Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 people have a cardiac defibrillator implanted…
Month: September 2011
Earthquake risk: Two faults exposed in eastern Sierra Nevada
Excavated trenches reveal two faults that bound the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevada in…
Drug companies must report clinical trial results, even when they won’t lead to a product, experts urge
Drug companies sponsoring human trials of possible new medications have ethical responsibilities to study participants…
Experts advocate for new approaches to biomedical research
Experts have outlined several approaches to biomedical research workforce development, a topic that is currently…
Big Tobacco knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk but kept quiet, study suggests
Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades…
New stem cell activity identified in human brain
Researchers have identified a new pathway of stem cell activity in the brain that represents…
Teenage mind: First time evidence links over interpretation of social situations to personality disorder
Researchers have became interested in the way people think, how they organize thoughts, execute a…
Dyslexia isn’t a matter of IQ, brain imaging study shows
About 5 to 10 percent of American children are diagnosed as dyslexic. Historically, the label…
Millesecond memory: ‘Teleportation’ of rats sheds light on how the memory is organized
An experiment in which rats are “teleported” shows how memory is organized into discrete 125…
Vital protein complex and therapeutic possibilities revealed
Scientists have detailed the structure and workings of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a large family…