Archive: 23/09/2014
Aberrant PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway found in vestibular schwanommas may be therapeutic target
Researchers from the University of Toronto, directed by Drs. Gelareh Zadeh and Boris Krischek, investigated gene expression in normal vestibular nerves and vestibular schwannomas (VSs). Two important discoveries were made: ...
Sep 23, 2014
A multi-function protein is key to stopping genomic parasites from 'jumping'
Most organisms, including humans, have parasitic DNA fragments called "jumping genes" that insert themselves into DNA molecules, disrupting genetic instructions in the process. And that phenomenon can result in age-related ...
Sep 23, 2014
Australian patient tests negative for Ebola (Update)
A patient who was being treated as a suspected Ebola case at an Australian hospital tested negative for the disease on Tuesday, the hospital said.
Sep 23, 2014
Ebola cases to explode without drastic action: WHO (Update)
The number of Ebola infections is set to explode unless the response is radically intensified, the WHO warned on Tuesday, predicting tens of thousands of cases by the end of the year.
Sep 23, 2014
75 years after his death, Vienna struggles with Freud
Even before Sigmund Freud fled Hitler on the Orient Express from Vienna in June 1938, the father of psychoanalysis and his ideas about sex, dreams and cocaine divided opinion in the Austrian capital.
Sep 23, 2014
Federal food program puts food on the table, but dietary quality could be improved
A new American Cancer Society study suggests that participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as the food stamp program, had lower dietary quality scores compared with income eligible ...
Sep 23, 2014