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- Agriculture
News from Experimental Biology
Senior editor Janet Raloff blogs from the 2009 meeting gathering dozens of societies together in New Orleans
- Health & Medicine
Childhood leukemia worsened by genetic mutations
Mutations in JAK genes make childhood leukemia more dangerous and may offer a target for drug manufacturers.
- Life
New neurons don’t heal
New neurons produced in the brain after a stroke don’t grow into all the cell types needed to heal the wound.
- Space
Smallest exoplanet yet is found
Finding a planet just under twice Earth's size puts astronomers closer to discovering an Earth counterpart.
- Health & Medicine
Coming: Ersatz calorie restriction
Avocados may hold a key to longer, better health.
- Humans
Apple a day may keep cardiologists away
Nutrition scientists think apples might replace some drugs as a way of limiting heart disease.
- Health & Medicine
Gene could matter in bladder cancer
Among people with a common form of bladder cancer, those with a variant of a certain gene survive twice as long as people with the common version of the gene.
- Humans
Rapid emotional swings could precede violence
A tool from physics helps link the patterns of psychiatric patients’ symptoms and the likelihood they will commit violent acts.
- Health & Medicine
To limit sweet indulgences, chew, chew, chew
A new study suggests chewing gum might serve as a potential diet aid.
- Space
Blob may signal monster galaxy feeding
Researchers have found a giant blob of gas and stars, the fourth most distant object known in the universe. The blob may offer the earliest snapshot of a very young galaxy caught in the act of gobbling up material for growth.
- Health & Medicine
Counterintuitive nutrition findings
Sometimes data don't confirm what we expected.
- Health & Medicine
A urine test may predict lung cancer risk
A urine test that reveals levels of two tobacco-related compounds may identify which smokers are most prone to developing lung cancer, a new study finds.
