Volume 9, Number 2 January 11, 2010 Physical sciences Technology Life sciences Neuroscience, psychology, behavior Health and medicine

Physical sciences Extrasolar planets Black holes in merging galaxies Eta Carinae Pair-instability supernova Water on Mars Black holes Star forming regions Magellanic stream Solar corona Permeability of the asthenosphere Supernovae Epsilon Aurigae Pulsars Hubble galaxy portrait Hubble view of early galaxies Global warming Early universe simulation WISE telescope Dark matter Gamma-ray bursts Large Hadron Collider Earthquakes Zitterbewegung Dark energy Herschel view of early galaxies Milky Way magnetic field Planet system formation E8 symmetry in cobalt niobate Climate modeling Galactic tidal streams James Webb Space Telescope Small galaxies and dark matter Cosmic rays Neutrino experiments Chandra X-ray Observatory Paleoclimatology Enceladus Technology Nanotechnology Carbon nanotubes Grid computing Lab-on-a-chip Quantum computing Photonic integrated circuits Silicon nanowire transistors Superconductivity Life sciences Physical activity and telomeres Synthetic biochemistry Bacterial motility Polyadenylation proteins Production of short RNA Bacterial communication TLR4 and CD4+ T cells Sequential polyubiquitylation Modern human evolution Retroviruses and nuclear localization signals Epigenetics, mitosis, and MLL Earliest tetrapods Integration of virus genes in host DNA Sperm epigenetics Sexual selection Dolphin intelligence Myxococcus xanthus RNA shape Selective evolutionary pressure in the human genome DNA replication KATP channels and metabolism Seafaring hominins Origins of life Neanderthals Evolution and disease Foreign DNA clearing MicroRNA Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior Autism Schizophrenia Genes and compulsive behavior Antidepressants Speech and gesture Bipolar disorder Effect of cocaine on gene expression Brain-imaging studies Sonic hedgehog and guidance of retinal axons Nervous system encoding of limb motion Dopamine and decision making Health and medicine Cancer Obesity Diabetes AIDS Nanobiotechnology Cancer stem cells Vitamin C and aging Reactive oxygen species, mitochondria, and muscle atrophy Antibiotics Inflammatory bowel disease Alzheimer's disease Hepatitis C Stem cells Psoriasis Cardiovascular disease Cancer biology Asthma Adrenergic receptors and drug discovery Tuberculosis Gene therapy Cognitive impairment Ankylosing spondylitis

Physical sciences

Extrasolar planets

1. January 4, 2010 - NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Discovers its First Five Exoplanets - also here, here, here, here
2. January 4, 2010 - Kepler's First Exoplanet Results
3. January 4, 2010 - Kepler space telescope finds its first extrasolar planets
4. January 4, 2010 - Five New Planets Found; Hotter Than Molten Lava
5. January 4, 2010 - New Exoplanet Hunter Makes First 5 Discoveries
6. January 4, 2010 - Five New Exoplanets Run the Gamut From Styrofoam to Ice
7. January 4, 2010 - Kepler Planet-Hunting Mission Finds 5 New Lightweight Worlds
8. January 4, 2010 - NASA's Kepler spots 5 planets in its first 6 weeks of data
9. January 4, 2010 - Nasa's Kepler planet-hunter detects five worlds
10. January 4, 2010 - Kepler Spacecraft Spots 5 New Exoplanets
11. January 5, 2010 - Kepler finds its first planets
12. January 5, 2010 - Kepler telescope finds five new exoplanets
13. January 5, 2010 - In All The Galaxy, Just 15 Percent Of Solar Systems Are Like Ours - also here, here
14. January 5, 2010 - Plenty of Solar Systems Like Ours Expected
15. January 5, 2010 - Kepler unveils its first five exoplanets
16. January 5, 2010 - Planet-Hunting Telescope Unearths Hot Mysteries
17. January 6, 2010 - Most earthlike exoplanet started out as a gas giant - also here
18. January 6, 2010 - First Earth-like planet spotted outside solar system likely a volcanic wasteland - also here, here
19. January 6, 2010 - Alien World a Volcanic Nightmare
20. January 6, 2010 - Follow-Up Observations Highlight Uncertainties in Exoplanet Research
21. January 7, 2010 - Distant Planet is Second Smallest Super-Earth
22. January 7, 2010 - Super-Earth 'began as gas giant'
23. January 7, 2010 - Astronomers: We could find Earth-like planets soon
24. January 8, 2010 - Astronomers spot 'super-Earth' 80 light years away
25. January 8, 2010 - Second smallest exoplanet found to date discovered at Keck
26. January 8, 2010 - An embarrassment of Kepler riches, planetary and otherwise
27. January 8, 2010 - Our Solar System May Have Millions of "Twins"
28. January 11, 2010 - 'Earth-like' exoplanet is intensely volcanic
29. January 11, 2010 - Far-out rocky planet is volcanic wasteland

