Dogs and Mice Could Be Trained as Roving Biosensors to Sniff Out Disease Before It Spreads, Study Says
Dogs can already sniff out drugs, diabetes, cancer and explosives, and new research suggests they could also be trained to sniff out
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Dogs and Mice Could Be Trained as Roving Biosensors to Sniff Out Disease Before It Spreads, Study Says
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A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
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DNA Molecules Can Be Used to Make A Much More Powerful Electronic Nose
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Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Boost Visual Memory 110 Percent
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Cancer-Sniffing E-Nose Can Differentiate Between Various Forms of the Disease
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Iraq Veteran will be first to get adult stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury in FDA trial
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A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
Since last April, 19 cancer patients whose liver tumours hadn't responded to chemotherapy have taken an experimental drug. Within weeks of the first dose, it appeared to work, by preventing tumors from making proteins they need to survive. The results are preliminary
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Zombie DNA Long Thought Dormant Can Rise to Cause Health Problems
Perhaps the only thing scarier than the living dead is finding out that they're already inside the house. Geneticists recently found that non-coding genes -- some of the many dotting the human genome -- can rise
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DNA Molecules Can Be Used to Make A Much More Powerful Electronic Nose
A new generation of e-nose uses a DNA scaffolding and molecular fluorescence to distinguish among various vapours, in a breakthrough that could make electronic sniffers more
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Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Boost Visual Memory 110 Percent
Literally donning an electrode-studded thinking cap can improve your memory by 110 percent,
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A New Superbacteria, Immune To Most Antibiotics, Found Spreading Fast
Good morning, readers. Settled in, ready to take on the day? Great, we hope you have a good one. Also, FYI, a new mutation that makes bacteria resistant to pretty much every antibiotic known to man
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Cancer-Sniffing E-Nose Can Differentiate Between Various Forms of the Disease
Scientists working on a breath test for cancer say they can differentiate between at least four different forms of the disease, regardless of the patient's age, gender or lifestyle, simply by
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Two new regenerative medicine studies offer ways damaged hearts can repair themselves
Perhaps it's in the nature of regenerative medicine news to multiply. Earlier today stem cell researchers announced the first clinical trial using adult stem cells to
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Iraq Veteran will be first to get adult stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury in FDA trial
Last week, the FDA gave biotech firm Geron the green light to proceed with clinical trials of an embryonic stem cell treatment for spinal cord injuries. But while we wait on promising embryonic stem cell research to clear political and regulatory hurdles, adult stem cell research is trucking
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The U.S. Army wants a genetic vaccinator that blasts doses of DNA right through the patient's skin
Biological threats -- everything from malicious biological weapons to naturally occurring pandemics -- are tricky threats to approach. Pathogens' ability to emerge rapidly and spread even faster over large populations is particularly worrisome, as our usual method of developing medicines and
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Long-Awaited Barefoot Running Study Finds Sneakers Are Harmful
Shoes change the human foot strike and may lead to more running injuries...
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Warning signals: Mobile phones, radiation and the human brain
Per Segerbäck lives in a modest cottage in a nature reserve some 120km northeast of Stockholm. Wolves, moose and brown bears roam freely past his front door. He keeps limited human company, because human technology makes him physically ill. How ill? On a walk last summer, he ran into one of
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New anti-HIV gel for women cuts AIDS virus transmission chances in half, study says
In a potential breakthrough in the prevention of AIDS, researchers are reporting today that a vaginal gel containing an existing AIDS drug can cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected partner.
