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British Scientists
Find Fat Gene

Answer to the waistline gap may be in the chromosomes, researchers say

Apr 13, 07 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - British scientists have for the first time identified a gene that contributes to garden-variety obesity, supporting ancient anecdotal evidence that birthright, not just lifestyle, shapes stomachs.  Although they can't say exactly how the gene, called FTO, works, the 16% of white Europeans carrying two "fat" variations of it... More »

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obesity • health • genetics • FTO • science • research • waistline

Bacteria Battle Depression

Research shows brain produces serotonin as an immune response

Apr 6, 07 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clinical depression may be treatable with bacteria, doctors at Bristol University posit. They got the idea when they observed lung cancer patients inoculated with harmless Mycobacterium vaccae who showed reduced symptoms and improved mental health. The brain produces serotonin as an immune response, the docs hypothesized, raising the low serotonin... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • depression • antidepressant • mental health • science • bacteria • vaccination • vaccine • medical research • stress • research • serotonin • immune system

Cheap Anticancer Drugs Are Ignored

Why? They don't make pharmeceutical companies enough money

Apr 5, 07 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ralph Moss writes about why inexpensive cancer treatments get no research dollars. The publisher of a newsletter that covers both conventional and alternative cancer therapies, Moss blames the inability to patent already discovered and available chemicals and drugs for the situation. More »

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cancer • medicine • medical breakthrough • health • drugs • research • treatment

The Rich Get Dumber

Apr 4, 07 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The more powerful you become, the more oblivious you get, Richard Conniff argues in today's Times, as he takes a gander at explaining a recent spate of high-profile celebrity mishaps ($1.5 million totalled Ferrari, anyone?). Connif points to research at Berkeley that suggests power brings "disinhibition"—more... More »

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intelligence • wealth • money • power • research • celebrity

(Newser) - Genetically modified mosquitoes that cannot pass on malaria may help reduce the spread of the disease that now causes a million deaths a year, mostly children. A new study shows that the lab-designed bugs could out-breed their natural competition, eventually driving them out altogether and eliminating the route through which... More »

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evolution • parasites • health • disease • malaria • tropical diseases • genetic modification • research • mosquito

Glowing Wounds Will Signify Infection

British-designed polymers to be used
to identify bacteria in moments

Mar 12, 07 10:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bacterial infections could be diagnosed in moments with the use of glowing polymers developed by British scientists. The designer molecules are made to identify bacteria, bind to it, and then change shape, causing them to emit light that would give the wound a glow that's discernible to the naked eye... More »

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medical breakthrough • health • science • bacteria • research • infection

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