Black holes in merging galaxies

1. January 4, 2010 - Plenty of black holes do-si-do - also here
2. January 4, 2010 - Black Holes Pair Up For Double Whammy
3. January 4, 2010 - Astronomers discover waltzing black holes

Eta Carinae

1. January 4, 2010 - Parting Eta Carinae's clouds reveals more clouds
2. January 4, 2010 - Revealing the Explosive Heart of Eta Carinae

Pair-instability supernova

1. January 4, 2010 - Runaway anti-matter production makes for a spectacular stellar explosion - also here, here
2. January 5, 2010 - Outrageous new means of megastar demise spotted
3. January 7, 2010 - Another Antimatter Supernova Discovered
4. January 11, 2010 - Evidence for a new kind of stellar explosion 7 billion years ago - also here, here

Water on Mars

1. January 4, 2010 - Spectacular Mars images reveal evidence of ancient lakes - also here
2. January 4, 2010 - Mars' ancient lake beds spied by Nasa probe
3. January 5, 2010 - Ancient Mars Lakes Revealed in New Images
4. January 6, 2010 - Ancient Mars wetter than we thought
5. January 6, 2010 - Lakes on Mars a half-billion years later than expected

Black holes

1. January 4, 2010 - Massive Black Hole Implicated in Stellar Destruction - also here, here
2. January 5, 2010 - Black-Hole Bonanza
3. January 5, 2010 - Sagittarius A*: Peering Into The Heart of Darkness - also here
4. January 6, 2010 - Black Hole's Mysterious Eating Disorder Solved
5. January 8, 2010 - Supermassive black hole struggles to swallow Milky Way

Star forming regions

1. January 4, 2010 - Flaring Young Stars
2. January 5, 2010 - Galaxy Exposes Its Dusty Inner Workings in New Spitzer Image - also here
3. January 5, 2010 - Whole Life Cycle of Stars Revealed in New Image

Magellanic stream

1. January 4, 2010 - Giant intergalactic gas stream longer than thought - also here

Solar corona

1. January 4, 2010 - Eclipses Yield First Images of Elusive Iron Line in Solar Corona - also here, here

Permeability of the asthenosphere

1. January 4, 2010 - Melt Rises to Earth's Surface Up to 25 Times Faster Than Previously Assumed

Supernovae

1. January 4, 2010 - Explosive Nearby Star Could Threaten Earth
2. January 5, 2010 - Will the long overdue recurrent nova T Pyxidis soon be a type Ia supernova?
3. January 7, 2010 - Massive white dwarf in our galaxy may go supernova
4. January 7, 2010 - Why Won't the Supernova Explode?
5. January 7, 2010 - Astronomers simulate how white dwarf stars merge and become a supernova - also here

