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- Health & Medicine
Tandem Attack
By attaching a tumor-suppressing protein to a harmless compound, scientists can kill cancer cells in a mouse model.
- Health & Medicine
Asperger’s syndrome may not lead to lack of empathy
People with high-functioning autism respond to others' pain, two studies show.
- Life
Pockets of Poor Health
The trend towards longer life expectancy plateaued or reversed in some parts of the U.S., a new study finds.
- Health & Medicine
New approach might strike at the core of Alzheimer’s disease
By anchoring an enzyme-inhibiting molecule to a cell membrane, researchers have designed a potential skeleton for a new Alzheimer's treatment.
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Bass Booster
Tight coiling in the human inner ear pumps up the bass.
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- Life
Rest in peace nanobacteria, you were not alive after all
New studies bid a fond farewell to nanobacteria -- the extremely tiny “microorganisms” that have sparked controversy and may cause disease.
- Animals
First Frog without Lungs
An aquatic frog in fast-flowing water in Borneo turns out to be the first frog species with no lungs.
- Chemistry
Einstein’s invisible hand: Is relativity making metal act like a noble gas?
Element 114 should be chemically similar to lead, but controversial experimental data shows it behaves more like a noble gas, potentially subverting the periodic table's structure.
- Health & Medicine
Stem Cell Snag: Implanted cells may show signs of Parkinson’s
After as many as 16 years, nerve cells transplanted into the brains of Parkinson's patients still thrive, but some show signs of acquiring the disease.
- Health & Medicine
Virus Reprise: Mumps outbreak in 2006 was largest in 20 years
Mumps infected more than 6,500 people in the United States in 2006, the largest outbreak in 20 years.
- Health & Medicine
Body and Brain: Possible link between inflammation and bipolar disorder
Inflammatory genes create a signature for bipolar disorder in some people.
