Health & Medicine
- Chemistry
Skin is no barrier to BPA, study shows
The new finding suggests handling store receipts could be a significant source of internal exposure to the hormone-mimicking chemical.
- Health & Medicine
The fingers don’t lie
The brain has at least two copy editors, typing experiments show.
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- Life
1000 Genomes pilot a hit with geneticists
The first stage of a project to probe human genetic diversity has found millions of new variations.
- Health & Medicine
Pancreatic cancer years in the making
A decade elapses from the first cancer-related mutation to tumor formation, and several more years pass until the disease spreads to other organs, a new study finds. The work raises the possibility that a usually deadly malignancy can be treated before it’s too late.
- Chemistry
Breathe better with bitter
Taste receptors in the lungs open airways in response to acrid gases.
- Health & Medicine
Pet frogs can transmit salmonella
A CDC investigation adds a common aquarium species to the list of amphibians that can carry and spread bacteria.
- Health & Medicine
Anticancer protein might combat HIV
The tumor suppressor p21 shows up in abundance in some people who are impervious to developing AIDS despite being infected, a study shows.
- Math
Marathoning made easy
Or at least endurable, by calculating and then keeping to a physiologically sustainable pace.
- Health & Medicine
Protein implicated in many cancers
A hormone receptor that shows up in 11 tumor types might make a good target for drugs, a new study suggests.
- Life
Gene therapy for depression
Researchers were able to reduce pathological behaviors in mice by delivering genetic material to a particular brain region.
- Humans
How testing improves memory
By creating associations, quizzes improve recall much more effectively than just reviewing notes.
