The Aurora A kinase may contribute to polycystic kidney disease (PKD) by inactivating a key…
Month: June 2011
High rates of injection drug use in urban Aboriginal youth signal need for prevention programs
A new study indicates high rates of injection drug use in urban Canadian Aboriginal youth,…
Health data can help address alcohol-related harm in youth
Administrative information can be useful for surveillance and understanding of alcohol-related harm in young people,…
Safe prescribing information for children in Canada often hard to find
Accurate, safe prescribing information for children is often unavailable to doctors in Canada because pharmaceutical…
Glowing ‘Cornell Dots’: Potential cancer diagnostic tool set for human trials
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans…
Decoding chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Researchers have identified new gene mutations in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia — a disease…
New clues about aging: Genetic splicing mechanism triggers both premature aging syndrome and normal cellular aging
Researchers have identified a new pathway that sets the clock for programmed aging in normal…
Sniffing out a new source of stem cells
New research in mice suggests that adult stem cells from immune system tissue in the…
APNewsBreak: Study advised US on Libya hacking (AP)
AP – Private computer experts advised U.S. officials on how cyberattacks could damage Libya’s oil…
Faster computer graphics: Digitally mimicking photographic blur caused by moving objects
Researchers have developed new techniques for computing blur much more efficiently. The result could be…