First Step Taken To Create Cystic Fibrosis Model Using Pig

March 10, 2008 — The median lifespan for those with cystic fibrosis is 36 years, and lung disease is the major cause of mortality. For years, scientists have studied cystic fibrosis using mice in which the cystic ... > full story

• Complexity of Disease Phenotypes
• March 10, 2008 — Animal models have been invaluable in understanding how gene mutations physically affect a complex organism. However, as vividly illustrated in a new research study examining mice with a metabolic ... > full story
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• Food Compounds That Kill Test-Tube Cancer Cells Analyzed
• March 10, 2008 — Strawberries, grapes, blueberries and some familiar seasonings like rosemary contain compounds that can--in test tubes--kill cells of a childhood cancer. Molecular biologists are working to ... > full story
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• Researchers Warn Parents About Dangers Of Childhood Foot Burns
  March 10, 2008 — University of Florida burn experts found that 69 percent of the 155 pediatric foot and ankle burns they reviewed were caused by children walking on hot ashes, coals and embers -- with some injuries ... > full story
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• Curing Addiction With Cannabis Medicines?
• March 10, 2008 — Smokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, according to new research. Teams of pharmacologists, studying the cannabis-like compounds which exist ... > full story
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• Tiny Wire Assembly Technique May Help Detect Cancer And Other Diseases
  March 10, 2008 — Bottom-up manufacturing may hold the key to production of tiny medical devices capable of testing for multiple molecules like viruses or cancer markers, according to ... > full story
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• Power-packed Soy Breakfast Cereal Created
  March 10, 2008 — Breakfast of champions? That would be a soy protein-packed, low-fat, high-fiber cereal that meets the requirements for three different FDA health claims and leaves you feeling full so you won't be ... > full story
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• Researchers Control Growth Rate Of Replacement Blood Vessels, Tissues
• March 10, 2008 — Researchers have discovered a way to control the growth rate of replacement tissue and the formation of new blood vessels, which solves one of the vexing problems of growing replacement tissue to ... > full story
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• MRI/PET Scanner Combo Made For First Time
  March 10, 2008 — Two kinds of body imaging -- positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging -- have been combined for the first time in a single scanner. Combining the two types of scan in a single ... > full story
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• Smoking And High Blood Pressure: Double Blow For Bleeding Stroke Risk
  March 10, 2008 — Smoking may exacerbate the increased risk of a blood vessel bursting inside the brain (intracerebral stroke) already faced by people with high blood pressure, according to a new study in Stroke: ... > full story