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New technique reduces tobacco smoke damage to lungs in mice

In Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. - Posted 11 hours ago

Researchers in Australia have demonstrated that blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice. In...

Tags: disease protein

Glimmer of hope : A Tasmanian devil colony displays possible immunity to deadly facial tumor disease

In Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. - Posted 22 hours ago

Nearly 70 percent of the world's Tasmanian devils ( Sarcophilus harrisii ) have been killed in the past 10 years by an infectious cancer called devil ...

Tags: disease

Strategies increase health-care worker vaccination rates -- protecting patients

In Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. - Posted 1 day ago

Atlanta, Ga. (March 17, 2010)?Healthcare personnel influenza immunization rates have remained low, despite recommendations from the Centers for Diseas...

Tags: disease health

Stem Cells Versus Aging, Fountain of Youth (BTIM, GERN, ACTC)

In BioHealth Investor - Posted 1 day ago

How many movies and legends are based upon eternal youth? Hundreds or thousands for sure. BioTime, Inc. (NYSE Amex: BTIM) is seeing a massive surg...

Tags: biotechnology disease

Beta-Amyloid: An Antibiotic?

In In the Pipeline - Posted 2 days ago

Now here's something that I don't think anyone expected. A recent paper in PLoS One makes the case that beta-amyloid, the protein that has been finger...

Tags: disease protein

Cellular pathway could provide evidence of how cancer and obesity are linked

In Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. - Posted 2 days ago

The link between obesity and disease has been well documented. There's evidence now that obesity and cancer have a strong link, as they've shown in th...

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Mayo Clinic study on how to minimize radiation risks of angioplasty shows highest doses in men

In Science Blog - Think. It's not illegal yet. - Posted 2 days ago

ATLANTA - Body size, gender and the complexity of heart disease significantly influence how much cumulative radiation skin dose that patients receive ...

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Antimony, x-rays, childhood obesity

In Sciencebase Science Blog - Posted 3 days ago

Science news links for March 12-15, including the latest on my SpectroscopyNOW.com column:Feverish New World X-ray X-ray crystallography has allow...

Tags: disease hydrogen

Tricor's Troubles

In In the Pipeline - Posted 3 days ago

It's easy to lose sight of what a drug is supposed to do. Many conditions come on so slowly that we have to use blood chemistry or other markers to se...

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Intermune Rounds Final Corner in Lung Disease Treatment Approval

In SeekingAlpha Biotech Stocks - Posted 3 days ago

Nobody knows exactly how Intermune's (ITMN) lung-disease treatment works. But that didn't stop investors from sending the company's shares soaring Mar...

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