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Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) is effective in the detection of cancers not found on mammograms or by clinical exam, according to a study.
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Scientists have described a technique for looking more precisely at a fundamental step of a cell's life - a gene, DNA, being read into a message, mRNA.
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Converting forests or fields to biofuel crops can increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, depending on where - and which - biofuel crops are used.
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Rather than infer that nanotechnology is safe, members of the public who learn about this novel science tend to become sharply polarised along cultural lines, according to a study.
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Quantum dots, tiny luminescent particles made of semiconductors, hold promise for detecting and treating cancer earlier.
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Physicists have taken a significant step toward creation of quantum networks by establishing a new record for the length of time that quantum information can be stored in and retrieved from an ensemble of very cold atoms.
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A team of researchers have discovered an important new mechanism with which cells can detect nutrients.
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By using CT scans, the scientists were able to develop 3-D images of the dinosaur skulls that show a clearer picture of the physiology of the airways.
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Researchers connected to the University of Antwerp have developed a new method that enables them to track down the cause of hereditary diseases more quickly and efficiently.
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Researchers at the University of Warwick have discovered high doses of thiamine - vitamin B1 - can reverse the onset of early diabetic kidney disease.
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A drug commonly used to treat epilepsy could help clear the plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, according to researchers at the University of Leeds.
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A recent study revealed that the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate provides both infants and young children with significant protection against malaria.
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Researchers are closer to understanding why certain chronic myeloid leukaemia mutations are not stopped by the revolutionary targeted cancer pill, Gleevec, or similar therapies in that drug family.
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Researchers discovered a colour difference in an analysis of dozens of faces. They determined that men tend to have more reddish skin and greenish skin is more common for women.
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A study suggests that selenium, a trace mineral found in grains, nuts and meats, may aid in the prevention of high-risk bladder cancer.
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Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps in the risk of diabetes.
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The results of a new U.K.-U.S. study show that ordinary people in both countries hold very positive views of nanotechnologies.
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Research shows that smokers who carry a particular version of a gene may suffer from concentration problems and other cognitive deficits when abstaining from nicotine.
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Researchers have identified a region on the human genome that appears to determine how strongly drinkers feel the effects of alcohol and thus how prone they are to alcohol abuse.
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Research shows that depression symptoms worsen in PPD patients when their quality of sleep declines. Sleep deprivation can hamper a mother's ability to care for her infant.
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