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Therapeutic cloning treats Parkinson's disease in mice |
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
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Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center (MSKCC) has shown that therapeutic cloning, also known as
somatic-cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), can be used to treat Parkinson’s
disease in mice. The study’s results are published in the March 23
online edition of the journal Nature Medicine.
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Evolution in a test tube...the birth of an enzyme |
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Monday, 24 March 2008 |
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Mankind triumphed in a recent 'competition' against nature when
scientists succeeded in creating a new type of enzyme for a reaction
for which no naturally occurring enzyme has evolved. This achievement
opens the door to the development of a variety of potential
applications in medicine and industry.
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Dime Sized Fan Can Cool Laptop |
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
Engineers harnessing the same physical property that drives silent
household air purifiers have created a miniaturized device that is now
ready for testing as a silent, ultra-thin, low-power and low
maintenance cooling system for laptop computers and other electronic
devices.
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Artificial Butter Causes Real Problems |
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Tuesday, 18 March 2008 |
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A new study shows that exposure to a chemical called diacetyl,
a component of artificial butter flavoring, can be harmful to the
nose and airways of mice. Scientists at the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National
Institutes of Health, conducted the study because diacetyl has
been implicated in causing obliterative bronchiolitis (OB) in humans.
OB is a debilitating but rare lung disease, which has been detected
recently in workers who inhale significant concentrations of the
flavoring in microwave popcorn packaging plants.
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