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hide captionThe EPA is proposing rules that would govern carbon dioxide gas emissions by U.S. power plants. Here, coal is transported via conveyor belt to the coal-fired Jim Bridger Power Plant outside Point of the Rocks, Wyo., in March.
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EPA Unveils New Proposal Targeting Greenhouse Gases
Nipah virus and Hendra virus are closely related and following natural or experimental exposure induce similar clinical disease. In humans, encephalitis is the most serious outcome of infection and, hitherto, research into the pathogenesis of henipavirus encephalitis has been limited by the…
Subclinical infection without encephalitis in mice following intranasal exposure to Nipah virus-Malaysia and Nipah virus-Bangladesh
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, incurable neurodegenerative disease and the most commontype of dementia. It cannot be prevented, cured or drastically slowed, even though AD research hasincreased in the past 5-10 years.
Instead of focusing on the brain volume or on the single…
Brain region’s relative proximity as marker for Alzheimer’s disease based on structural MRI
Allogeneic stem cell transplant recipients are prone to infections by various organisms. Tuberculosis (TB) represents a rare infectious complication, especially in countries non-endemic for TB.Case report: Here, we report the case of a German patient with exposure to TB decades before he was…
Synchronous tuberculosis, Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disorder and cytomegalovirus infection in an allogeneic transplant recipient: a case report
Djungarian hamster (P. sungorus) and Roborovskii hamster (P.
roborovskii) belong to the same genus of phodopus. Roborovskii hamster shows high locomotor activity and low level of dopamine (DA) in the brain.
Administration of L-tyrosine, a precursor of DA, decreases locomotor activity in…
Metabolism of amino acids differs in the brains of Djungarian hamster (P. sungorus) and Roborovskii hamster (P. roborovskii)
The Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) is an assessment tool used to evaluate patients’perspectives of their doctor’s communication and interpersonal skills. The present pilot study investigated whether the PSQ could be administered successfully in a hospice inpatient setting…
Is the patient satisfaction questionnaire an acceptable tool for use in a hospice inpatient setting?: a pilot study
“Since our work shows we can reverse the processes that weaken synapses, we could potentially counteract some of the beta amyloid’s effects in Alzheimer’s patients.” Scientists optically stimulated a group of nerves in a rat’s brain that had been genetically…
Source:Scientists to bring back the lost memories of Alzheimer’s patients
A new treatment has been shown to extend the lifespans of men with advanced prostate cancer by as much as one year, researchers said Sunday.
The study involved 790 men who were diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer, meaning the disease had spread beyond the prostate.
By adding the…
Treatment extends life for men with prostate cancer
A new treatment option is more effective than tamoxifen at preventing a return of breast cancer in young women, according to the results of two international trials released Sunday.
The findings show that exemestane, given along with treatment to suppress the function of the ovaries, reduced…
New drug to prevent breast cancer recurrence shows promise
“Since our work shows we can reverse the processes that weaken synapses, we
could potentially counteract some of the beta amyloid’s effects in
Alzheimer’s patients.”
Scientists optically stimulated a group of nerves in a rat’s brain that had
been genetically…
Scientists to bring back the lost memories of Alzheimer’s patients
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Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating…
Lasers create table-top supernova
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Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals.
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Smokers with gene defect have 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer
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It’s all about strengthened connections between neurons, NIH-funded study confirms
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Shining a light on memory
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The program, idTracker, detects and follows every animal in the videos and allows to know the behavior rules of their social interaction
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CSIC develops a software able to identify and track an specific individual within a group
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Writing in Nature Physics, a large international team led by Dr Artem Mishchenko and Sir Andre Geim from The University of Manchester shows that the electronic properties of…
Graphene’s multi-colored butterflies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he will introduce legislation this week that would offer military veterans the option of private medical care, rather than endure long waits at facilities under the troubled Veterans Affairs Department.
