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News | Archive (30 October 2008)
Our diet gives deadly bacteria a target
— 18:54 GMT | HealthUniversity of Adelaide researchers are part of an international research team that has uncovered the first example of a bacterium causing disease in humans by targeting a molecule that is incorporated into our bodies from our diet. The discovery has been published online in the prestigious international journal Nature…
Without glial cells, animals lose their senses worms
— 18:54 GMT | BiologySensory neurones have always put on a good show. But now, it turns out, they'll be sharing the credit. In groundbreaking research to appear in the 31 October issue of Science, Rockefeller University scientists show that while neurones play the lead role in detecting sensory information, a second type of cell, the glial cell, pulls the strings behind the scenes…
Genetic link to gender identity
— 15:58 GMT | HealthIn the largest ever genetic study of male to female transsexuals Australian researchers have found a significant genetic link between gender identity and a gene involved in testosterone action…
Stem cell therapies for heart disease - a step closer
— 15:58 GMT | HealthNew research from the University of Bristol brings stem cell therapies for heart disease one step closer. The findings reveal that our bodies' ability to respond to an internal 'mayday' signal may hold the key to success for long-awaited regenerative medicine…
Heart rate-lowering drug improves exercise capacity in patients with stable angina
— 15:58 GMT | HealthResults from a late-breaking clinical trial, presented at the 2008 Canadian Cardiology Congress (CCC) in Toronto, show for the first time that combining the pure heart rate reduction medication ivabradine to current treatments of patients with stable angina improves their exercise capacity…
Interferon could be a key to preventing or treating multiple sclerosis
— 15:58 GMT | HealthMultiple sclerosis (MS) results when the body's own defence system attacks nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. Now scientists led by John Russell, Ph.D., at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that interferon-gamma plays a deciding role in whether immune cells attack and injure the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) in mice…
Searching for primordial antimatter
— 15:58 GMT | AstronomyScientists are on the hunt for evidence of antimatter - matter's arch nemesis - left over from the very early Universe. New results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory suggest the search may have just become even more difficult…
Hubble telescope is back in business
— 15:16 GMT | AstronomyJust a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The image demonstrated that the camera is working exactly as it was before going offline, thereby scoring a 'perfect 10' both for performance and beauty…
New tumour inhibitor for treatment of hereditary breast cancer shows promising results
— 15:16 GMT | HealthResearchers of the Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital used the novel inhibitor AZD2281 to target breast cancer, in which the BRCA1-gene plays a role, in a genetically engineered mouse model…
Coca-Cola sets goals for cutting water use and emissions
— 15:16 GMT | EnvironmentCoca-Cola has committed itself to a 20 percent improvement in water efficiency over 2004 levels in its worldwide operations by 2012, saving about 50 billion litres of fresh water over projected use that year…
Palaeontologists discover new species of prehistoric giants in the Sahara
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