The women involved in the study used it only
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Bionic vision set to be a reality within five years
We brought you the news yesterday of a sensor-equipped contact lens that helps to monitor the eye at all times. While that is certainly impressive eye-related
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A New Superbacteria, Immune To Most Antibiotics, Found Spreading Fast
Good morning, readers. Settled in, ready to take on the day? Great, we hope you have a good one. Also, FYI, a new mutation that makes bacteria resistant to pretty much every antibiotic known to man
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A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
Since last April, 19 cancer patients whose liver tumours hadn't responded to chemotherapy have taken an experimental drug. Within weeks of the first dose, it appeared to work, by preventing tumors from making proteins they need to survive. The results are preliminary
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Plastic antibodies shown to fight off antigens in the body just like the real thing
We use plastics to make everything from our computers to our toothbrushes, but a collaboration of researchers from the University of California at Irvine and the University of Shizuoka in Japan has made a big breakthrough by taking plastics to microscopic levels. Using
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To fight drug-resistant MRSA, algorithm predicts bacteria's future mutations
Success in chess is all about anticipation -- you have to plan your moves by guessing what your opponent will do. Now scientists are taking a page from Bobby Fischer's book to fight a wily foe: drug-resistant staph bacteria, which stymies drug therapies with its swift
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Genetically engineered mosquitoes are 100 per cent resistant to malaria parasite
Scientists at the University of Arizona have successfully bred genetically modified mosquitoes that are 100 percent resistant to the malaria parasite, rendering the mosquito incapable of infecting humans with malaria.
For years, researchers have tried to engineer
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Dogs and Mice Could Be Trained as Roving Biosensors to Sniff Out Disease Before It Spreads, Study Says
Dogs can already sniff out drugs, diabetes, cancer and explosives, and new research suggests they could also be trained to sniff out
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Brain Implants by 2020
If the idea of turning consumers into true cyborgs sounds creepy, don't tell Intel researchers. Intel's Pittsburgh lab aims to develop brain implants that can control
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In First Successful Human Trial, Nanotech Robots Deploy Cancer-Fighting RNA
RNAi, also known as "gene silencing," is a cellular mechanism that blocks the production of proteins, and has tantalised doctors as a potential medicine for a number of years now. However, by placing payloads of RNA in a polymer nanobot, scientists have finally shown
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Seeking Troop Longevity, Indian Military Taps a Holy Man on a Supposed 70-Year Fast
India's Defense Research Development Organization thinks it may have found a new secret weapon: an 82-year-old holy man named Prahlad Jani. His tactical advantage: longevity. Jani claims via the UK's Telegraph
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World's smallest pump is powered by nanowires with glass electrodes
A collaboration between U.S. and South Korean researchers has produced what is thought to be the world's smallest man-made pump, merely the size of a red blood corpuscle. More impressive still is their means of powering
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Warning signals: Mobile phones, radiation and the human brain
Per Segerbäck lives in a modest cottage in a nature reserve some 120km northeast of Stockholm. Wolves, moose and brown bears roam freely past his front door. He keeps limited human company, because human technology makes him physically ill. How ill? On a walk last summer, he ran into one of
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Neural networks designed to 'see' are quite good at 'hearing' as well
Neural networks -- collections of artificial neurons or nodes set up to behave like the neurons in the brain -- can be trained to carry out a variety of tasks, often having something to do with pattern or sequence recognition. As such, they have shown great promise in
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Underwater survey finds volume of leaked oil unprecedented 'in human history'
There's been a lot of rather vague back and forth regarding the magnitude of the Gulf oil leak -- it's worse than the Exxon Valdez, but not as bad as 1979's Ixtoc I leak, but worse than the Pittsburgh Pirates, etc. etc. Now researchers have qualified
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Strengthening the chemical structure of insulin can lead to future non-perishable insulin pills
A team of Australian chemistry students have strengthened the chemical bonds of insulin to make it stable even at warm temperatures -- a breakthrough that could simplify diabetes management. The finding could shed light on how insulin works, and eventually lead to insulin
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Humanity needs to start farming bugs for food, says United Nations policy paper
The raising of livestock consumes two-thirds of the planet's farmland, and is a major source of greenhouse gases. Meanwhile, tons of edible, sustainable protein swarms all around us, free for the taking. In a new policy paper being
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A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
Since last April, 19 cancer patients whose liver tumours hadn't responded to chemotherapy have taken an experimental drug. Within weeks of the first dose, it appeared to work, by preventing tumors from making proteins they need to survive. The results are preliminary
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