Epsilon Aurigae

1. January 5, 2010 - Big News in Epsilon Aurigae Mystery
2. January 5, 2010 - Yearlong Star Eclipse May Help Solve Space Mystery
3. January 5, 2010 - Centuries-Old Star Mystery Coming to a Close - also here
4. January 5, 2010 - 2010: The year of the baffling eclipse

Pulsars

1. January 5, 2010 - Astronomers Get New Tools for Gravitational-Wave Detection - also here, here, here
2. January 5, 2010 - Fermi large area telescope points the way to new millisecond pulsars
3. January 5, 2010 - Strange Spinning Stars Could Help Prove Einstein Prediction
4. January 6, 2010 - Astronomers are finding millisecond pulsars faster than ever
5. January 6, 2010 - A "Treasure Map" of Millisecond Pulsars
6. January 6, 2010 - Pulsars Help in Search for Gravitational Waves
7. January 7, 2010 - New pulsars could net gravitational waves

Hubble galaxy portrait

1. January 5, 2010 - Hubble goes deep and wide for new view of galaxies
2. January 5, 2010 - Hubble Spies Most Distant, Early Galaxies Yet
3. January 6, 2010 - Galaxy History Revealed in This Colorful Hubble View - also here
4. January 7, 2010 - New Panchromatic Capabilities of Hubble Reveal Unprecedented View of Universe

Hubble view of early galaxies

1. January 5, 2010 - Earliest Known Galaxies Spied in Deep Hubble Picture
2. January 5, 2010 - Hubble Reaches the 'Undiscovered Country' of Primeval Galaxies - also here
3. January 5, 2010 - Hubble Telescope Shows Earliest Photo of Universe
4. January 6, 2010 - Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2009 detects earliest galaxies

Global warming

1. January 5, 2010 - North America's Cooling Due to Natural Causes in 2008?
2. January 6, 2010 - Australia suffers hottest decade yet
3. January 6, 2010 - Tipping Elements in the Earth System: How Stable Is the Contemporary Environment?
4. January 6, 2010 - Methane release 'looks stronger'
5. January 6, 2010 - Experts: Cold snap doesn't disprove global warming
6. January 7, 2010 - Warmer Climate Could Stifle Carbon Uptake by Trees - also here, here, here

Early universe simulation

1. January 5, 2010 - New mathematical model aids Big Bang supercomputer research - also here

WISE telescope

1. January 5, 2010 - New Sky-mapping Observatory Sheds Lens Cap to Soak in Starlight
2. January 6, 2010 - WISE sees its first stars - also here
3. January 6, 2010 - WISE Eye Spies First Glimpse of the Starry Sky - also here, here
4. January 6, 2010 - New Sky-mapping Telescope Takes First Photo
5. January 7, 2010 - WISE Sees First Light

Dark matter

1. January 5, 2010 - A new form of matter? - also here
2. January 6, 2010 - Dark Halo Around Our Galaxy Looks Like Squished Beach Ball
3. January 6, 2010 - Astronomers map the shape of galactic dark matter
4. January 6, 2010 - Dark matter 'beach ball' unveiled
5. January 9, 2010 - Dark Matter and Dark Energy: New Results

Gamma-ray bursts

1. January 6, 2010 - Gamma-ray burst may reveal some of oldest dust in the universe

Large Hadron Collider

1. January 6, 2010 - Physicists beginning to see data from the Large Hadron Collider - also here, here, here
2. January 7, 2010 - What will the Large Hadron Collider reveal?

