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** AUTISM News **
Web-based autism intervention tool shows promise
http://mnt.to/l/4hCz
BIP Builder, a new web-based intervention tool for challenging behaviors found in children with autism, shows promise, a controlled randomized study found.
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** BREAST CANCER News **
Drug-resistant breast tumors' defenses lowered by stealth nanoparticles
http://mnt.to/l/4hzW
Some of the most dangerous cancers are those that can outmaneuver the very drugs designed to defeat them, but researchers are now reporting a new Trojan-horse approach.
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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **
Tumor factors that block muscle repair offer partial explanation for cancer wasting
http://mnt.to/l/4hB2
A new study reveals that tumors release factors into the bloodstream that inhibit the repair of damaged muscle fibers, and that this contributes to muscle loss during cancer wasting.
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** DERMATOLOGY News **
Potential stem cell-based treatments for skin and sweat gland-related conditions
http://mnt.to/l/4hB3
Without sweat, we would overheat and die. In a recent paper in the journal PLOS ONE, USC faculty member Krzysztof Kobielak and a team of researchers explored the ultimate origin of this sticky...
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** MEDICAL DEVICES / DIAGNOSTICS News **
Bringing medical testing to remote locales using paper-based device
http://mnt.to/l/4hB6
In remote regions of the world where electricity is hard to come by and scientific instruments are even scarcer, conducting medical tests at a doctor's office or medical lab is rarely an option.
Natural compound can be used for 3-D printing of medical implants
http://mnt.to/l/4hB5
Researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Laser Zentrum Hannover have discovered that a naturally-occurring compound can be...
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** NEUROLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE News **
Study may explain why brain 'perceives limited information'
http://mnt.to/l/4hzL
Some information we visualize every day reaches our consciousness, while other details sit in the back of our minds. German researchers say they are closer to finding out why.
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** PSYCHOLOGY / PSYCHIATRY News **
Emotional intelligence not always associated with prosociality
http://mnt.to/l/4hB7
Emotionally intelligent people have the ability to manipulate others to satisfy their own interest, according to new research published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, by Yuki Nozaki and...
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** SLEEP / SLEEP DISORDERS / INSOMNIA News **
Sleep apnea linked to early sign of heart failure
http://mnt.to/l/4hyV
Patients suffering from obstructive sleep apnea show increased levels of hs-TnT - a marker of heart disease and heart failure - say researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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** STEM CELL RESEARCH News **
Stem cell therapies and patient care
http://mnt.to/l/4hzZ
The stem cell field is at a critical point, with the potential for a major impact on clinical medicine if stem cell-based therapies can overcome serious and immediate challenges.
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** TRANSPLANTS / ORGAN DONATIONS News **
Discontinuing mycophenolate acid products does not seem to pose risks of transplant rejection during pregnancy
http://mnt.to/l/4hzX
Research suggests that fetal exposure to mycophenolic acid products (MPA) - which are drugs taken by transplant recipients to prevent rejection - may increase the risk of birth defects and...
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