To an environmental studies professor it seemed as though Santa Barbara County would be a…
Month: May 2011
Combating the C. diff ‘terrorists’ on the loose in hospitals
Just like intelligence agents watching for the real terrorists threatening to attack, monitoring health-care worker…
Ensuring the safety of radiation therapy
Radiation oncologists took a blow in a series of front-page newspaper stories published last year…
Of frogs, chickens and people: Highly conserved dual mechanism regulates both brain development and function
Researchers have uncovered new details of an unusual biological mechanism in the brains of diverse…
Editing scrambled genes in human stem cells may help realize the promise of stem cell-gene therapy
In principle, genetic engineering is simple, but in practice, replacing a faulty gene with a…
Dietary inorganic nitrate may reduce heart dysfunction caused by powerful anti-cancer drug
Researchers have found that nutrient supplementation, like the kind that is found in leafy greens,…
Is fear deficit a harbinger of future psychopaths?
Psychopaths are charming, but they often get themselves and others in big trouble; their willingness…
Curcumin compound improves effectiveness of head and neck cancer treatment, study finds
A primary reason that head and neck cancer treatments fail is the tumor cells become…
Validating preschool programs for children with autism
Researchers have examined different teaching models for children with autism spectrum disorder. The study is…
Dark energy is driving universe apart: NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer finds dark energy repulsive
A five-year survey of 200,000 galaxies, stretching back seven billion years in cosmic time, has…