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Stress makes MS symptoms worse
For patients with multiple sclerosis, stressful life events seem to make their symptoms worse, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-09-17)

Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet
The tell-tale signature of the molecule methane in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet HD 189733b has been found with the Hubble Space Telescope. Under the right circumstances methane can play a key role in prebiotic chemistry - the chemical reactions considered necessary to form life as we know it.   view more (2008-03-20)

Discredited Korean embryonic stem cells' true origins revealed
A report from researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute sheds new light on a now-discredited Korean embryonic stem cell line, setting the historical record straight and also establishing a much-needed set of standards for characterizing human embryonic stem cells.   view more (2007-08-03)

New discovery: if it weren't for this enzyme, decomposing pesticide would take millennia
An enzyme inside a bacterium that grows in the soil of potato fields can - in a split second - break down residues of a common powerful pesticide used for killing worms on potatoes, researchers have found.   view more (2005-10-25)

Influences on Quality of Life in Early Old Age
EMBARGOED UNTIL 00.01 HRS FRIDAY 17 JANUARY 2003 A golden early old age is within sight for many people, says new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which demonstrates that the good life is much less influenced by your past - the job your father had, for instance - than by the present, when two of the most important... view more... (2003-01-14)

Pittsburgh scientists identify human source of stem cells with potential to repair muscle
For the first time, scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have discovered a unique population of adult stem cells derived from human muscle that could be used to treat muscle injuries and diseases such as heart attack and muscular dystrophy.   view more (2007-09-05)

Routine ECGs for newborns would identify life-threatening heart condition
Italian heart specialists are calling on health care providers throughout Europe to give urgent consideration to introducing ECG screening for all babies at around three to four weeks of age to pick up a life-threatening genetic condition called long QT syndrome.   view more (2006-07-13)

Exceptions prove rule of tropical importance in biodiversity
Even a group of shellfish that appear to violate the overarching pattern of global biodiversity actually follows the same biological rules as other marine organisms, confirming a general theory for the spread of life on Earth.   view more (2007-11-08)

New map of the Milky Way charts where stars are born
A team of astronomers from Boston University's Institute for Astrophysical Research has produced the clearest map to-date of the giant gas clouds in the Milky Way that serve as the birthplaces of stars.   view more (2006-03-24)

Major discovery raises prospect of better patient care by improving platelet life span
The research team led by Drs Benjamin Kile and David Huang has discovered that platelet life span is controlled by two key molecules. The discovery raises the prospect of developing a new drug to prolong the life span of platelets stored in blood banks, effectively increasing the availability of this life-saving blood product.   view more (2007-03-23)

Press day 6 June: Meet Frank De Winne ESA astronaut in training in for October mission to the International Space Station
ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, from Belgium, will soon finish training at ESA`s space research and technology centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands on some of the scientific facilities he will have to work on during his flight to the International Space Station next October. On Thursday 6 June, media representatives are invited to learn more about some... view more... (2002-05-28)

Milk drinking started around 7,500 years ago in central Europe
The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.   view more (2009-08-28)

Rickettsia felis, a cat-flea-borne pathogen, sheds light on Rickettsial evolution
VBI researchers in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have created a new classification system for rickettsia bacteria that may assist researchers in the way they approach the development of diagnostics and vaccines for the virulent rickettsial pathogens.   view more (2007-03-07)

A new link between nickel, methane gas and the evolution of complex life forms on Earth
A University of Alberta researcher is lead author on a paper that reaches back billions of years to establish a new link between nickel, methane gas and the evolution of complex life forms on Earth.   view more (2009-04-09)

New WHO study asks, "How happy are you with your lot in life?"
Researchers are asking people throughout Britain to describe how happy they are with their lot in life to help improve the effect of the healthcare they receive.   view more (2004-11-15)

INCREASED OPIOID USE AT END OF LIFE DOES NOT SHORTEN SURVIVAL (p 398)
Patients who receive increased doses of opioid at the end of their lives do not have shorter survival than those who receive no increases, concludes a research letter published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Public and professional concern that the use of opioids for symptom control might shorten life prompted the study by Nigel Sykes and... view more... (2000-07-26)

Out of Africa-Bacteria, as well
When man made his way out of Africa some 60,000 years ago to populate the world, he was not alone: He was accompanied by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastritis in many people today.   view more (2007-02-15)

Technique traces origins of disease genes in mixed human populations
A team of researchers from Washington University in St. Louis and the Israeli Institute of Technology (Technion) in Haifa has developed a technique to detect the ancestry of disease genes in hybrid, or mixed, human populations.   view more (2008-04-09)

Married with children the key to happiness?
Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness.   view more (2009-10-28)

Brown Planetary Geologists Lend Expertise to Mercury Mission
What lies on the uncharted side of mysterious Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system? Brown University students, led by planetary geologist James Head, will study never-before-seen images of Mercury when a NASA spacecraft makes the first visit to Mercury in nearly 33 years.   view more (2008-01-14)
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