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Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they describe as a 'powerhouse' that drives runaway cell growth.

Preliminary research culled from a national medical insurance records database in Taiwan suggests that sudden loss of hearing might be an early sign of vulnerability to stroke, foreshadowing an actual cerebrovascular event by as much as two years, according to a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Severe brain injury due to blunt force trauma could be reduced by application of a simple polymer, Polyethylene glycol or PEG, mixed in sterile water and injected into the blood stream - as reported in BioMed Central's Journal of Biological Engineering. Andrew Koob and Richard Borgens from Purdue University, Indiana, performed experiments in rats which showed that PEG was effective in limiting damage if administered within four hours after the head injury.

Harley Medical Group reports abdomnoplasty boom amongst women despite the credit crunch

Ardea Biosciences, Inc. today announced additional positive results from its completed Phase 2a proof-of-concept monotherapy study of RDEA806, its novel investigational non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase ...

Hong Kong - health authorities were urgently trying to track down more than 300 people who may have been in contact with a teacher who died of tuberculosis, a media report said Sunday. Officials in both Hong Kong and Britain are trying to trace the p...

Reports. The latest survey shows that 20% of kids between the ages of 13 and 17 light up, a figure that has generally held steady since 2003. It remains a marked improvement from the figure of 36.4% n...

Homosexual behaviour is largely shaped by genetics and random environmental factors, according to findings from the world's largest study of twins.Writing in the scientific journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, researchers from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm report that genetics and environmental factors (which are specific to an individual, and may include biological processes such as different hormone exposure in the womb), are important determinants of homosexual behaviour.read more

(New York University) The cognitive strategies humans use to regulate emotions can determine both neurological and physiological responses to potential rewards, a team of New York University and Rutgers University neuroscientists has discovered. The findings, reported in the most recent issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience, shed light on how the regulation of emotions may influence decision making.

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAPP) presented data from an in-vitro study evaluating receptor pharmacology of MAP0004, orally inhaled dihydroergotamine (DHE) for the potential treatment of migraine, compared to intravenous (IV) DHE. The study results were among six posters relating to the MAP0004 program that the Company presented at the American Headache Society 50th Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA.