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How Does A Zebrafish Grow A New Tail? The Answer May Help Treat Human
New information on how zebrafish regrow their tailfins, including the discovery of a gene that produces a protein that inhibits regeneration, may hold promise for encouraging regeneration in warm blooded animals, including people. Epigenetics May Be The Underlying Cause For Male Infertility
Researchers suggest epigenetics, or the way DNA is processed and expressed, may be the underlying cause for male infertility. High School Theater Program Helped Strengthen Adolescents'Emotional De
A unique study found that adolescents'emotional skills were strengthened through a high school theater program. The study, conducted among adolescents in a high school theater program, demonstrated how teens learned about how to employ positive emotions to motivate their work. Students also used strategies to manage their own and others'negative emotions. The research was conducted through interviews with the students during a three-month period of rehearsals. This study demonstrates how schools and programs can support the development of "emotional intelligence"of adolescents. Common Ancestry Of Bacterium And Plants Could Be Key To An Effective N
Rutgers researchers have discovered that the chlamydia bacterium, which causes a sexually transmitted disease (STD), shares an evolutionary heritage with plants. That shared evolutionary heritage, which is not found in most other bacteria, points to a prime target for development of an effective cure for chlamydia infections. Early Trial Indicates Prostate Cancer Vaccine Increases Immunity And R
A prostate cancer vaccine that trains a patient's own dendritic cells to attack a protein antigen expressed by tumors can robustly boost a patient's immune system and clinically reduce the level of tumor cells in the body, according to the results of an exploratory phase I/II clinical trial conducted at Duke University Medical Center. Soccer Referees Do Favor Home Teams, Study Shows
Academics have proved what football (soccer) managers in the English Premiership have been complaining about for years -- that referees are inconsistent and favor home teams. Analyzing over 2,500 English Premiership matches, researchers discovered that referees were statistically more likely to award yellow and red cards against the away team -- even when home advantage, game importance and crowd size were taken into account. Inside The Matrixfor Mobiles
Mobile Complete is a young company with a unique service: It hooks the innards of cell phones to the net for software programmers to work on. A disassembled Apple iPhone is just one of thousands of phones wired to rack after rack of servers. It's The Matrixfor mobiles. Landscapes And Human Behavior
Social scientists and biophysical ecologists are finding that environmental surroundings may play a significant role in human social interaction, serving either as a social lubricant as in the first case, or as a barrier. If Successful, Moxifloxacin Could Be First New Treatment For TB In Mor
A Johns Hopkins infectious disease expert will lead two international studies of the effectiveness of the antibiotic moxifloxacin as a new treatment for tuberculosis, the highly contagious bacterial disease that kills more than 2 million people worldwide each year and is the leading cause of death of people living with HIV and AIDS. Moxifloxacin is currently approved in more than 100 countries, including the United States, as a treatment for bacterial respiratory infections, such as bronchitis, sinusitis and pneumonia. 'Few-Walled' Carbon Nanotubes Said Cheap And Efficient Option For Cert
North Carolina scientists have found that "thinnest"is not necessarily "best"in rating structure and function of carbon nanotubes, the molecule-sized cylinders that show promise for futuristic technology scaled at a billionths of a meter.
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