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16th Feb 2009
Advances Against Alzheimer's and Surprisingly Swift Songbirds
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For this week's NewsFlash, we hear about a new drug that helps heart failure patients to be more active, explore the latest advances against Alzheimer's disease and discover how songbirds are surprisingly swift. Plus, we find out about the genetic root of all teeth, and what it can tell us about the evolution of feathers and fur...
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News
Scientists have discovered that song birds fly much faster during their migrations than previously thought. Writing in this week's Science, York University, Canada researcher Bridget Stutchbury and her colleagues tracked the progress of two species of migrating birds, wood thrushes and purple martin...
Scientists have uncovered two new approaches to blocking the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The two separate studies, one from a Belgian group of researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven and published in the journal Science and the other from an NIH team in Bethesda, US and publ...
Scientists have developed a new molecule that can provoke haemoglobin, the red oxygen-bearing pigment in blood, to release its oxygen cargo more readily, boosting muscle power. Writing in this week's PNAS, Boston University Medical Centre researcher Andreia Biolo and her colleagues describe a new mo...
Interviews
Researchers have found the genetic root of all teeth, and it may shed some light on the evolution of feathers and fur...
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