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• Looking at retinal cells may provide new approach to assessing anesthetic neurotoxicity in children

  17-10-2015 21:25
  Could looking at the eyes provide a new way of studying how anesthesia affects the developing brain? The retinas of immature mice exposed to one widely used general anesthetic show evidence of "programmed cell death," or apoptosis, reports a study.
  
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• Discovery opens door to new strategy for cancer immunotherapy

  17-10-2015 21:23
  Scientists raise the prospect of cancer therapy that works by converting a tumor's best friends in the immune system into its gravest enemies. The team has uncovered a mechanism that allows key immune system cells to keep a steady rein on their more belligerent brother cells, thereby protecting normal, healthy tissue from assault. The discovery has powerful implications for cancer immunotherapy, researchers say.
  
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• Dates for cataclysms on early moon, Earth questioned

  17-10-2015 21:23
  A study of zircons from a gigantic meteorite impact in South Africa casts doubt on the methods used to date lunar impacts.
  
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• Study finds mechanisms of early insulin treatment for diabetes may produce better outcomes

  17-10-2015 21:22
  A pilot study of 23 adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes found early insulin therapy to be as effective as 15 months of oral therapy and may improve the body's ability to produce insulin.
  
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• Sniffing and gasping can prevent fainting

  17-10-2015 21:22
  Sniffing and gasping can prevent fainting, reveals new research.
  
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• Researchers use neuroimaging to explore reading deficits after left stroke

  17-10-2015 21:22
  Researchers correlated neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with subacute left hemispheric stroke. Findings add to knowledge of neural mechanisms of reading and may be useful in developing reading interventions that address specific neurological deficits.
  
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• Pacemakers identify atrial fibrillation and enable initiation of stroke prevention

  17-10-2015 21:22
  Pacemakers identify atrial fibrillation and enable initiation of anticoagulation to prevent strokes, according to new research.
  
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• New research focused on cell signaling mechanism linked to obesity

  17-10-2015 21:22
  A mechanism has been identified for blocking the signal by which the cellular sodium-potassium pump amplifies oxidants (reactive oxygen species). These oxidants lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome.
  
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• Childhood infections associated with increased risk of early heart attack

  17-10-2015 21:22
  Infections in childhood are associated with an increased risk of early heart attacks, according to new research. Unhealthy lifestyles in adulthood appear to compound the risk of early heart attack.
  
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• Cancer drug improved cognition, motor skills in small Parkinson's clinical trial

  17-10-2015 21:22
  An FDA-approved drug for leukemia improved cognition, motor skills and non-motor function in patients with Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia in a small phase I clinical trial, report researchers. In addition, the drug, nilotinib (Tasigna by Novartis), led to statistically significant and encouraging changes in toxic proteins linked to disease progression (biomarkers).
  
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• Camels test positive for respiratory virus in Kenya

  17-10-2015 21:22
  Nearly half of camels in parts of Kenya have been infected by the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, a new study shows, and experts have given calls now for further research into the role they might play in the transmission of this emerging disease to humans.
  
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• Man's Fatal Rabies Mimicked Drug Side Effect

  17-10-2015 18:42
  
  When a man in Missouri contracted rabies, his symptoms mimicked those of a serious drug reaction, making it hard for doctors to figure out the real cause of his illness until it was too late. The case shows that "human rabies is a fatal disease, and we need to think out of the box" to diagnose the condition, said Dr. Bhavana Chinnakotla, a medical resident at the University of Missouri, who treated the patient. Doctors thought he had muscle and joint pain, and gave him a muscle relaxant called c
  
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• High-Stress Jobs May Raise Stroke Risk

  17-10-2015 18:34
  
  People who have high-stress jobs may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a new analysis of previous research. In their analysis, researchers looked at six studies that involved a total of nearly 140,000 people ages 18 to 75, and examined the relationship between work stress and people's risk of stroke. The researchers found that people who had high-stress jobs were 22 percent more likely to experience a stroke than those who had low-stress jobs.
  
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• Turkey would shoot down planes violating its air space - PM

  17-10-2015 18:15
  
  Turkey would not hesitate to shoot down planes violating its air space, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday, a day after the NATO member shot down an unidentified drone near its border with Syria. Syrian, Russian and U.S. coalition aircraft are flying combat missions near Turkey's borders as part of the Syrian civil war. The drone incident highlights the danger that Turkey, with the second largest army in NATO, could be drawn into a military confrontation.
  
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• Oldest Draft of King James Bible Discovered, Historian Says

  17-10-2015 14:44
  
  The King James Bible, the most widely read book in the English language — from which phrases like "a man after his own heart" emerged — is as storied as it is elusive. Now, a historian claims to have found the oldest known draft of the Christian text, written in messy script, in an obscure archive at the University of Cambridge. The manuscript was hidden among the papers of Samuel Ward, one of the men commissioned by King James I to translate a new version of the Christian
  
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• Kerry: Climate change, food security key to global stability

  17-10-2015 14:03
  
  MILAN, Italy (AP) — The stability of the world is directly linked to climate change and its impact on food security for billions of people, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday.
  
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• Another Controversy for the "Female Viagra"?

  17-10-2015 14:00 via rss.sciam.com
  
  The new libido pill will likely lure users for whom it was not approved: women taking antidepressants
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• An amusing romp through word histories

  17-10-2015 14:00
  
  From ak to wid, a new book makes etymology fun.
  
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• Agricultural research 'needs women'

  17-10-2015 10:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Policy and business leaders use a major food conference to highlight the need for more women in the global agriculture sector.
  
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• Apple ordered to pay huge damages

  17-10-2015 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US jury orders technology giant Apple to pay more than $234m in damages for patent infringement to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  
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• Solar Pioneer John Wesley Miller receives Lasting Legacy Award

  17-10-2015 06:00
  
  (University of Arizona College of Engineering) John Wesley Miller, 82, has received the 2015 Lasting Legacy Award for housing innovations from the Department of Energy. He is only the second recipient of the award. An alumnus of the University of Arizona College of Engineering, he was one of the first builders of solar-powered homes. His high-profile projects include constructing the UA's Biosphere 2 research facility and Tucson's Armory Park del Sol housing subdivision with nearly 100 highly en
  
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• New research offers first clinical evidence on the mental health toll of human trafficking

  17-10-2015 06:00
  
  (King's College London) A new study by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London provides the first clinical evidence on the toll human trafficking has on mental health, including high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, amongst a patient population in South London.
  
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• Threatened sea duck may be reintroduced in southwest Alaska

  17-10-2015 02:16
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A colorful, threatened sea duck whose numbers plummeted in Alaska may be reintroduced to the southwest corner of the state.
  
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• Workers 'turning up an hour early to get a parking spot'

  17-10-2015 01:16
  
  More than one in seven car commuters may be giving their employer an extra hour of unpaid work every day because they arrive early to secure a space, according to new research.
  
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• US curbs Arctic offshore drilling

  17-10-2015 00:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US announces new curbs on oil and gas exploration off Alaska's northern coast, after Shell stopped its Arctic operation there.
  
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