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Well-known Protein Helps Stem Cells Become Secretory Cells
Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that a single protein regulates secretion levels in the fruit fly's salivary gland and its skin-like outer layer. Acid Water In East Java Threatens Biodiversity And Local Welfare
She went to investigate the local ecology. Yet during her field work on East Java, Dutch biologist Ansje Löhr became increasingly involved with the local residents, whose harvests failed and whose health was deteriorating due to extremely acidified and polluted river water. Löhr has recently received a second grant to help the Javanese population. Darknet Casts Hollywood as Heavy
Author J.D. Lasica's new book takes a critical look at the entertainment industry's tactics for preserving its iron grip on content in the digital age. By Jason Silverman. PLUS: Excerpt From Darknet [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedlydelivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Genealogy Of Scaly Reptiles Rewritten By New Research
The most comprehensive analysis ever performed of the genetic relationships among all the major groups of snakes, lizards, and other scaly reptiles has resulted in a radical reorganization of the family tree of these animals, requiring new names for many of the tree's new branches. [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. Multi-tasking Adversely Affects Brain's Learning, UCLA Psychologists R
Multi-tasking affects the brain's learning systems, and as a result, we do not learn as well when we are distracted, UCLA psychologists report this week in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study shows that to the degree you can learn while multi-tasking, you will use different brain systems. The Solidarity Phenomenon
(Note: the main page of this site can be glacially slow to load.) A history of the first trade union in Eastern Europe independent of Communist rule, chronologically organized along a timeline between 1980 and 1981. Each section has photographs, quotes from workers and other people involved, and images of posters. Also available in several other European languages. From the Polish government. Simple Two-gene Test Sorts Out Similar Gastrointestinal Cancers
A simple but powerful test distinguishes between a pair of nearly identical gastrointestinal cancers that require different treatment. The analytical approach has application for other cancers and for personalized diagnosis and care. Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Institute for Systems Biology report results in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences Early Edition. New Method Targets Cancerous Tumors Without Harming Healthy Cells
Researchers have discovered a technology that can detect cancerous tumors and deliver treatment to them without the harming the healthy cells surrounding them, thereby significantly reducing side effects.
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