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Mutation May Cause Inherited Neuropathy
Mutations in a protein called dynein, required for the proper functioning of sensory nerve cells, can cause defects in mice that may provide crucial clues leading to better treatments for a human nerve disorder known as peripheral neuropathy, which affects about three percent of all those over age 60.

Traditional Risk Factors Best Predictor Of Cardiovascular Disease Deat
New study findings show that traditional heart disease risk factors are more strongly associated with risk of death from cardiovascular disease than newer, emerging risk factors in older people with chronic kidney disease. These results from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-funded Cardiovascular Health Study will be published in the April 13 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Novel 3-D Cell Culture Model Shows Selective Tumor Uptake Of Nanoparti
A novel cell culture model consisting of an aggregate of brain tumor cells growing on normal thin slices of brain tissue has been developed to investigate tumor properties and therapy. The tumor cells showed a similar invasion pattern to that seen when growing in patients. When nanoparticles made from a new type of polymer were added to the co-culture, the nanoparticles were taken up more by the tumor cells than the normal brain cells.

Obesity Genes Found Hidden In Discarded Data
Previously hidden obesity-related genes have been uncovered from old experiments. This finding suggests that useful information about many medical disorders may be languishing in mountains of discarded data.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh: Book Lists
Collection of adult fiction and nonfiction annotated reading lists with themes such as travel fiction, chick lit, gay and lesbian fiction, baseball, Christian fiction, the U.S. Civil War, science fiction and fantasy, culinary mysteries, bread baking, and home repair. From the staff of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Western Canada's Glaciers Hit 7000-Year Low
Tree stumps at the feet of Western Canadian glaciers are providing new insights into the accelerated rates at which the rivers of ice have been shrinking due to human-aided global warming. Scientists radiocarbon-dated wood from the newly visible stumps to see how long they have been in cold storage. The result was a surprising 7000 years.

Making Valentines: A Tradition in America
This online exhibit "is designed to show the evolution of the Valentine's Day card."It features annotated images of early Valentine cards from before 1850, background about Esther Allen Howland (an innovator in Valentine card design and production, who began making and selling Valentines in the 1850s), the George C. Whitney Valentine manufacturing company, which was in business from 1866 to 1942, and Victorian cards. From the American Antiquarian Society.

Early Stage Breast-cancer Rates Are Rising As Incidence Of Invasive Ca
Since 1980, the incidence of ductal carcinoma in situ has increased more than sevenfold while the incidence of invasive breast cancer has leveled off. Both trends suggest that widespread mammography screening, among other factors, are catching breast cancer earlier.

Carbohydrate Acts As Tumor Suppressor
Scientists have discovered that specialized complex sugar molecules that anchor cells into place act as tumor suppressors in breast and prostate cancers.

Small Animal Imaging Facility Is Big Boon To Research
When powerful magnets line up the body's protons before radiofrequency waves can grab their attention away, it's called spin physics. When signals generated by the movement are mathematically transformed into dramatic images of hearts, lungs and other organs it's called a magnetic resonance image.

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