Earthquakes

1. January 6, 2010 - Floods linked to San Andreas quakes

Zitterbewegung

1. January 6, 2010 - Quivering ions pass quantum test
2. January 6, 2010 - Quantum simulation of a relativistic particle - also here
3. January 6, 2010 - Physicists catch sight of trembling particle

Dark energy

1. January 6, 2010 - Astronomers Detect Cosmic 'Dark Energy' in Galaxies Nearest Earth

Herschel view of early galaxies

1. January 6, 2010 - Astronomers unveil images of 12-billion-year-old space nursery - also here

Milky Way magnetic field

1. January 6, 2010 - Scientists reveal Milky Way's magnetic attraction - also here

Planet system formation

1. January 6, 2010 - Massive Stars: Good Targets for Planet Hunts, Bad Targets for SETI - also here
2. January 7, 2010 - How the Earth survived birth - also here, here
3. January 7, 2010 - How Earth Survived Its Birth
4. January 7, 2010 - Alien dust found around distant star
5. January 8, 2010 - Saving the Earth with dynamical simulations
6. January 12, 2010 - Alien Dust Kicked Up By Baby Planet Collisions

E₈ symmetry in cobalt niobate

1. January 7, 2010 - Golden ratio discovered in a quantum world - also here
2. January 7, 2010 - Symmetry found hidden in supercold atoms
3. January 8, 2010 - E8 symmetry spotted in ultracold magnet
4. January 18, 2010 - Exotic symmetry seen in ultracold electrons - also here

Climate modeling

1. January 7, 2010 - Southern Winds Help Stash Earth's Carbon Dioxide

Galactic tidal streams

1. January 7, 2010 - New tidal streams found in Andromeda reveal history of galactic mergers

James Webb Space Telescope

1. January 7, 2010 - Mirror Testing at NASA Breaks Superstitious Myths
2. January 7, 2010 - Cryogenic temperature testing

Small galaxies and dark matter

1. January 7, 2010 - Team Shines Cosmic Light on Missing Ordinary Matter - also here
2. January 8, 2010 - Missing matter mystery in small galaxies

Cosmic rays

1. January 8, 2010 - Fermi telescope closes in on mystery of cosmic ray acceleration - also here
2. February 15, 2010 - Mysterious Origin of Cosmic Rays Pinned Down
3. February 16, 2010 - Fermi Telescope Closes on Source of Cosmic Rays - also here

Neutrino experiments

1. January 8, 2010 - Neutrino data to flow in 2010; NOvA scientists tune design - also here

Chandra X-ray Observatory

1. January 8, 2010 - X-ray Space Telescope Gets Longer Lease on Life

Paleoclimatology

1. January 10, 2010 - Bering Strait influenced ice age climate patterns worldwide

Enceladus

1. January 10, 2010 - Enceladus's Mysterious Behavior May Be Transient
2. January 11, 2010 - Deep heat powers once-in-a-billion-year volcanoes on icy moon

Technology

Nanotechnology

1. January 4, 2010 - Scientists 'photograph' nano-particle self-assembly
2. January 6, 2010 - Nanodragsters hit the street: Scientists roll agile hot rod out of micro-garage
3. January 6, 2010 - 'Nanodragster' races toward the future of molecular machines - also here
4. January 7, 2010 - Technique 'prints' stable nanopatterns
5. January 7, 2010 - Nanoscience goes 'big': Discovery could lead to enhanced electronics - also here
6. January 11, 2010 - Nanodragsters hit the street
7. January 19, 2010 - World's Smallest Hot Rod Made Using Nanotechnology

Carbon nanotubes

1. January 4, 2010 - Using CNTs as infrared sensors

Grid computing

1. January 4, 2010 - Argonne streaming visualization sends images across the world
2. January 6, 2010 - The grid: a new way of doing science
3. January 13, 2010 - Dealing with a universe of data
4. January 29, 2010 - Supercomputer Breakthrough Allows Astronomers to Share Universe Simulations

Lab-on-a-chip

1. January 4, 2010 - Light-Generating Transistors to Power Labs on Chips

Quantum computing

1. January 5, 2010 - Quantum age edges closer
2. January 8, 2010 - Physicists Solve Difficult Classical Problem with One Quantum Bit
3. January 10, 2010 - Quantum computer calculates exact energy of molecular hydrogen - also here
4. January 11, 2010 - Quantum computers do chemistry
5. January 13, 2010 - Two-qubit quantum system used to model the hydrogen molecule
6. January 19, 2010 - Quantum computer takes on quantum chemistry
7. January 22, 2010 - Quantum computer simulates hydrogen molecule just right - also here

