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Biochip Mimics the Body To Reveal Toxicity of Industrial Compounds

A new biochip technology could eliminate animal testing in the chemicals and cosmetics industries, and drastically curtail its use in the development of new pharmaceuticals, according to new findings from a team of researchers.
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Herbal extract found to increase lifespan

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Life sciences news // 04 December, 2007 11:12:32
 The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan of fruit fly populations, according to a University of California, Irvine study.

Intermediate Cellular Transport Gains Clarity

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Life sciences news // 30 November, 2007 12:12:18
 A group of Purdue University researchers has captured a key step in the metabolic process that allows materials, such as nutrients and drug treatments, to move in and out of cells.

UCLA mathematician works to make virtual surgery a reality

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Life sciences news // 27 November, 2007 08:11:27
 A surgeon accidently kills a patient, undoes the error and starts over again. Can mathematics make such science fiction a reality?

Novel MRI Technique Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs

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Life sciences news // 25 November, 2007 02:11:01
 For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke.

UW-Madison scientists guide human skin cells to embryonic state

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Life sciences news // 19 November, 2007 02:11:04
 In a paper to be published Nov. 22 in the online edition of the journal Science, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers reports the genetic reprogramming of human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells.

Mobile Microbes: Viruses Living in Yellowstone's Hot Springs Travel Near and Far

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Life sciences news // 16 November, 2007 06:11:29
 Viruses living in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park (YNP) are surprisingly mobile--migrating between Yellowstone hot springs and possibly even reaching worldwide locations, according to a new study. The discovery of the mobility of these extremophiles adds an important new dimension to a growing body of evidence of the ability of viruses, which are the largest reservoir of genetic material on Earth, to move independently of their hosts.

Citrus juice, vitamin C give staying power to green tea antioxidants

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Life sciences news // 12 November, 2007 05:11:46
 A study found that citrus juices enable more of green tea's unique antioxidants to remain after simulated digestion, making the pairing even healthier than previously thought.

"Mighty Mice" Made Mightier

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Life sciences news // 05 November, 2007 07:11:49
 The Johns Hopkins scientist who first showed that the absence of the protein myostatin leads to oversized muscles in mice and men has now found a second protein, follistatin, whose overproduction in mice lacking myostatin doubles the muscle-building effect.

Radio Waves Fire Up Nanotubes Embedded in Tumors, Destroying Liver Cancer

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Life sciences news // 01 November, 2007 11:11:25
 Cancer cells treated with carbon nanotubes can be destroyed by non-invasive radio waves that heat up the nanotubes while sparing untreated tissue, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Rice University has shown in preclinical experiments.

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