日期：2011-04-24 A gene called PVT1 may help reduce the kidneys ability to filter blood, leading to kidney disease, kidney failure and death, according to a study published today by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). The TGen team f... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-24 Using a pair of powerful genome-search techniques, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Harvard University, and the Broad Institute have identified several genes that may be implicated in the malaria（疟疾，瘴气） parasite's... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-22 Scientists at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are developing a technique based on a new discovery which could pave the way towards detecting Alzheimer's disease in its earliest stages - and could help to develop urgently-needed treatments.... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-22 April 21, 2011 (BRONX, NY) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have for the first time observed the activity of a single gene in living cells. In an unprecedented study, published in the April 22 online edition o... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-22 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and linked with heart disease in the very elderly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). CKD is a major public health problem th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 In the future, when you walk into a doctor's surgery or hospital, you could be asked not just about your allergies and blood group, but also about your gut type. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany,... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 How much scientific evidence is there for and against the assertion（断言，声明） that exposure to video game violence can harm teens? Three researchers have developed a novel method to consider that question: they analyzed the research output of ex... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 Women who choose among different breast cancer treatment options make smarter choices when getting the information and making decisions in small doses rather than all at once, as is customary, a University of Michigan study found. It's long been kno... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 Did the early universe have just one spatial（空间的） dimension? That's the mind-boggling concept at the heart of a theory that University at Buffalo physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposed in 2010. They suggested that the early universe... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 Those childhood music lessons could pay off decades later - even for those who no longer play an instrument by keeping the mind sharper as people age, according to a preliminary study published by the American Psychological Association. The study re... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-21 Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed that Enceladus, one of Saturn's diminutive（小型的） moons, is linked to Saturn by powerful electrical currents - beams of electrons that flow back and forth between the planet and moon. The finding... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-19 Oxygenation brings dead sea bottoms to life. This creates the necessary conditions for the establishment of new ecosystems that enable nature itself to deal with eutrophication（富营养化） . By conducting pilot studies in two fjords（峡湾，海湾） in... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-19 Active efforts are required to preserve biodiversity in the seas that far most people are in agreement. But in our enthusiasm to save uncommon species, we sometimes miss the common species that form the basis（基础，底部） of marine ecosystems. 'Cha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-19 New research suggests that people who are exposed to low levels of sunlight coupled with a history of having a common virus known as mononucleosis（单核细胞增多症） may be at greater odds of developing multiple sclerosis ( MS多发性硬化 ) than those... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-19 Flame retardants（阻燃剂） are chemical compounds added to fabrics and plastics to keep them from burning easily, but these can be toxic. Now a team of researchers from Spain and Canada has detected some of these emerging pollutants for the first ti... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-18 Schizophrenia（精神分裂症） is a serious mental disorder that currently affects about one in every 200 people. Most patients find some relief from their symptoms by treatment with antipsychotics, however they may still suffer from cognitive and nega... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-18 For the first time, scientists have made star-shaped, biodegradable polymers（聚合物，高分子） that can self-assemble into hollow, nanofiber spheres, and when the spheres are injected with cells into wounds, these spheres biodegrade, but the cells l... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-18 Brazilians are world leaders in using biofuels for gasoline（汽油） . About a quarter of their automobile fuel consumption comes from sugarcane, which significantly reduces carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would be emitted from using gasoline... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-18 Bremerhaven/Geesthacht/Potsdam, 14 April 2011. The coastline in Arctic regions reacts to climate change with increased erosion and retreats by half a metre per year on average. This means substantial changes for Arctic ecosystems near the coast and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2011-04-17 Scientists at Yale University have identified a set of plasma（血浆） biomarkers that could reasonably predict the risk of metastasis（转移，新陈代谢） among patients with melanoma（黑素瘤） , according to findings published in Clinical Cancer Resea... 阅读全文>>