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As mobile phone use rises, possibility of unseen biological impact is quietly troubling

Cell biologists are of two minds about the possible biological effects of mobile phone radiation. In the mid-1990s, studies describing possible pathological effects on tissues bombarded with low-level radio frequencies (RF) were first featured in the popular press and then discredited by scientists.

4 Dec 2004

Autophagy is also cell's second line of defense against invading pathogens such as strep

Cells give up their secrets slowly. Just when you think that all major cellular systems are understood, along comes a surprise. The latest is about autophagy, a major pathway for degrading and recycling within cells.

4 Dec 2004

A gallery of highly-specific, gene and protein “mug shots” of cancer types would be a powerful for oncologists

Doctors would like to diagnose malignancies rapidly by matching them with highly-specific genetic “mug shots” based on the presence of characteristic mRNAs or proteins. This kind of specificity would facilitate screening and early detection, and would potentially allow targeted treatments specific to each type of cancer

4 Dec 2004

Herpes virus offers new hope in search for cure for cancer

In laboratory studies at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, researchers have successfully treated the most common malignant abdominal tumor of childhood: neuroblastoma tumors.

4 Dec 2004

Research raises question on shark cartilage use as an anti-cancer treatment

The rising popularity of shark cartilage extract as an anti-cancer treatment is a triumph of marketing and pseudoscience over reason, with a tragic fallout for both sharks and humans, according to a Johns Hopkins biologist writing in the Dec. 1 issue of Cancer Research.

4 Dec 2004

Heart researchers have used gene therapy to bring failing rat hearts back to normal

Scientists led by Walter Koch, Ph.D., director of the Center for Translational Medicine in the Department of Medicine in Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, used a virus to insert the gene for a protein called S100A1 into failing rat hearts.

4 Dec 2004

New noninvasive technique allows for early detection of chemotherapy treatment response

Scientists at the Arizona Cancer Center have developed an approach that will allow them to detect if cancer patients are responding within days after they start a new chemotherapy regimen.

4 Dec 2004

Does quitting smoking really make you gain weight?

If your New Year's resolution is to quit smoking, conventional wisdom says you'll probably put on five or 10 pounds.

4 Dec 2004

Good oil in walnuts helps diabetes patients

People developing Type 2 Diabetes know they need more than an apple a day to keep the doctor away. But a handful of walnuts might help.

4 Dec 2004

DNA provides key to successful quitting smoking

Smokers who want to quit now have up to nine times greater chance of doing so, thanks to new DNA testing launched today by Oxford University’s newest spin-out, G-Nostics.

4 Dec 2004

People could be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from breathing air from swine feeding facilities

People could be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from breathing the air from concentrated swine feeding facilities, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

4 Dec 2004

Natural honey-bee products may have applications in cancer treatment

Natural honey-bee products such as propolis, royal jelly, caffeic acid, honey and venom may have applications in cancer treatment and prevention, say Croatian researchers in Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture this month.

3 Dec 2004

Method for healing spinal injuries in dogs offers hope for preventing human paralysis

Lab tests have shown that an injection of a liquid polymer known as polyethylene glycol (PEG), if administered within 72 hours of serious spinal injury, can prevent most dogs from suffering permanent spinal damage.

3 Dec 2004

Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may one day allow paralyzed people to walk again

In a collaboration that blends biology and robotics, researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland are unraveling the circuitry in an eel's spinal cord to help develop a microchip implant that may someday help paralyzed people walk again.

3 Dec 2004

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As mobile phone use rises, possibility of unseen biological impact is quietly troubling

Autophagy is also cell's second line of defense against invading pathogens such as strep

A gallery of highly-specific, gene and protein “mug shots” of cancer types would be a powerful for oncologists

Herpes virus offers new hope in search for cure for cancer

Research raises question on shark cartilage use as an anti-cancer treatment

Heart researchers have used gene therapy to bring failing rat hearts back to normal

New noninvasive technique allows for early detection of chemotherapy treatment response

Does quitting smoking really make you gain weight?

Good oil in walnuts helps diabetes patients

DNA provides key to successful quitting smoking

People could be exposed to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from breathing air from swine feeding facilities

Natural honey-bee products may have applications in cancer treatment

Method for healing spinal injuries in dogs offers hope for preventing human paralysis

Replicating an eel's nerve circuitry may one day allow paralyzed people to walk again

Important step in understanding why some of us can eat fatty foods and not suffer from cardiac disease

Researchers develop method to better measure people's quality of life

Red meat consumption is an independent risk factor in the development of inflammatory arthritis

3D MDCT accurate for imaging liver arteries

Smoking habits during pregnancy may cause genetic instability in the foetus

Drinking water could help people suffering from low blood pressure who faint while standing

How can microdialysis benefit drug development

Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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