“We…
Senator plans bill to offer military veterans option on medical care
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Sarah Averysarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. A collaborative effort between Duke Medicine researchers and neurosurgeons and scientists in China has produced new genetic insights into a rare and deadly form of childhood…
Source:Newly identified brain cancer mutation will aid drug development
[ | E-mail ] Contact: University of Oxford News Officenews.office@admin.ox.ac.uk 44-186-528-0528University of Oxford Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating…
Source:Lasers create table-top supernova
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Henry Frenchhenry.french@icr.ac.uk 020-715-35582Institute of Cancer Research Around a quarter of smokers who carry a defect in the BRCA2 gene will develop lung cancer at some point in their lifetime, a large-scale, international study reveals. Scientists announce…
Source:Smokers with gene defect have 1 in 4 chance of developing lung cancer
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Jules AsherNIMHpress@nih.gov 301-443-4536NIH/National Institute of Mental Health It’s all about strengthened connections between neurons, NIH-funded study confirms IMAGE: Scientists have switched a fear memory on and off in genetically-engineered…
Source:Shining a light on memory
[ | E-mail ] Contact: MarÃa Gonzálezg.prensa@csic.es 34-915-681-819Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) The program, idTracker, detects and follows every animal in the videos and allows to know the behavior rules of their social interaction Researchers from the Spanish National…
Source:CSIC develops a software able to identify and track an specific individual within a group
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Daniel Cochlindaniel.cochlin@manchester.ac.uk 0044-161-275-8382University of Manchester Writing in Nature Physics, a large international team led by Dr Artem Mishchenko and Sir Andre Geim from The University of Manchester shows that the electronic properties of…
Source:Graphene’s multi-colored butterflies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday he will introduce legislation this week that would offer military veterans the option of private medical care, rather than endure long waits at facilities under the troubled Veterans Affairs Department. “We…
Source:Senator plans bill to offer military veterans option on medical care
Electric school buses that feed the power grid could save school districts millions of dollars—and reduce children’s exposure to diesel fumes—based on recent research by the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE). A new study examines the…
Source:Electric School Buses Could Save Millions of Dollars
Mass murders are becoming a depressingly familiar routine in the United States — we can now expect to experience a media grabbing shooting about once a month. And the frequency can only increase as future cohorts of copycat killers are spawned by the seductive opportunity to…
Source:The Mind of the Mass Murderer
[ | E-mail ] Contact: David Marchdavid.march@nyumc.org 212-404-3528NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Study suggests new targets for treating rare genetic disorder and human cancer The combined action of two enzymes, Srs2 and Exo1, prevents and repairs…
Source:Paired enzyme action in yeast reveals backup system for DNA repair
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Joseph Mikschjmiksch@pitt.edu 412-624-4356University of Pittsburgh Team gives a microscopic quantum mechanical description of how light excites electrons in metals PITTSBURGHUniversity of Pittsburgh researchers have become the first to detect a fundamental particle…
Source:Pitt team first to detect exciton in metal
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Krista Congerkristac@stanford.edu 650-725-5371Stanford University Medical Center STANFORD, Calif. A molecule critical to stem cell function plays a major role in determining human hair color, according to a study from the Stanford University School of…
Source:Subtle change in DNA, protein levels determines blond or brunette tresses, study finds
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Steve Koppesskoppes@uchicago.edu 773-702-8366University of Chicago VIDEO: This video simulation shows how a laser that illuminates a small carbon rod launches a complex flow, consisting of supersonic shocks and turbulent flow. When the grid is…
Source:International collaboration replicates amplification of cosmic magnetic fields
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Amy Albinaalbin@mednet.ucla.edu 310-794-8672University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences Findings could lead to treatments for blood disorders associated with both iron deficiencies and overloads IMAGE: This is a microscopic image of…
Source:Researchers discover hormone that controls supply of iron in red blood cell production
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Karen N. Peartkaren.peart@yale.edu 203-432-1326Yale University Twenty years after the hormone leptin was found to regulate metabolism, appetite, and weight through brain cells called neurons, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that the hormone also…
Source:Leptin also influences brain cells that control appetite, Yale researchers find