Photonic integrated circuits

1. January 5, 2010 - Will high-density PICs be the next big thing?

Silicon nanowire transistors

1. January 6, 2010 - Nanowires made of 'strained silicon' show how to keep increases in computer power coming

Superconductivity

1. January 7, 2010 - Electronic Liquid Crystal States Discovered in Parent of Iron-Based Superconductor
2. January 8, 2010 - Quantum fluctuations are key in superconductors - also here

Life sciences

Physical activity and telomeres

1. January 4, 2010 - Survival of the fittest: exercise 'can fight ageing'

Synthetic biochemistry

1. January 5, 2010 - Chemists crack complex compound

Bacterial motility

1. January 4, 2010 - A single atom controls motility required for bacterial infection - also here, here, here

Polyadenylation proteins

1. January 4, 2010 - Researchers pin down long-elusive protein that's essential to 'life as we know it' - also here

Production of short RNA

1. January 4, 2010 - Scientists determine how precursors of gene-regulating small RNAs are sorted by cellular machinery - also here

Bacterial communication

1. January 4, 2010 - Eavesdropping on bacterial conversations may improve chronic wound healing - also here

TLR4 and CD4+ T cells

1. January 4, 2010 - Dampening CD4+ Immune Cell Function Via the Protein TLR4

Sequential polyubiquitylation

1. January 4, 2010 - How Ubiquitin Chains Are Added to Cell-Cycle Proteins

Modern human evolution

1. January 5, 2010 - Ongoing evolution among modern humans
2. January 8, 2010 - 30,000-Year-Old Child's Teeth Shed New Light on Human Evolution

Retroviruses and nuclear localization signals

1. January 5, 2010 - A global breakthrough in the study of a protein linked to the spread of viruses - also here

Epigenetics, mitosis, and MLL

1. January 5, 2010 - Protein linked to leukemia 'bookmarks' highly active genes during cell division - also here

Earliest tetrapods

1. January 6, 2010 - Footprints could push back tetrapod origins
2. January 6, 2010 - Oldest Land-Walker Tracks Found--Pushes Back Evolution
3. January 6, 2010 - Tetrapods' old age revealed
4. January 6, 2010 - Discovery pushes back date of first four-legged animal
5. January 6, 2010 - Ancient Four-Legged Beasts Leave Their Mark
6. January 6, 2010 - Fossil footprints give land vertebrates a much longer history - also here
7. January 6, 2010 - Fossil tracks record 'oldest land-walkers'
8. January 6, 2010 - 4-Legged Animals Emerged Earlier Than Thought

Integration of virus genes in host DNA

1. January 6, 2010 - Bornavirus genes found in human DNA - also here
2. January 6, 2010 - A new breed of viral invasion
3. January 6, 2010 - Viral phenomenon: Ancient microbe invaded human DNA
4. January 8, 2010 - Eight Percent of Human Genetic Material Comes from a Virus
5. January 11, 2010 - Hunting Fossil Viruses in Human DNA

Sperm epigenetics

1. January 6, 2010 - Study identifies a protein complex possibly crucial for triggering embryo development - also here, here

Sexual selection

1. January 6, 2010 - The Spiky Penis Gets the Girl
2. January 7, 2010 - Duda, where'd my spines go?

Dolphin intelligence

1. January 6, 2010 - Scientists say dolphins should be treated as non-human persons

Myxococcus xanthus

1. January 6, 2010 - For this microbe, cousins not particularly welcome

RNA shape

1. January 7, 2010 - Rules governing RNA's anatomy revealed - also here, here, here

Selective evolutionary pressure in the human genome

1. January 7, 2010 - New approach precisely tracks evolution's footprints in the human genome - also here
2. January 9, 2010 - Researchers Closer to Pinpointing Beneficial Evolutionary Mutations in the Human Genome

