists reported that taking the temperature of individual cells in the human body, and finding for the first time that temperatures inside do not adhere to the familiar 98.6 degree Fahrenheit norm. They presented the...
You've read the rumors...now here's the real deal. The lineup for the 13th season of Dancing With the Stars was announced tonight (by Tom Bergeron and "Brooke Burke...
Did you know that the female human egg actually "captures" sperm in order to begin the fertilization process? In what is called a "sticky" egg, a sugary SLeX molecular outer coating enables the two entities to bind together. Researchers have uncovered exactly how a human egg captures an...
New University of Cincinnati (UC) research on HIV testing at local emergency departments shows that hospitals miss opportunities to diagnose patients who do not know they are infected with HIV, even when a regular testing program is in place. The study is part of a special supplement to the July...
As hockey fans, we all react differently when our team is eliminated from Stanley Cup contention. Some of us swear off hockey until October. Some of us throw our jerseys in the wash for a karmic cleansing. And some of us get a little more creative.
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The Calgary Flames didn't make the...
The secret recipe of Coke has been hidden and locked down for 125 years. But apparently, not anymore. This American Life says they've found the ingredients that make up the delicious bubbly cola and have revealed it to our delight. Updated
The story starts with John Pemberton, a Civil War...
Are Christians warned of this revealed "Truth" at bible study!...The more often...
...you parrot something...? the more likely you are to eventually believe it?
Isn't this forum proof of this?
Melanoma is one of the least common types of skin cancer, but it is also the most deadly. Melanocytes (pigment-producing skin cells) lose the genetic regulatory mechanisms that normally limit their number, allowing them to divide and proliferate out of control. One such regulator, called MITF...
"Hidden Kidney Damage" Behind Hypertension Revealed By A Large-scale Survey--Results
Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (Head Office; Osaka Japan: President; Masayo Tada) conducted a large-scale nationwide survey for the first time in Japan to figure out the actual state of "hidden kidney...
Obesity is highly heritable, but so far genetic association studies have only explained a small fraction of this heritability. Now, in a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Genome Biology, researchers have identified DNA variants in two nervous system genes that are...
The following is an accurate account of a recent conversation in which illegal, and possibly dangerous acts against the Federal and State governments were planned.
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News reports show new facets of the health law as the large-scale implementation process continues to unfold. The law imposes stringent restrictions on physician-owned hospitals, which critics say cherry pick the lucrative specialty patients community hospitals depend on to stay afloat, Kaiser...
Metabolon, Inc., the leader in global metabolomics, biomarker discovery and analysis, announces the publication of "Metabolomic Profiling Reveals Biochemical Pathways and Biomarkers Associated with Pathogenesis in Cystic Fibrosis Cells", in the Journal of Biological Chemistry (2010, Vol. 285...
McGillis walk away from Hollywood? Following last week’s marriage, 53-year-old Kelly has gone public for the first about her love for music company executive Melanie Leis, the on-off lover she has kept secret for the last nine years.
‘I have no secrets anymore, and in some ways it’s a relief,’...
McGillis walk away from Hollywood? Following last week’s marriage, 53-year-old Kelly has gone public for the first about her love for music company executive Melanie Leis, the on-off lover she has kept secret for the last nine years.
‘I have no secrets anymore, and in some ways it’s a relief,’...