Humans
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Web Special: Science News Wins Award for Sci-Tech Coverage
Each week, Science News distills "the latest trends and findings in the ever-expanding world of science into must-know information," according to the editors of the Utne Reader, which named Science News magazine winner of its 2007 Independent Press Award in the science and technology category.
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Web Special: Science News Wins Award for Sci-Tech Coverage
Each week, Science News distills "the latest trends and findings in the ever-expanding world of science into must-know information," according to the editors of the Utne Reader, which named Science News magazine winner of its 2007 Independent Press Awards in the science and technology category.
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Science News of the Year 2007
A review of important scientific achievements reported in Science News during the past year.
- Health & Medicine
Not Yet: CDC panel questions antidepressant gene test
A genetic test designed to tailor drug treatment for depression offers little clinical value, says a CDC panel.
- Health & Medicine
Unseen Risk: Lifestyle, physical problems may underlie psoriasis link to early mortality
Severe psoriasis knocks as many years off a person's expected life span as high blood pressure.
- Health & Medicine
It’s Spud Time
The United Nations wants more people to appreciate the potato's potential to fight world hunger.
- Health & Medicine
Immune cells to fight leukemia
A cancer vaccine against leukemia helps some patients avoid a relapse for months or years, but only if given early in the course of the disease or when a patient is in remission.
- Health & Medicine
In search of safer marrow transplants
A synthetic antibody called ACK2 that targets certain bone marrow cells may make marrow transplants a possibility for people with severe autoimmune disease.
- Health & Medicine
Novel fused protein quells inflammation
A new compound called GIFT-15, made from the fusion of two proteins, stops inflammation in mice.
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Letters from the December 22 & 29, 2007, issue of Science News
Amylase with your veggies Your article (“Advantage: Starch,” SN: 9/15/07, p. 173) notes how groups of people may have different numbers of copies of the amylase gene. Is it correct then that individuals have varying numbers of the gene as well? If so, would this explain why some people don’t like meat and become vegetarians […]
- Health & Medicine
Vitamin D: Blacks need much more
To achieve healthy concentrations of vitamin D, many African-Americans may need hefty daily supplementation.
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Fishing curbs can lead to profit
New economic models suggest that fishing crews that cut back long enough to let stocks rebound will find compensation in higher profits later.
