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The New Mammogram Guidelines: What You Need to Know

Blanca Rubio performs a mammogram on a 65-year-old patient at Evanston Hospital in Evanston, Ill., on Oct. 16 Chicago Tribune / MCT / Landov If the brouhaha following a government advisory panel's recent change in...

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UAB Researchers Discover Antibody Receptor Identity, Propose Renaming Immune-System Gene

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have uncovered the genetic identity of a cellular receptor for the immune system's first-response antibody, a discovery that sheds new light on infection control and...

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Maize cell wall genes identified, giving boost to biofuel research

Purdue University scientists have helped identify and group the genes thought to be responsible for cell wall development in maize, an effort that expands their ability to discover ways to produce the biomass best suited for...

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On the Trail of a Vaccine for Lyme Disease: Yale Researchers Target Tick Saliva

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may spur development of a new...

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Researchers begin to decipher metabolism of sexual assault drug

It's a naturally occurring brain chemical with an unwieldy name: 4-hydroxybutyrate (4-HB). Taken by mouth, it can be abused or used as a date-rape drug. Now, a team of Ohio and Michigan scientists have determined new routes by...

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New findings suggest strategy to help generate HIV-neutralizing antibodies

New discoveries about anti-HIV antibodies may bring researchers a step closer to creating an effective HIV vaccine, according to a new paper co-authored by scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of...

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Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails (AP)

AP - The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama...

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Causative gene of a rare disorder discovered by sequencing only protein-coding regions of genome

For the first time, scientists have successfully used a method called exome sequencing to quickly discover a previously unknown gene responsible for a mendelian disorder. Mendelian disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle...

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Scientists unlock clues for tailoring corn plant for food, energy needs

Scientists have long known that the offspring of two inbred strains tend to be superior to both their parents. Now, a team of researchers including a University of Florida geneticist has discovered clues to why that might be...

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New research into the mechanisms of gene regulation

A team led by Penn State's Ross Hardison, T. Ming Chu Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has taken a large step toward unraveling how regulatory proteins control the production of gene products during development...

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