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News | Archive (27 December 2008)
Can Nintendo Wii game consoles improve family fitness?
— 14:38 GMT | HealthConsumer research suggests the Nintendo Wii Fit video game console was among this year's most popular Christmas gifts, but could it also be a way to improve overall family fitness? A University of Mississippi associate professor of health and exercise science is researching the possibility that the Nintendo Wii and other whole body movement game consoles could help families get more physical activity. If the systems do improve fitness, a byproduct could be a reduction in obesity, said Scott Owens, the professor tackling that question…
Four years after tsunami, coral reefs recovering
— 14:38 GMT | EnvironmentA team of scientists from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has reported a rapid recovery of coral reefs in areas of Indonesia, following the tsunami that devastated coastal regions throughout the Indian Ocean four years ago…
Cancer drug effectively treats transplant rejections
— 14:38 GMT | HealthUniversity of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered a new therapy for transplant patients, targeting the antibody-producing plasma cells that can cause organ rejection…
How chromosomes meet in the dark
— 14:38 GMT | HealthA research group lead by scientists at the University of Warwick has discovered the trigger that pulls together X chromosomes in female cells at a crucial stage of embryo development. Their discovery could also provide new insights into how other similar chromosomes spontaneously recognise each other and are bound together at key parts of analogous cell processes. This is an important mechanism as the binding together of too many of too few of a particular chromosome can cause a number of medical conditions such as Down's Syndrome or Turner's Syndrome…
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