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Researchers are retracting a highly-cited 2004 Science paper describing a new way of adding sugars to proteins -- a longstanding challenge in molecular biology -- citing their ... Click to continue
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Despite the slew of failures in the past, the most recent $105 million HIV vaccine study among 16,000 Thai volunteers is the first to show any (albeit modest) success.
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[Entry posted at 25th November 2009 07:00 PM GMT]
A new type of cancer vaccine tested in mice appears to overcome some of the major hurdles associated with the treatment approach, according to a paper published today (November 25) in Science Translational Medicine.
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Scientists have found a new way to manipulate the direction of snail shell coiling, altering the animal's left-right asymmetry. The research, published online today (November 25) ... Click to continue
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Are phony academic conferences the new Nigerian princes of the internet?
An email inviting recipients to a conference on human welfare and the global economy, said to be taking place in January and February of next year and featuring talks by some ... Click to continue
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At the World Summit on Food Security in Rome last week, hosted by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, global leaders, not surprisingly, called for additional aid to improve farming systems and help in mitigating the effects of climate change ... Click to continue
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"Survival of the fittest does not mean survival of the strongest, but survival of those that best fit their environment," croons Brett Keyser, on the streets of Philadelphia, dulcet tones ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 19th November 2009 08:28 PM GMT]
The lifeblood of theatre pulses with love, hardship, and self-discovery. But with science... not so much. Laboratory-borne concepts, scientific jargon, and nitty-gritty details can sometimes seem impossible to translate into art, especially on the ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 19th November 2009 07:00 PM GMT]
Researchers may have finally answered the question of why many antibodies that target the HIV envelope are still unable to stop the virus from spreading -- a troublesome stumbling block in the protracted search for an effective vaccine.
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[Entry posted at 19th November 2009 03:00 PM GMT]
A second company has requested permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a human clinical trial using embryonic stem cells.
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[Entry posted at 18th November 2009 08:03 PM GMT]
Boosting levels of a neurotransmitter in the brain may reverse some of the cognitive abnormalities that characterize Down syndrome, according to a study, published online today (November 18) in Science Translational Medicine, conducted in a mouse ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 17th November 2009 06:37 PM GMT]
The government agency tasked with funding crucial life science research needs to focus more attention on ethical quandaries and nefarious business practices that often obscure the path from discovery to public benefit, says a strongly worded ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 17th November 2009 06:27 PM GMT]
National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins today (November 17) announced a successor to fill his vacant post as head of NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 17th November 2009 03:58 PM GMT]
Did patients in a failed HIV vaccine trial halted in 2007 become more susceptible to the virus due to the adenoviral vector used to deliver the experimental vaccine? Researchers have speculated this may have been the case, and a new study proposes a ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 17th November 2009 03:40 PM GMT]
Iceland-based genomics pioneer deCODE announced this morning (November 17) that it has filed for bankruptcy. It will sell some of its holdings, but plans to continue operating its business and ... Click to continue
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European clinical trial guidelines meant to make trials safer and more efficient are actually slowing down studies that could help patients, and even dissuading researchers from launching trials at all, according to an opinion published online today ... Click to continue
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China took on a new role in African science last weekend (November 8), announcing plans to promote research in agriculture, medicine, and clean energy as part of its $10 billion investment in the region.
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[Entry posted at 13th November 2009 03:31 PM GMT]
On a recent Monday night at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, four bands took to the stage to determine who ruled rock. But manning the mics, guitars, and drums weren't your typical hipsters -- the members of these bands were students and ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 12th November 2009 04:10 PM GMT]
Judging by the stream of studies in the last few months, it seems the field of gene therapy is beginning to replace its troubled history with the beginnings of a promising future.
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[Entry posted at 11th November 2009 06:15 PM GMT]
Scientists have developed a new drug that blocks a transcription factor -- previously thought to be un-blockable -- that has been causally linked to leukemia and several other cancers of the lungs, ovaries, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract, they ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 11th November 2009 04:35 PM GMT]
The pressures of family obligations and child-rearing are pushing young female researchers out of science, according to a new study released this month by the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank based in Washington, DC. ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 10th November 2009 04:07 PM GMT]
This year has been a busy one for Big Pharma: Billion dollar legal settlements, game-changing mergers, and labor cutbacks of epic proportions have kept the industry (and industry watchers) off balance for much of 2009.
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[Entry posted at 9th November 2009 04:16 PM GMT]
Paul Zamecnik, a Lasker award-winning biologist who co-discovered transfer RNA, died late last month at the age of 96. Zamecnik died at his Boston home after battling cancer.
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[Entry posted at 8th November 2009 06:00 PM GMT]
Scientists have figured out how stress experienced early in life can cause long-lasting changes in physiology and behavior -- via epigenetics.
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[Entry posted at 5th November 2009 08:31 PM GMT]
What started as a creative idea for a video contest about nanotechnology is now growing into a full-fledged science music video production team. Composed of four University of California, Berkley, students and one alumnus, ... Click to continue
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Nanoparticles can damage DNA even in cells that are not directly exposed to them, according to an in vitro study published online today (November 5) in Nature Nanotechnology -- raising further questions about the safety of nanomaterials used in ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 4th November 2009 06:03 PM GMT]
Researchers for the first time have tracked the specific genetic mutations -- occurring over just a few generations -- that allow bacteria to respond to environmental changes, they report online in Nature today (November 4).
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[Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 06:54 PM GMT]
California's stem cell funding agency giveth and it taketh away: Just last week, the agency awarded more than $250 million to stem cell researchers -- the largest research grant round in its five-year history -- but it also terminated three grants ... Click to continue
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Mildred Cohn, a renowned chemist who battled sexual discrimination for much of her career, died last month (October 12) at age 96, succumbing to pneumonia at a hospital in Philadelphia. Combining chemistry, biology, and physics, Cohn opened up new ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 03:37 PM GMT]
A four-year-old promise to create a $5 billion publically funded competitive granting agency in Nigeria -- which would be the second such agency in Africa -- was revived last month, but leading African scientists remain skeptical that the plan will ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 05:01 AM GMT]
The first-ever Phase III trial for a malaria vaccine has officially begun, with more than 5,000 African children already given the first round of malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S, researchers announced today (November 3) at a ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 3rd November 2009 12:43 AM GMT]
Ever spent days combing the internet for that one reagent or cell line that could take your research to the next level --- to no avail? A new effort, funded by a ... Click to continue
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[Entry posted at 2nd November 2009 03:31 PM GMT]
The Emory University psychiatry researcher who failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in pharmaceutical company payouts while receiving millions of dollars in funding from the National Institutes of Health to study the company's ... Click to continue
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