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Will Soy Beat Cancer?

Will Soy Beat Cancer?

An experiment conducted by a group of researchers from Northwestern University showed for the first time that an antioxidant present in soybeans was able to reduce the rate of metastases in mice bearing prostate cancer. The amount of the antioxidant ...

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The TRAIL Between Cancer and Inflammation

A research team at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, led by Professor Wafik S. El-Deiry, has recently demonstrated for the first time a link between a natural factor called TRAIL receptor, and cancer susceptibility. The team also found ...

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Monitoring Vest to Help Understand Asthma

Monitoring Vest to Help Understand Asthma

Researchers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) have developed a sensor that will constantly monitor the air in the vicinity of asthma patients. Analysis of the data collected by the sensor will hopefully help scientists understand the causes of ...

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Natural Protein Prevents HIV from Spreading

Natural Protein Prevents HIV from Spreading

Scientists at the Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC) have discovered a molecule that helps keep particles of mutant HIV strains from spreading. The molecule, termed CD317 or tetherin, is a protein located on the surface ...

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Victimless Leather

Victimless Leather

A small-scale prototype of a stitch-less “leather” jacket is on display at the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition that is currently taking place at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Created by Oron Catts and lonat ...

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Possible Cause of Lymphoma Discovered

A study conducted at the Yale School of Medicine has recently revealed new information on a naturally occurring cellular mutation and repair process, named somatic hypermutation (SHM). The new information and improved understanding of the SHM mechanism may provide important ...

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Understanding Dogs’ Barks

Researchers from Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary have published a new study suggesting a primitive communication system may unite virtually all mammals. The theory could help explain why previous research has shown that many mammals, including humans, understand the vocalizations ...

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World’s Strongest MRI

World’s Strongest MRI

The world’s most powerful medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine is the 9.4 Tesla, positioned at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC). Following over three years of trials, the 9.4 Tesla has successfully completed the necessary safety trials. The ...

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Induced Stem-Cells for Gene Therapy

Induced Stem-Cells for Gene Therapy

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham succeeded in using induced stem-cells for gene therapy for the first time. The scientists used cells taken from the tip of a sickle-cell model mouse’s ...

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Animal-friendly Meat

Animal-friendly Meat

Scientists from the University of Western Australia have managed to create ‘semi-living’ food. The scientists used a new tissue engineering technique to grow sample cells from animals and produce edible meat that does not require killing animals. The project, named ...

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