Mind :: Nitric oxide gas on your mind
Scientists at the University of Leicester are to gain a greater insight into the workings of the human mind?through the study of a snail’s brain.
Body
Tumor :: Report calls for improved monoclonal antibodies against solid tumors
A new report by leading experts in monoclonal antibody research for oncology offers a conceptual framework for future research in the design of antibody therapies against solid tumors.
Breastfeeding :: New study shows epidural during birth may negatively affect breastfeeding
Epidurals given during labour and birth are associated with decreased rates of breastfeeding, both in the short and long term. A large study of Australian women, published today in the open access journal International Breastfeeding Journal, found that women who had epidurals during childbirth were more likely to have breastfeeding problems in the first week and to give up breastfeeding before six months, compared with women who had no analgesia.
DNA :: Evolution and the workaround
At the American Society for Cell Biology 2006 conference, scientists will describe new research indicating that both yeast and cancer cells evolve chromosome duplications to work around lethal stresses.
Malaria :: Genetic map offers new tool for malaria research
An international research team announced today the completion of a genome-wide map that charts the genetic variability of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.
HIV :: Malaria helping spread the AIDS virus across Africa
Malaria may be helping spread the AIDS virus across Africa, the continent hardest hit by the incurable disease. The way the two diseases interact greatly expands the prevalence of both among people in sub-Saharan Africa, a team of scientists said in a study in the journal Science.
Cornell robot discovers itself and adapts to injury
Cornell researchers have built a robot that works out its own model of itself and can revise the model to adapt to injury. First, it teaches itself to walk. Then, when damaged, it teaches itself to limp.
Immunity :: Researchers in Montreal and the US create model of key immune-system component
Researchers at Universit? de Montr?al, working with teams at Massachusetts General Hospital and Johns Hopkins University, have made a major breakthrough in understanding an essential aspect of the immune system.
Unusually stable glasses may benefit drugs, coatings
A new approach to making remarkably stable glassy materials from organic molecules, developed by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the NIST Center for Neutron Research, could lead to novel coatings and to improvements in drug delivery.
Cancer :: Britain warned that obesity epidemic will cause thousands more cases of cancer
Cancer Research UK today put Britain on a warning that the rising tide of obesity could result in as many as 12,000 cases of weight related cancer diagnosed annually by 2010.