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Drug induces morphologic, molecular and clinical remissions in myelofibrosis
Date: Dec-08-2013Imetelstat, a novel telomerase inhibiting drug, has been found to induce morphologic, molecular and clinical remissions in some patients with myelofibrosis a Mayo Clinic study has found. The results were presented at the 2013 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in New Orleans."These are early results but they are promising, says the study's lead author, Ayalew Tefferi, M.D. a hematologist at Mayo Clinic.
Hummingbird metabolism burns glucose and fructose equally: finding has implications for human metabolism
Date: Dec-08-2013Hummingbird metabolism is a marvel of evolutionary engineering. These tiny birds can power all of their energetic hovering flight by burning the sugar contained in the floral nectar of their diet.Now new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough shows they are equally adept at burning both glucose and fructose, which are the individual components of sugar; a unique trait other vertebrates cannot achieve.
Hummingbird metabolism burns glucose and fructose equally: finding has implications for human metabolism
Date: Dec-08-2013Hummingbird metabolism is a marvel of evolutionary engineering. These tiny birds can power all of their energetic hovering flight by burning the sugar contained in the floral nectar of their diet.Now new research from the University of Toronto Scarborough shows they are equally adept at burning both glucose and fructose, which are the individual components of sugar; a unique trait other vertebrates cannot achieve.
Increased risk of serious sleep breathing disorder in quadriplegics
Date: Dec-08-2013There are over a million people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States alone with an estimated 11,000 new cases every year. Furthermore, it is estimated that there are, at least, 100,000 veterans with SCI, making the VA the largest integrated health care system in the world for SCI care. But despite this large prevalence, researchers are still discovering all the various ways that SCI affect those with this condition beyond the obvious paralysis.
Increased risk of serious sleep breathing disorder in quadriplegics
Date: Dec-08-2013There are over a million people with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States alone with an estimated 11,000 new cases every year. Furthermore, it is estimated that there are, at least, 100,000 veterans with SCI, making the VA the largest integrated health care system in the world for SCI care. But despite this large prevalence, researchers are still discovering all the various ways that SCI affect those with this condition beyond the obvious paralysis.
Algorithm developed for recommending online dating prospects
Date: Dec-08-2013University of Iowa researchers may have come up with the right matchmaking formula for online dating sites: pair people according to their past interests and online mating success, rather than who they say they're interested in.Kang Zhao, assistant professor of management sciences in the Tippie College of Business, and UI doctoral student Xi Wang are part of a team that recently developed an algorithm for dating sites that uses a person's contact history to recommend partners with whom they may be more amorously compatible.
Algorithm developed for recommending online dating prospects
Date: Dec-08-2013University of Iowa researchers may have come up with the right matchmaking formula for online dating sites: pair people according to their past interests and online mating success, rather than who they say they're interested in.Kang Zhao, assistant professor of management sciences in the Tippie College of Business, and UI doctoral student Xi Wang are part of a team that recently developed an algorithm for dating sites that uses a person's contact history to recommend partners with whom they may be more amorously compatible.
Similarities in shark, human proteins revealed by new genetic research
Date: Dec-08-2013Despite widespread fascination with sharks, the world's oldest ocean predators have long been a genetic mystery. The first deep dive into a great white shark's genetic code has fished up big surprises behind a design so effective it has barely changed since before dinosaurs roamed.Cornell researchers have discovered that many of the endangered great white shark's proteins involved in an array of different functions - including metabolism - match humans more closely than they do zebrafish, the quintessential fish model.
Similarities in shark, human proteins revealed by new genetic research
Date: Dec-08-2013Despite widespread fascination with sharks, the world's oldest ocean predators have long been a genetic mystery. The first deep dive into a great white shark's genetic code has fished up big surprises behind a design so effective it has barely changed since before dinosaurs roamed.Cornell researchers have discovered that many of the endangered great white shark's proteins involved in an array of different functions - including metabolism - match humans more closely than they do zebrafish, the quintessential fish model.
Prostate cancer biomarker may predict patient outcomes
Date: Dec-08-2013Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alberta in Canada have identified a biomarker for a cellular switch that accurately predicts which prostate cancer patients are likely to have their cancer recur or spread.The study, posted online recently in advance of publication in Cancer Research, was led by co-investigators Andries Zijlstra, Ph.D., assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology and Cancer Biology at Vanderbilt, and John Lewis, Ph.D.
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