DNA replication

1. January 7, 2010 - Scientists uncover role of protein critical for activating DNA replication - also here

KATP channels and metabolism

1. January 7, 2010 - Muscles That Act as an Energy Drain

Seafaring hominins

1. January 8, 2010 - Ancient hominids may have been seafarers - also here

Origins of life

1. January 8, 2010 - What came first in the origin of life? A study contradicts the 'metabolism first' hypothesis - also here

Neanderthals

1. January 8, 2010 - Newly Unearthed Painted Shells Show Neandertals Were Homo sapiens's Mental Equals
2. January 9, 2010 - Neanderthal 'make-up' containers discovered
3. January 11, 2010 - Signs of Symbolic Smarts in Neandertal Jewelry
4. January 11, 2010 - New research suggests Neanderthals weren't stupid
5. January 12, 2010 - Use of Body Ornamentation Shows Neanderthal Mind Capable of Advanced Thought

Evolution and disease

1. January 8, 2010 - Evolution and ailments
2. January 11, 2010 - Ongoing Evolution May Explain Rise In Autoimmune Diseases, Reproductive Cancers
3. January 11, 2010 - Ongoing Evolution May Explain Mysterious Rise in Diseases

Foreign DNA clearing

1. January 10, 2010 - Researchers discover molecular security system that protects cells from potentially harmful DNA - also here

MicroRNA

1. January 10, 2010 - Researchers Identify microRNA targets in C. elegans - also here
2. January 10, 2010 - Micro RNAs Can Turn Genes Off

Neuroscience, psychology, and behavior

Autism

1. January 4, 2010 - Another study finds no MMR-autism link
2. January 4, 2010 - Researchers identify autism clusters in California - also here, here, here
3. January 4, 2010 - Researchers define uniform method to interpret autism spectrum disorders - also here
4. January 5, 2010 - Study turns up 10 autism clusters in California
5. January 6, 2010 - Autism Clusters Found in California's Major Cities
6. January 8, 2010 - Brain imaging may help diagnose autism - also here
7. January 10, 2010 - Research adds to evidence that autism is a brain 'connectivity' disorder - also here

Schizophrenia

1. January 4, 2010 - Biological cells reveal brain chemistry secrets
2. January 5, 2010 - Before or after birth, gene linked to mental health has different effects - also here

Genes and compulsive behavior

1. January 4, 2010 - Dog genes may hold secrets to human disease
2. January 6, 2010 - Canine compulsive disorder gene identified in dogs - also here

Antidepressants

1. January 5, 2010 - Limits to antidepressants' effectiveness: study
2. January 5, 2010 - Antidepressants Work Best for Severe Depression, Provide Little to No Benefit Otherwise
3. January 6, 2010 - Study finds medication of little help to patients with mild, moderate depression
4. January 7, 2010 - Benefit of Antidepressant Medications Appears to Vary With Severity of Depression Symptoms

Speech and gesture

1. January 5, 2010 - Two sides of the same coin: Speech and gesture mutually interact to enhance comprehension - also here

Bipolar disorder

1. January 5, 2010 - Combination Therapy Better Than Leading Drug for Bipolar Disorder, Study Suggests

Effect of cocaine on gene expression

1. January 7, 2010 - Cocaine changes how genes work in brain
2. January 7, 2010 - New mechanism underlying cocaine addiction discovered - also here

Brain-imaging studies

1. January 7, 2010 - Brain activity levels affect self-perception - also here, here

Sonic hedgehog and guidance of retinal axons

1. January 7, 2010 - Discovery of a new molecular mechanism that guides visual nerves towards the brain - also here

Nervous system encoding of limb motion

1. January 7, 2010 - Observation about how nervous system learns and encodes motion could improve stroke recovery - also here

