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Researchers at Rutgers University and the Department of Agriculture have released a new study demonstrating the cancer-fighting qualities of pterostilbene, an antioxidant found in blueberries. The ingredient is found in the pigment that gives blueberries their color, and the darker the berry the higher the concentration of pterostilbene. To test its ability to prevent colon cancer, the researchers fed pterostilbene to rats which had been given a cancer-causing compound. Another group of …

Stem cell research

A private donor is giving $33 million to Stanford University for a new stem cell research facility. Report

In animal experiments, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have deconstructed the process in which adult stem cells are used to repair damaged hearts, describing how the stem cells …

Stem Cell Research

U.K. regulators have decided that women should be paid a small mount plus expenses in exchange for donating their eggs to scientists. The decision is expected to help spur stem cell research. Report

Stem cell transplants that could figure in to new therapies to restore hearing were discussed at the American Association for the …

Immunologists studying T-cells say that the presence of even a small amount of virus can quickly turn on the T-cells, which hunt them down and kill them. Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia say that "antigen presenting" proteins recognize the virus, attach to the virus and make it visible to the immune system, which dispatches T-cells to kill the virus. …

More Research

Scientists at Duke University say that the gene GATA2 may play a role in inherited coronary heart disease and could help lead to a new genetic test. Report

A team at the University of California at Irvine have found that stress hormones may significantly advance the development of …

Relying on advanced proteomics, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Melbourne believe that they have developed a new method of computer data analysis that can be used to identify early stage cases of colon cancer in a matter of weeks compared to the months current methods require. Researchers collect protein from patients and analyze them in mass spectrometers and liquid chromatography machines. The sample proteins are compared to a database of 1.5 million known …