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Severe Heart Defect Likely Caused By Genetic Factors
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a severe cardiovascular malformation that is difficult to treat and often lethal, is caused primarily by genetic factors, according to a new study. Families having children with HLHS carry a significant recurrence risk of HLHS or related heart defects. Diabetes Drug Kills Cancer Stem Cells In Combination Treatment In Mice
In tumors formed by human breast cancer cells in mice, a diabetes drug was more effective than chemotherapy alone in prolonging remission. Mice appeared tumor-free for the two months after treatment before the end of the experiment. The drug, metformin, appears to selectively kill cancer stem cells in culture dishes and in mice. Possible Origin Of Cosmic Rays Revealed With Gamma Rays
An international team of astronomers has produced the first ever image of an astronomical object using high energy gamma rays, helping to solve a 100 year old mystery - an origin of cosmic rays. Their research, published in the Journal Nature on November 4th, was carried out using the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.), an array of four telescopes, in Namibia, South-West Africa. Nanopunk Rocks
Linda Nagata's 1990s sci-fi novels, including the classic Tech Heaven, deserve a second look. In Table of Malcontents. Eyes on the Prize Hits P2P
An activist group encourages people to download digitized copies of the landmark civil rights documentary, which is currently hamstrung by licensing fees. The effort could draw attention to problems in copyright law, but the production company is not pleased. By Katie Dean. Implanting Embryonic Cardiac Cells Prevents Arrhythmias, The Most Dang
When scientists transplanted living embryonic heart cells into cardiac tissue of mice that had suffered heart attacks, the mice became resistant to cardiac arrhythmias, thereby avoiding one of the most dangerous and fatal consequences of heart attacks. Better Bubbling Slurry
Dutch-sponsored researcher Keshav Ruthiya has made considerable improvements to a so-called slurry bubble column. The chemical industry uses these bubble columns for reactions between gases and liquids, for example, for organic wastewater purification or the synthesis of hydrocarbons. Various companies are interested in using Ruthiya's results in commercial reactors. Obese patients' reaction to diet can be predicted, study finds
The presence of increased body fat, and therefore higher levels of inflammatory substances in the blood, hinders the loss and maintenance of body weight, as shown by new research from Spain. A Blueprint For 'Smart'Health Care
Always on, connected, cheap and on sale everywhere. What people have come to expect in cell phones and personal communicators, may soon become common in health-care devices, products at home and in medical offices. Americans born in the South may have a higher risk of dying from strok
The "stroke belt" has a tight hold. People born in the Southern stroke belt have a higher risk of dying from stroke as adults, even if they later move away, compared to people who were born in other parts of the country, according to new research.
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