Probing sleep's drowsy mystery: Researchers stay up nights trying to understand rhythms, effects
It is one of the ironies of sleep research that scientists stay up all night to do it.
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Non-emergency angioplasty costs higher in hospitals without back-up surgery
Angioplasty costs were higher in hospitals not equipped with emergency back-up heart surgery, compared to those hospitals that are, according to late-breaking clinical trial research presented at the American Heart Association's ...
Nov 5, 2012
New type of molecular switch could turn up the volume on bowel cancer treatment
(Medical Xpress)—A new type of molecular switch can boost common chemotherapy drugs to destroy bowel cancer cells, according to research presented today (Monday) at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool.
Nov 5, 2012
Tumor-causing cells are squishier, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—A new tool developed by scientists at The Methodist Hospital separates tumor-causing cancer cells from more benign cells by subjecting the cells to a microscopic game of Plinko—except only the squishiest ...
Nov 5, 2012
Mimicry not needed for the recognition of emotions
(Medical Xpress)—'Mimicry', the imitation of the facial expression of the other person, does not play a major role in the ability to recognise the emotion of another person. This is apparent from research conducted by Agneta ...
Nov 5, 2012
Renal cancer cells target of new bark-derived drug
(Medical Xpress)—Associate Professor Joe W. Ramos, PhD, a cancer biologist at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center in collaboration with Assistant Professor William Chain, PhD, from the UH Mānoa's Chemistry Department ...
Nov 5, 2012
