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New butterfly species identified in Yucatan peninsula
— 24 Nov 2011 18:58 | BiologyAbout 160,000 species of butterflies and moths are already known, but scientists believe that a similar number still remain undiscovered. Identification and characterisation of these…
Comprehensive approach can improve clinical care of Kenyan children
— 6 Apr 2011 16:04 | HealthA multifaceted approach that addressed deficiencies in clinical knowledge, skills, motivation, resources, and the organisation of care was associated with improvements in practice for…
Effects of pneumococcal vaccination program on pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease
— 6 Apr 2011 15:31 | HealthUsing a cross-sectional study, Stefan Flasche and colleagues investigated the effects of the UK pneumococcal vaccination program on serotype-specific carriage and invasive pneumococcal…
Genetic variants associated with caffeine intake identified
— 6 Apr 2011 15:04 | HealthTwo genes in which variation affects intake of caffeine, the most widely consumed stimulant in the world, have been discovered. A team of investigators from the National Cancer Institute,…
New therapeutic target for lung cancer
— 1 Apr 2011 14:36 | HealthA new therapeutic target for lung cancer has been discovered by researchers at Seoul National University. It was found that a variant of the protein AIMP2 is highly expressed in lung…
Biomedical engineers develop computational model to better understand genomes
— 1 Apr 2011 14:33 | HealthBiomedical engineers have developed a computational model that will help biological researchers clearly identify the significance of variations between different genomes - the complex…
Researchers publish molecular disease model for melanoma
— 31 Mar 2011 15:12 | HealthCancer Commons, an initiative of CollabRx, a provider of information technology to personalise cancer treatments and accelerate research, announces the publication of a molecular disease…
Parasite-induced genetically driven autoimmune chagas disease
— 30 Mar 2011 17:43 | HealthResearchers have shown that the Trypanosoma cruzi agent of Chagas Disease (CD) invades host embryo cells and spreads its mitochondrial DNA (kDNA) minicircles into the host's genome.…
America's most distressed areas threatened by emerging infections of poverty
— 30 Mar 2011 17:40 | HealthNeglected infections of poverty are the latest threat plaguing the poorest people living in the Gulf Coast states and in Washington, D.C., according to Dr Peter Hotez, Distinguished…
A new evolutionary history of primates
— 18 Mar 2011 14:09 | BiologyA robust new phylogenetic tree resolves many long-standing issues in primate taxonomy. The genomes of living primates harbour remarkable differences in diversity and provide an intriguing…