Posts Tagged ‘scientists’

March 4 2010

Scientists catalog zoo of bacteria inside our guts

The microbes that live in the human gut include this strain of bacteria, Enterococcus faecalis.The human gut is a virtual zoo, full of a wide variety of bacteria, a new study found. And scientists say that’s a good thing.






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February 20 2010

Scientists seek reform on U.N. climate reports

A steady drip of unsettling errors is exposing what scientists are calling “the weaker link” in the Nobel Peace Prize-winning series of international reports on global warming.



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February 10 2010

Genes Play Role in Prognosis With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers (HealthDay)

HealthDay – TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) — U.S. scientists have
discovered there are genetic profiles that play a part in prognosis with
non-small cell lung cancers, and those profiles differ depending on the
age and gender of the patient.



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January 29 2010

Scientists Decode Brain Cancer Cell Line (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) — The first complete genomic
sequencing of a brain cancer cell line has been performed by U.S.
scientists.



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January 20 2010

Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Half of Patients (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – Only half of depressed individuals who take antidepressants actually
get a mood lift. And now scientists think they know why: A study in
mice found receptors on certain brain cells essentially block the
effects of these medicines.



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December 3 2009

NIH authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy

The Obama administration on Wednesday approved the first human embryonic stem cells for experiments by federally funded scientists under a new policy designed to dramatically expand government support for one of the most promising but also most contentious fields of biomedical research.




November 23 2009

Why Kids Ask Why (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com – A child’s never-ending “why’s” aren’t meant to exasperate parents, scientists say. Rather, the kiddy queries are genuine attempts at getting at the truth, and tots respond better to some answers than others.



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