Despite mounting public health concerns about obesity and persistent social pressures dictating that slim is…
Month: August 2009
Nano-bio Material Kills Cancer Cells, Leaves Healthy Cells In Unharmed
Scientists have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using inorganic titanium dioxide nanoparticles…
Fecal DNA Methylation Detects Gastric And Colorectal Cancers
A preliminary evaluation of methylation of two gene promoters in fecal DNA showed promise as…
Friendly Gut Bacteria Lend A Hand To Fight Infection, Study Suggests
Immunology researchers have found that bacteria present in the human gut help initiate the body’s…
High Serum Insulin Levels And Risk Of Prostate Cancer
Elevated insulin levels in the normal range appear to be associated with an increased risk…
Why Sleep? Snoozing May Be Strategy To Increase Efficiency, Minimize Risk
A sleep researcher argues that sleep’s primary function is to increase the efficiency of behavior…
Upwards lightning caught on film
US scientists manage to photograph the rarely seen phenomenon of upwards lightning during a tropical…
Will antitrust probe keep Microsoft, Yahoo apart? (AP)
AP – Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. hope that by joining forces, they can tilt…
How We Support Our False Beliefs
In a new study, sociologists from four major research institutions focus on one of the…
Epigenetics: Evolutionarily Preserved Mechanism Governs Use Of Genes
Researchers have found that the protein coding parts of a gene are packed in special…