What is the memory capacity of the human brain? Is there a physical limit to the amount of information it can store? --J. Hawes, Huntington Beach, Calif.
Apr 19, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Pathology have discovered a set of four biomarkers that will help predict which patients are more likely to develop aggressive colorectal cancer and which are not.
Apr 19, 2010
Kansas City, Mo -- April 19, 2010 -- Approximately 7 percent of elementary school children across the bi-state, Kansas City metropolitan area are infected with the fungus Trichophyton tonsurans (T. tonsurans), the leading cause of ringworm in the U.S., according to a new study published today in Pediatrics.
Apr 18, 2010
Boston, MA -- A tobacco company's new, dissolvable nicotine pellet--which is being sold as a tobacco product, but which in some cases resembles popular candies--could lead to accidental nicotine poisoning in children, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), the Northern Ohio Poison Control Center, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Fo
Apr 18, 2010
NEW YORK--Will exotic orchids soon be subjected to the same genetic scrutiny as some luxury caviars? That is just one of the coding conundrums that scientists convened at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx to discuss on a cloudy mid-April afternoon.
Apr 18, 2010
Vienna, Austria, Friday 16 April 2010: Results from two French studies presented today at the International Liver CongressTM 2010 press conference will help inform clinical practice in the treatment of patients with severe or acute alcoholic hepatitis.
Apr 16, 2010
Researchers in China are reporting that they have found a way to determine which somatic cells -- or differentiated body cells -- that have been reprogrammed into a primordial, embryonic-like state are the most viable for therapeutic applications.
Apr 16, 2010
The eruption of an Icelandic volcano that sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere and caused sweeping disruptions of air traffic over Great Britain and Scandinavia today will likely dissipate in the next several days, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder atmospheric scientist.
Apr 16, 2010
TORONTO -- April 16, 2010 -- Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) and Elan Corporation, plc (NYSE: ELN) today announced results from a one-year, longitudinal health outcomes study (n=324) in which patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who received 12 infusions of TYSABRI (natalizumab) reported improvements in quality of life (QoL) measures, as well as reduced fatigue and overall improved cognitive func
Apr 16, 2010
HOUSTON -- (April 15, 2010) -- Nine-year-old Morgan LaRue is the first cancer patient in Texas to benefit from a groundbreaking procedure that will magnetically lengthen her leg, sparing her the possibility of up to 10 future surgeries as her body grows. The implant and extension took place at Texas Children's Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Apr 15, 2010
President Obama promised to eliminate 34 tons of plutonium from the U.S. nuclear weapons program as part of this week's nuclear security summit. But how does one actually get rid of bomb-making material that has a half-life of more than 20,000 years?
Apr 15, 2010
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have identified childhood cancer survivors who are at increased risk for deteriorating lung health, in part due to the lifesaving bone marrow transplants they underwent years earlier.
Apr 15, 2010
Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges aging creates for drivers.
Apr 15, 2010
PITTSBURGH, April 15 -- Certain genetic variations may be linked to higher rates of tooth decay and aggressive periodontitis, according to two recently published papers by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine and their collaborators.
Apr 15, 2010