1. Buy someone’s coffee. It’s just coffee — no one needs coffee, so this doesn’t really matter, right? But what if you knew that a $2 cup of caffeine could change someone’s day, week or their whole perspective? Boom: That cup of coffee just changed the…
Source:10 Little Ways Everyone Can Change the World
By Madeline Vann, MPH Reviewed by Niya Jones, M.D., MPH Los Angeles entrepreneur Neal Sideman was in the middle of an intense workout at the gym when he felt lightheaded and realized his heart was pounding. Alarmed, he immediately worried about his heart — never thinking that he…
Source:What It’s Like To Have An Anxiety Attack
CHICAGO (AP) — A cheap, decades-old chemotherapy drug extended life by more than a year when added to standard hormone therapy for men whose prostate cancer has widely spread, doctors reported Sunday. Men who received docetaxel, sold as Taxotere and in generic form, lived nearly 58…
Source:Cheap drug greatly boosts prostate cancer survival
The tetraspanin CD63 is a highly N-glycosylated protein that is known to regulate cancer malignancy. However, the contribution of glycosylation of CD63 to cancer malignancy remains unclear. Previously, we reported that ribophorin II (RPN2), which is part of an N-oligosaccharyle transferase…
Source:RPN2-mediated glycosylation of tetraspanin CD63 regulates breast cancer cell malignancy
By Mitchell G. Miglis, M.D. A 43-year-old businessman arrives at the sleep clinic for his first appointment. He tells the physician that he falls asleep easily — in fact, he’s out before his wife can turn off the light — however, he feels that his sleep is restless,…
Source:Sleep and Memory: Does Poor Sleep Lead to Dementia?
On Sunday, June 1, if you happen to stop by your local yoga studio, you might help raise money to support an important cause: eradicating blindness and low-vision among children living in poverty around the world. As part of the very first Annual Yoga For Sight Day, a campaign…
Source:Here’s Why You Should Take A Yoga Class On June 1
Conventional wisdom tells us that we don’t move enough, but could it be that we sit too much? Is it the lack of time spent being active or the excess time spent being inactive? It’s more than likely a combination of the two, but research over the last six months makes a case…
Source:Exercise More or Sit Less?
By Taylor Kubota for Men’s Journal Whether it’s becoming a Sudoku champion or remembering the name of someone you just met, everyone probably wishes they could muster up a little extra brain power. There are no quick fixes when it comes to improving or the…
Source:9 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Mind
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Erika Maticherika.matich@ucdenver.eduUniversity of Colorado Denver ASCO education session focuses on oncologist-pathologist communication As targeted therapies become more available, increasing opportunity exists to match treatments to the genetics of a specific…
Source:Oncologists: How to talk with your pathologist about cancer molecular testing
[ | E-mail ] Contact: Joe Dangornewsbureau@mayo.edu 507-284-5005Mayo Clinic CHICAGO Molecular sequencing could identify ovarian cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin), a Mayo Clinic-led study has found. Results of the research were…
Source:Mayo Clinic: Ovarian cancer subtypes may predict response to bevacizumab
ZURICH (Reuters) – An experimental drug from Novartis markedly shrank tumors in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, according to the results of a mid-stage study published on Sunday. Basal cell carcinoma can be highly disfiguring and…
Source:Novartis skin cancer drug shrinks tumors in Phase II trial
SUNDAY June 1, 2014, 2014 — Adding the chemotherapy drug docetaxel to standard hormone-depleting therapy may extend the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer, a new study finds. The study was to be presented Sunday in Chicago at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical…
Source:New Approach May Boost Survival From Advanced Prostate Cancer
SUNDAY June 1, 2014, 2014 — A new type of anti-estrogen drug appears to work better than the estrogen-blocking drug tamoxifen in preventing recurrences of breast cancer in certain women, a new study reports. Exemestane (Aromasin), which belongs to a class of drugs called aromatase…
Source:Newer Anti-Estrogen Treatment May Benefit Younger Breast Cancer Survivors
SUNDAY June 1, 2014, 2014 — The number of cancer survivors in the United States will rise from the current 14.5 million to nearly 19 million by 2024, a new report predicts. Cancer rates have been falling for 10 years, but the number of cancer survivors is rising due to factors such as…
Source:Number of Cancer Survivors Should Grow to 19 Million in Next Decade: Report
To me, this month was mostly about Blastocystis finding its way to the ASM 2014 general meeting. It was a huge honour for me to be one of the speakers in the Parasitology session ‘Passion for Parasites’, thanks to an invitation from Dr Lynne Garcia and ASM. ASM2014 took place in…
Source:This Month in Blastocystis Research (MAY 2014)
The tetraspanin CD63 is a highly N-glycosylated protein that is known to regulate cancer malignancy. However, the contribution of glycosylation of CD63 to cancer malignancy remains unclear.
