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Researchers define role of CEP290 in maintaining ciliary function
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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A new study in the September 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology helps define the role of an important ciliary protein, CEP290. (2010-09-07)
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Biomedical research policy needed for therapies, economic growth, education and security
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Bold and coordinated leadership at the federal level is essential to create secure, long-term, sustainable biomedical research funding policies based on strategic priorities, say the authors of a commentary about America's fledgling biomedical research framework published in this week's The Journal of the American Medical Association. (2010-09-03)
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Free as a bird?
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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It may seem like birds have the freedom to fly wherever they like, but researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that what's on the ground has a great effect on where a bird flies. (2010-09-01)
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Scientists map epigenetic changes during blood cell differentiation
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Having charted the occurrence of a common chemical change that takes place while stem cells decide their fates and progress from precursor to progeny, a Johns Hopkins-led team of scientists has produced the first-ever epigenetic landscape map for tissue differentiation. (2010-08-17)
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Dogs' family status depends on family's locale
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Man's best friend might just be treated like any other animal depending on where the owners live. A study by David Blouin, assistant professor of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Indiana University South Bend, found that people who think of animals as children tend to have a city background. (2010-08-16)
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U of M researchers use stem cells to treat children with life-threatening, blistering skin disease
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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University of Minnesota Physician-researchers have demonstrated that a lethal skin disease can be successfully treated with stem cell therapy. (2010-08-12)
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Schools, Communities Share Responsibility for Child Nutrition
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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The American Dietetic Association has published an updated position paper on local support for nutrition integrity in schools that calls on schools and communities to work together to provide healthful and affordable meals for all children and to promote educational environments that help students learn and practice healthy behaviors for their entire lives. (2010-08-10)
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Secularization of suicide meant callous mockery of writers' deaths
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Poet Virginia Woolf dressed in overcoat, pockets filled with stones, walked into a river in 1941 and drowned. Two decades later, novelist Ernest Hemingway put his shotgun to his head and pulled the trigger. (2010-08-06)
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First Multi-Year Nearshore Survey Of Antarctic Krill Reveals High Density, Stable Population In Shallow, Coastal Waters
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Using smaller vessels that allow access to shallow, nearshore waters, researchers from Stony Brook University and the Southwest Fisheries Science Center conducted the first multi-year survey of the population of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in coastal waters near Livingston Island and discovered that nearshore waters had significantly higher krill biomass density than offshore waters. (2010-08-05)
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Smoking, nipple piercing are risk factors for developing breast abscesses
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Women who smoke or pierce their nipples are more likely to develop a breast abscess, according to a new study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. (2010-08-04)
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From Stone Age to Space Age
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, at its 34th session in BrasÃlia, Brazil, has, for the first time, endorsed a study in science heritage. The thematic study on the Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy, prepared within the framework of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, presents an overall vision of astronomical heritage and attempts to identify some of the most outstanding examples that are of significance to everyone. (2010-08-04)
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Strong scientific findings presented at AIDS 2010 point to promise ahead and underscore the need to stay the course
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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The biennial meeting of the global AIDS community concluded today with clear evidence of tangible progress in HIV research and programme scale up, yet facing an urgent need for increased resources, the protection of human rights, and broader use of scientifically sound prevention strategies. (2010-07-26)
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Relationships hold key to spiritual care
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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Relationships hold the key to giving terminally ill patients the spiritual care they need. However, researchers have pinpointed a mismatch between patients' expectations and understanding when it comes to spirituality, and what medical and family caregivers offer. (2010-07-26)
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UT researchers: English ivy may give sunblock a makeover
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09/09/2010 02:01 AM
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When Mingjun Zhang was watching his son play in the yard, he was hit with a burning question: "What makes the ivy in his backyard cling to the fence so tightly?" (2010-07-20)
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