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New Theory Of How Planets Form Finds Havens Of Stability Amid Turbulen
A new theory of how planets form finds havens of stability amid violent turbulence in the swirling gas that surrounds a young star. These protected areas are where planets can begin to form without being destroyed. The theory will be published in the February issue of the journal Icarus. How Poisonous Mushrooms Cook Up Toxins
Scientists have identified genes that produce the poison of the death cap mushroom -- a unique pathway previously unknown in fungi. Reported in today's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The work not only solves a mystery of how some mushrooms make the toxin -- but also sheds light on the underlying biochemical machinery. It might be possible one day to harness the mushroom genes to make novel chemicals that would be useful as new drugs. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him. Cardiovascular Diseases: New Hemoglobin Function Discovered
A previously undetected chemical process within the oxygen-carrying molecule hemoglobin has been discovered. It could have far-reaching implications for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. PET Can Identify Effectiveness Of Chemotherapy Early In High-risk Brea
The effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer can be evaluated earlier by using 18F-FDG positron emission tomography (PET) imaging over other conventional imaging procedures, according to an article in the July issue of the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Chronic Back Pain Linked To Changes In The Brain
A German research team using a specialized imaging technique revealed that individuals suffering from chronic low back pain also had microstructural changes in their brains. The findings were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Imaging Technique To Help Improve Bone Regeneration
Tissue engineers can choose from a wide range of living cells, biomaterials and proteins to repair a bone defect. But finding the optimum combination requires improved methods for tracking the healing process. Right to Time-Shift Threatened
A judge gives the music industry's attack on radio-recording devices a boost, coinciding with Diane Feinstein's attack on digital recording tech. In Listening Post. Blood Pressure Drugs Could Help Halt Pancreatic Cancer Spread, Researc
Common blood pressure medications might help block the spread of pancreatic cancer, researchers have found. The scientists showed in laboratory studies that two types of pressure-lowering drugs -- ACE inhibitors and AT1R blockers -- may help reduce the development of tumor-feeding blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis. Such drugs, they say, may become part of a novel strategy to control the growth and spread of cancer.
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