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Gadget Lab: Semisweet Chocolate
LG's new phone looks as tasty as it is rotten, a waterproof MP3 player sinks while you swim, and the Swiss couldn't threaten the iPod with a knife. In Wired magazine's Gadget Lab. 'Signature' Of Chromosome Instability Predicts Cancer Outcomes
Traditional microscopic examination can't always accurately predict a cancer's aggressiveness, leading to increased interest in molecular diagnostic techniques. Now, researchers report in Nature Genetics that a gene-expression profile indicating chromosomal instability -- an increased tendency to develop chromosomal aberrations -- predicts clinical outcome in a broad range of cancer types. Their technique could also aid the search for cancer drugs that reduce chromosomal instability, a key factor in promoting cancer. Is Your Trailing Spouse a Significant Other?
Today’s blog post is a little bit of a cheat, it’s a re-run of a feature I wrote for HMSBeagle the now defunct life sciences webzine for its Adapt or Die column to which I contributed on a monthly basis for a couple of years. However, the content and sentiment (if not necessarily the cited [...] Fat Hormone Acts On Brain Circuit To Curb Obesity, Diabetes
New research published in the premier issue of Cell Metabolism finds that a single brain region is sufficient for normal control of blood sugar and activity level by the fat hormone leptin. The same region also exerts significant, though more modest, control over leptin's effects on body weight. The findings in mice provide insight into potential mechanisms underlying type II diabetes and suggest new avenues for treatment, according to the researchers. All the World's a Podcast
It's incredibly easy to create and syndicate your own audio content. Here's how. By Michael Calore. Mice Predict The Effectiveness Of Orally Taken Drugs
More than half of all orally-prescribed medications are broken down in the intestine and liver by an enzyme known as CYP3A before reaching their site of action. Researchers have now developed a mouse model for predicting the loss in available drug due to first-pass metabolism by CYP3A, providing a tool to help predict whether drugs being developed will work effectively if given orally. Blind Mice Shed Light On Human Sight Loss
Mutant mice could provide genetic clues to understanding incurable human sight loss resulting from retinal degeneration. Scientists uncover a role for microRNA in retinal disease, and may point the way to future therapies. Scientists Develop Life-saving Chrome
British scientists have developed a safer and a more versatile alternative to chrome electroplating, the coating found on vintage car bumpers, steel camshafts, and fixtures such as door furniture and light fittings. Frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens
Most countries throughout the world participate in the $40-million-per-year culinary trade of frog legs in some way, with 75 percent of frog legs consumed in France, Belgium and the United States. Scientists have found that this trade is a potential carrier of pathogens deadly to amphibians. Face recognition: A face is more than the sum of its parts
Researchers have found that inability to recognize faces is linked to an inability to process faces as a whole, or holistically.
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