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16th Feb 2009

Advances Against Alzheimer's and Surprisingly Swift Songbirds


Ben Valsler
Astronotus ocellatus. Common name Oscar.

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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Sing a song of distance

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...

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New ways to knock Alzheimer's on the head

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...

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Molecule muscles more oxygen off haemoglobin to boost performance and beat heart failure

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...


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The Genetic Root of All Teeth

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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