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Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified genetic markers that signal poor outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer.
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An X-ray-guided spinal tap procedure fails more than half of the time in young infants and should be used sparingly, if at all, for those patients, according to a new study.
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Scientists have uncovered a vital new biological clue that could lead to more effective treatments for a children's brain tumour that currently kills more than 60 per cent of young sufferers.
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Scientists have shown that Myc suppresses the expression of the gene BASP1. This evidence prompted them to test the effect of BASP1 on the oncogene.
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A team of researchers has identified and mapped 55,000 enhancers, short regions of DNA that act to enhance or boost the expression of genes.
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Researchers report finding nearly 100 genes that support the replication of HCV and show that blocking several of them can suppress viral replication in cultured cells.
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One of the small regulatory molecules, named microRNA-125b, is a novel regulator of p53, an important protein that safeguards cells against cancers
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Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women, according to a new study.
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New evidence shows that drinking alcohol is the greatest risk factor for acetaldehyde-related cancer. Heavy drinkers may be at increased risk due to exposure from multiple sources.
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Researchers discovered that the captured visual information is stored as a series of locations or action plans to reach those locations.
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Alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales are twice as high among people born in Scotland or Ireland compared with the rest of the population, a study has shown.
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During the course of an infection E. coli infest the intestinal mucosa, causing injury in the process, in contrast to benign bacteria.
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A new study looks at our impaired ability to recognise faces in photographic negatives and suggests that the answer might lie in the brain's reliance on a certain kind of image feature.
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Researchers have engineered transplantable living nerve tissue that encourages and guides regeneration in an animal model.
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Scientists created a surface material on which they could manipulate and confine biofilm growth four times longer than current technologies.
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Scientists have developed an onsite method to quickly diagnose tuberculosis and expose the deadly drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that can mingle undetected with treatable strains.
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Researchers have discovered an increased pattern of brain activity in the amygdalas of adults with autism that may be linked to the social deficits that typically are associated with the disorder.
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An international team reports a paradigm shift in the regulation of immune response. Their results show that interaction with a linear ubiquitin chain is crucial for nuclear factor kappa B activation.
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Researchers have discovered the origins of nanorod diameter, demonstrating that the competition and collaboration among various mechanisms of atomic transport hold the key to nanorod size.
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Is it possible to discern the evolutionary history of an organism by looking at its protein composition? A researcher spoke with the Scientist Live Audio Mailbag and answered questions sent in by the readers.
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