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• Breakthrough: 2 Cancer Codes Cracked

  
  ForWomenOnline — Authority: 145
  Researchers have mapped the DNA mutations in skin and lung cancer — findings that one researcher says will change how cancer is viewed. For lung cancer, the British team found almost 23,000 mutations — one mutation for every 15 cigarettes smoked. “This is a fundamental moment in cancer research,” said Prof. ...
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• Scientists discover natural flu-fighting protein in human cells

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 619
  BOSTON, Mass. (Dec. 17, 2009) -- In findings that may lead to better ways to prevent and treat influenza and other viral infections, researchers report the discovery of a family of naturally occurring antiviral agents in human cells. Link:  ...
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• It takes just 15 ciggies to raise lung cancer risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  London, Dec 17 (ANI): A new study has shown that it takes just 15 cigarettes to increase the risk of developing lung cancer.The research team led by Peter Campbell of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge insists that the new discovery may lead to new drugs that target the specific changes to the gene [...]
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• Cancer milestone: Genetic codes broken for lung, skin forms

  
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  In a major medical breakthrough, scientists have mapped the genetic codes of lung and skin cancer, two of the most common forms of the disease. The results are expected to revolutionize cancer research and treatment.
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• Further spread of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda likely due to livestock movements

  
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  The northwards spread of human Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda is likely due to the movement of infected livestock, according to new findings from an interdisciplinary research group including members from the Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh; the Ministry of Health, Uganda; and the ...
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• Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe childhood obesity

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  London, December 7 (ANI): Scientists in Cambridge have found that genetic alteration can lead to severe obesity in childhood.According to a study published in Nature, the loss of a key segment of DNA may play an important role in genetic diseases.Lead researchers Dr Sadaf Farooqi from the University of Cambridge and ...
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• New therapy targets for amyloid disease

  
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  A major discovery is challenging accepted thinking about amyloids -- the fibrous protein deposits associated with diseases such as Alzheimers and Parkinsons -- and may open up a potential new area for therapeutics.
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• Scientists reveal malaria parasites’ tactics for outwitting our immune systems

  
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  Malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host’s immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Malaria is one of the world’s biggest killers, responsible for over a million deaths every ...
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• How malaria parasites manage to outwit our immune system

  
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  Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): A new study has shown that malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the host’s immune system.Malaria is caused by a parasite, which is injected into the bloodstream from the salivary glands of infected mosquitoes. There are a number of different species of parasite, but the ...
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• Scientists expose biology of emergent Salmonella

  
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  Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Scientists have characterised a new multi drug resistant strain of Salmonella Typhimurium that is causing life-threatening disease in Africa.Such type of Salmonella bug normally causes diarrhoea and is rarely fatal. The new strain, called ST313, infects vulnerable children and adults in many ...
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• Scientists reveal malaria parasites tactics for outwitting our immune systems

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 619
  Malaria parasites are able to disguise themselves to avoid the hosts immune system, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust and published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .
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