Dopamine and decision making

1. January 8, 2010 - Dopamine levels in brain 'influence decision making'

Health and medicine

Cancer

1. January 4, 2010 - New guidelines back mammograms starting at age 40
2. January 4, 2010 - Experimental drug shows promise against brain, prostate cancers - also here
3. January 4, 2010 - Targeting cancerous vessels - also here
4. January 4, 2010 - New SBI, ACR recommendations suggest breast cancer screening should begin at age 40 - also here
5. January 5, 2010 - Pomegranate compounds may ease breast cancer risk
6. January 5, 2010 - Celebrex combats skin cancer in vulnerable group
7. January 5, 2010 - Common anti-inflammatory drug could help prevent skin cancers, researcher says
8. January 5, 2010 - Celebrex inhibited the burden of skin cancer in high-risk patients - also here
9. January 5, 2010 - Natural compounds in pomegranates may prevent growth of hormone-dependent breast cancer - also here
10. January 5, 2010 - Report suggests similar effectiveness among options for managing low-risk prostate cancer - also here
11. January 5, 2010 - Intermittent androgen deprivation at least as effective as continuous androgen deprivation
12. January 5, 2010 - Cancer drugs 'treat' aggressive childhood brain tumours
13. January 6, 2010 - Low selenium tied to throat, stomach cancers
14. January 6, 2010 - Investigational agent reduces tumor resistance to breast cancer therapy - also here
15. January 6, 2010 - Study examines interval colorectal cancer despite surveillance colonoscopy - also here
16. January 7, 2010 - Researchers say vaccine appears to 'mop up' leukemia cells Gleevec leaves behind - also here
17. January 7, 2010 - Researchers discover genetic differences between lethal and treatable forms of leukemia - also here
18. January 7, 2010 - Less-Invasive, Voice-Saving Surgery for Throat Cancer Patients Pioneered
19. January 7, 2010 - Researchers find powerful predictor of bone cancer prognosis
20. January 7, 2010 - SNPs in C-reactive protein are not associated with increased risk of cancer - also here
21. January 8, 2010 - Tea may prevent endometrial cancer, but needs study
22. January 8, 2010 - Scientists find new leukemia gene risk factors

Obesity

1. January 4, 2010 - Even with fewer risk factors, heavy men die earlier
2. January 5, 2010 - Mayo researchers find obesity key
3. January 5, 2010 - Obesity now poses as great a threat to quality of life as smoking - also here

Diabetes

1. January 4, 2010 - Job stress may raise diabetes risk in women
2. January 4, 2010 - New discovery aims to correct cellular defects leading to diabetes - also here
3. January 4, 2010 - Childhood metabolic measurements may predict diabetes development years later - also here
4. January 5, 2010 - Leptin-controlled gene can reverse diabetes - also here

AIDS

1. January 4, 2010 - AIDS drug cocktails saving lives: study
2. January 4, 2010 - Scientists identify target that may inhibit HIV infectivity - also here
3. January 6, 2010 - Study suggests why circumcised men are less likely to become infected with HIV - also here

Nanobiotechnology

1. January 4, 2010 - Biodegradable Nanoparticles Can Bypass Mucus Barrier and Release Drugs Over Time - also here, here, here
2. January 4, 2010 - Researchers develop anti-cancer 'nano cocktail' - also here

Cancer stem cells

1. January 4, 2010 - Scientists Isolate Specific Tumor Cells that Cause Cancer
2. January 4, 2010 - Blocking inflammation receptor kills breast cancer stem cells, study finds - also here

Vitamin C and aging

1. January 4, 2010 - New vitamin C discovery: It 'cures' mice with accelerated aging disease - also here

Reactive oxygen species, mitochondria, and muscle atrophy

1. January 4, 2010 - New finding may help baby boomers get buff - also here

Antibiotics

1. January 4, 2010 - A trip to the candy store might help ward off rare, but deadly infections - also here
2. January 7, 2010 - Resistance to antibiotics can be drawback for bacteria - also here