Previously, we reported that ribophorin II (RPN2), which is part of an N-oligosaccharyle transferase…
RPN2-mediated glycosylation of tetraspanin CD63 regulates breast cancer cell malignancy
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By Mitchell G. Miglis, M.D.
A 43-year-old businessman arrives at the sleep clinic for his first appointment. He tells the physician that he falls asleep easily — in fact, he’s out before his wife can turn off the light — however, he feels that his sleep is restless,…
Sleep and Memory: Does Poor Sleep Lead to Dementia?
A new review of studies shows just how some substance use disorders and mental conditions affect lifespan —- and depending on the condition, the mortality risks are the same, if not higher, than heavy smoking.
“We found that many mental health diagnoses are associated with a drop…
Some Substance Use, Mental Conditions Have Similar Death Risks As Heavy Smoking
On Sunday, June 1, if you happen to stop by your local yoga studio, you might help raise money to support an important cause: eradicating blindness and low-vision among children living in poverty around the world.
As part of the very first Annual Yoga For Sight Day, a campaign…
Here’s Why You Should Take A Yoga Class On June 1
Conventional wisdom tells us that we don’t move enough, but could it be that we sit too much? Is it the lack of time spent being active or the excess time spent being inactive? It’s more than likely a combination of the two, but research over the last six months makes a case…
Exercise More or Sit Less?
By Taylor Kubota for Men’s Journal
Whether it’s becoming a Sudoku champion or remembering the name of someone you just met, everyone probably wishes they could muster up a little extra brain power. There are no quick fixes when it comes to improving or the…
9 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Mind
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ASCO education session focuses on oncologist-pathologist communication
As targeted therapies become more available, increasing opportunity exists to match treatments to the genetics of a specific…
Oncologists: How to talk with your pathologist about cancer molecular testing
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507-284-5005Mayo Clinic
CHICAGO Molecular sequencing could identify ovarian cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from treatment with bevacizumab (Avastin), a Mayo Clinic-led study has found. Results of the research were…
Mayo Clinic: Ovarian cancer subtypes may predict response to bevacizumab
ZURICH (Reuters) – An experimental drug from Novartis markedly shrank tumors in patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer, according to the results of a mid-stage study published on Sunday.
Basal cell carcinoma can be highly disfiguring and…
Novartis skin cancer drug shrinks tumors in Phase II trial
[ | E-mail ] Contact: William Fitzgeraldexternalcomm@mdanderson.org 713-792-0655University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Early but promising results lead to Phase II national trial IMAGE: This is David Hong, M.D., University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. …
Source:Patients with metastatic colon cancer respond to new combination therapy
(Updates throughout with Mickelson at Memorial Tournament) By Ben Everill DUBLIN, Ohio, May 31 (Reuters) – If golf star Phil Mickelson is concerned by a federal probe into possible insider trading involving him, billionaire investor Carl Icahn and Las Vegas gambler William…
Source:Mickelson plays on amid news of U.S. probe into possible insider trading
