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Friday 11 July 2008
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Melanoma On The Rise Among Young Women In The US
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
A review of 30 years of surveillance and epidemiological records shows that incidence of melonoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, is increasing among young Caucasian women but not among young men in the US...
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Autism Could Be Caused By Failure To Trigger Genes In Early Brain Development
Written by Catharine Paddock, PhD
An international team of scientists studying genetic causes of autism spectrum disorders by focusing on families where both parents shared a recent ancestor, found that seemingly diverse genes linked to autism had...
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New Understanding Of How Herpesvirus Proteins Interact With Cells
Written by Peter M Crosta
Researchers from the University of Toronto and Affinium Pharmaceuticals Inc. have found evidence that herpesviruses invoke several strategies that help it control components of the nucleus of the host cell that they are infecting...
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