Inflammatory bowel disease

1. January 4, 2010 - Clinical trial seeks to improve patient treatment for Crohn's disease
2. January 4, 2010 - Inflammatory Mediator Regulates Diarrhea in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Alzheimer's disease

1. January 4, 2010 - New key factor identified in the development of Alzheimer's disease - also here
2. January 6, 2010 - Cellphones may protect brain from Alzheimer's
3. January 6, 2010 - Cell Phone Use May Fight Alzheimer's, Mouse Study Says
4. January 6, 2010 - Cell phone exposure may protect against and reverse Alzheimer's disease - also here
5. January 6, 2010 - Study: New brain scan better detects earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease in healthy people - also here
6. January 6, 2010 - Cell phone radiation may fight Alzheimer's... in mice
7. January 7, 2010 - New approach to fighting Alzheimer's shows potential in clinical trial
8. January 7, 2010 - Study investigates immune system alterations in the brain - also here
9. January 7, 2010 - Researchers testing gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease
10. January 7, 2010 - Mobile phone radiation 'protects' against Alzheimer's
11. January 8, 2010 - Could mobile phone radiation protect against Alzheimer's disease?
12. January 8, 2010 - Alzheimer's discovery could lead to long-sought preventive treatment - also here

Hepatitis C

1. January 4, 2010 - Head-to-head studies identify best treatment regimen for hep C - also here
2. January 4, 2010 - Scientists Visualize How a Vital Hepatitis C Virus Protein Moves Along Its Nucleic Acid Substrate
3. January 5, 2010 - Natural compound blocks hepatitis C infection - also here

Stem cells

1. January 4, 2010 - MyoD helps stem cells proliferate in response to muscle injury - also here
2. January 7, 2010 - Fruit fly bodies bank stem cells
3. January 7, 2010 - Biologists develop efficient genetic modification of human embryonic stem cells - also here

Psoriasis

1. January 4, 2010 - Psoriasis: Effects Don't Always Stop With the Skin

Cardiovascular disease

1. January 5, 2010 - Drinking shows little effect on stroke outcome
2. January 5, 2010 - Study Links Vitamin D, Race, and Cardiac Deaths - also here, here, here
3. January 7, 2010 - Old antidepressant offers promise in treating heart failure - also here
4. January 7, 2010 - Study finds increased presence, severity of coronary artery plaques in HIV-infected men - also here
5. January 7, 2010 - Changing How Nerves Communicate in Congestive Heart Failure
6. January 10, 2010 - Discovery of enzyme activation process could lead to new heart attack treatments - also here
7. January 10, 2010 - Heart rhythm gene revealed in new research

Cancer biology

1. January 5, 2010 - 'Junk DNA' could spotlight breast and bowel cancer - also here
2. January 6, 2010 - Team finds link between stomach-cancer bug and cancer-promoting factor - also here
3. January 6, 2010 - Kidney cancer proves more complicated than thought
4. January 6, 2010 - Mutations in the genome regulation machinery identified in clear cell renal cell carcinoma - also here
5. January 7, 2010 - Discovery opens door to new treatments for prostate, brain and skin cancers - also here

Asthma

1. January 6, 2010 - Folic acid in late pregnancy tied to child asthma

Adrenergic receptors and drug discovery

1. January 6, 2010 - Research on rarely studied cell-receptor regions opens door to eliminating drugs' side effects - also here

Tuberculosis

1. January 7, 2010 - Each pound at birth lowers risk of developing TB - also here, here

Gene therapy

1. January 8, 2010 - Sleeping Beauty hooks up with herpes to fight brain disease - also here

Cognitive impairment

1. January 8, 2010 - Healthy older adults with subjective memory loss may be at increased risk for MCI and dementia - also here, here

Ankylosing spondylitis

1. January 10, 2010 - Rheumatologists advance genetic research related to disabling form of arthritis - also here

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