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Secrets Of The Cilia: Kidney Disease And Blindness Share Common Geneti
Scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School have discovered a gene called NPHP5 and found mutations in this gene that cause a rare genetic disease called Senior-Loken syndrome. Children with this syndrome develop a type of cystic kidney disease called nephronophthisis, as well as a form of blindness called retinitis pigmentosa. Scientists Describe New Way To Peer Inside Bacteria
As part of the search for better ways to track and clean up soil contaminants, scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have developed a new way to "image"the internal chemistry of bacteria. The technique will allow scientists to "see"at the molecular level how soil-dwelling microbes interact with pollutants, help scientists better understand and prevent bacterial diseases, and possibly find ways to detect or disable bacteria used in a terror attack. XEG Gets Your Mobile Game On
New controller turns cell phones into tiny video-game consoles. Plus: Implantable miniature telescope upgrades human eyes. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. Onkyo Announces PMP
The new media player makes it easy to watch your favorite files on your TV. In Gear Factor. rcdb: Roller Coaster Database
Find thousands of roller coasters and amusement parks in North America and Europe. In addition to roller coaster or amusement park name, search by characteristics such as steel or wooden, or search by maker, status, and location. The data can also be sorted by speed, track length, time or height of ride, cost, date opened, or number of inversions. Includes a glossary and statistics on roller coasters worldwide. Many entries include photographs. Contrast Agent Trials In Swine
Mammography continues to be the method of choice for the early detection of breast cancer. However, because this technique is not as selective or specific as one would wish, and does not deliver reliable results for every level of tissue density, alternatives are being sought. Near-infrared fluorescence mammography, which works with rays of near-infrared light instead of X-rays, is a highly promising technique?although effective contrast agents have thus far been lacking. Back To The Future: Mastodon Extends The Time Limit On DNA Sequencing
The first complete mitochondrial DNA genome for the mastodon extends the age range for genomic analyses by almost a complete glacial cycle, and resolves the relationships among African and Asian elephants and mammoths. The mastodon becomes only the third extinct taxon for which the complete mitochondrial genome is known. A Sampling of New Words and Senses From the New 2005 Copyright of Merr
"Find a sample of the nearly 100 new words and senses that have been added"in 2005 to this well-known dictionary of American English. Terms include "cybrarian (noun) ... a person whose job is to find, collect, and manage information that is available on the World Wide Web." Crystalline News
Issue #22 of X-factors the crystallography webzine from David Bradley Science Writers and Wiley is out now featuring the latest on lighting up nanowires, cellular moves, and a bioremedy for asbestos problems. Radiation, Chemotherapy With Liver Transplant Improves Cancer Survival
A new treatment for patients with a type of bile duct cancer promises a greater chance at survival by combining radiation, chemotherapy and liver transplantation, Mayo Clinic physicians report in the September issue of the Annals of Surgery.
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