Archive: 18/09/2014

Bill Gates says progress made on new super-thin condom

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said Thursday progress is being made on developing a "next-generation" ultra-thin, skin-like condom that could offer better sexual pleasure, help population control and be financed by ...

Sep 18, 2014

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'Dimmer switch' for mood disorders discovered

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a control mechanism for an area of the brain that processes sensory and emotive information that humans experience as "disappointment."

Sep 18, 2014

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Technique to model infections shows why live vaccines may be most effective

Vaccines against Salmonella that use a live, but weakened, form of the bacteria are more effective than those that use only dead fragments because of the particular way in which they stimulate the immune system, according ...

Sep 18, 2014

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New molecule allows for increase in stem cell transplants

Investigators from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) at the Université de Montréal have just published, in the prestigious magazine Science, the announcement of the discovery of a new molecule, ...

Sep 18, 2014

Ultrafast spikes carry supra-kilohertz signals in the cerebellum

(Medical Xpress)—One of the challenges in high energy physics is to understand the origin of cosmic rays. The problem is that although these rays continue to be observed at ever higher energies, there is currently no known ...

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Italian army to grow medical marijuana

The Italian army is aiming high with its latest weapon on the medical front: marijuana.

Sep 18, 2014

The war on leukemia: How the battle for cell production could be decisive

A key step in understanding the nature of the fight for superiority between mutated genes and normal genes could lead to new therapies to combat leukaemia, say researchers from the University of Birmingham and Newcastle University.

Sep 18, 2014