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Hacking Memory to Break Drug Addiction
Mardi 12 Août 2008 - 15:05 - 3 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American Using a chemical that blocks the creation of memories, scientists have prevented rats from using cocaine after they had become addicted to the drug. The hope is that doctors will one day be able to give humans some version of the chemical and stop cocaine addiction in its tracks. [More] |
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Does Herpes Cause Brain Cancer? [News]
Jeudi 03 Juillet 2008 - 08:00 - 4 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American Editor's Note: This story will be published in the next issue of Scientific American Mind.The deadliest and most common type of brain cancer has a strange bedfellow: cytomegalovirus, a kind of herpes present in about 80 percent of the U.S. population. Now scientists are exploiting this coincidence to treat the cancer with a vaccine that targets the virus and slows tumor regrowth. [More] |
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Can Bovine Growth Hormone Help Slow Global Warming? [News]
Mercredi 02 Juillet 2008 - 16:30 - 4 mois, 3 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - Scientific American Talk about milking an issue. Adding a new twist to the debate over the safety of hormones in milk, a new industry study concludes that injecting cows with a growth hormone known as recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) designed to increase their milk production is environmentally friendly. Why? Because it has the potential of reducing the number of greenhouse gas–emitting dairy cows on the planet without decreasing milk production. [More] |
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Dépistage de la trisomie 21 : vers un test sanguin unique
Mardi 07 Octobre 2008 - 05:07 - 1 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - Nouvel Observateur Sciences Des chercheurs ont réussi à mettre au point un test utilisant l’ADN fœtal en circulation dans le sang de la mère pour dépister la trisomie 21. |
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In Custody, in Pain
Dimanche 11 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 6 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) FLORENCE, Ariz. -- Underneath her baggy jail-issue pants, Yong Sun Harvill feels the soft lump just below her left knee. Sometimes it tingles. Sometimes it is numb. Like her cancer felt when it arrived behind the knee a few years ago. |
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A Debunking on Teenagers and 'Technical Virginity'
Lundi 19 Mai 2008 - 21:00 - 6 mois depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Contrary to widespread belief, teenagers do not appear to commonly engage in oral sex as a way to preserve their virginity, according to the first study to examine the question nationally. |
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Key Tomato Crop Approved
Mardi 10 Juin 2008 - 21:00 - 5 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) Federal food safety officials yesterday cleared Florida's latest tomato crop as safe to eat, a move that is likely to speed the return of tomatoes to many restaurants. |
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EARLY RELEASE: SLCO1B1 Variants and Statin-Induced Myopathy -- A Genomewide Study
Mercredi 23 Juillet 2008 - 07:00 - 4 mois depuis - 9 lectures - Presse spécialisée - New England Journal of Medicin Background Lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with statin therapy results in substantial reductions in cardiovascular events, and larger reductions in cholesterol may produce larger benefits. In rare cases, myopathy occurs in ... |
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FDA stresses birth defect risks with Roche drug
Vendredi 16 Mai 2008 - 13:56 - 6 mois, 1 semaine depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) WASHINGTON -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant women. |
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Pandemic Flu Threat Remains Substantial, Health Experts Say
Mardi 06 Mai 2008 - 13:27 - 6 mois, 2 semaines depuis - 9 lectures - Presse généraliste - The Washington Post (health) GENEVA -- The world still faces a substantial threat of a flu pandemic and countries need to speed up preparations for a global outbreak, health experts said Tuesday. |
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