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(Queen's University) Researchers at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada have identified a possible cause for the loss of a tumor suppressor gene that can lead to the development of more aggressive forms of prostate cancer.

(Yale University) Analyzing all the genes of dozens of people suffering from a rare form of hypertension, Yale University researchers have discovered a new mechanism that regulates the blood pressure of all humans.

(Nanyang Technological University) A study led by a group of Nanyang Technological University researchers has found that nanosized zinc oxide commonly used in consumer products, can potentially cause cancer.

(Johns Hopkins University) Researchers have devised a protein "switch" that instructs cancer cells to produce their own anti-cancer medication.

(York University) A newly-identified protein may hold the key to keeping appetite and blood sugar in check, according to a study by York University researchers.

They found that rats administered with nesfatin-1 ate less, used more stored fat and became more active. In addition, the protein stimulated insulin secretion from the pancreatic beta cells of both rats and mice.

(MedPage Today) -- Medtronic, whose spine surgery product called Infuse has come under attack, has agreed to spend $2.5 million for an independent review of its safety and effectiveness by Yale University researchers.

(York University) A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.The study is the first to look at the effects of yoga on cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia.

Participants' saliva revealed elevated levels of total cortisol following a program of 75 minutes of hatha yoga twice weekly over the course of eight weeks.

(Ohio State University) Researchers have identified when an important milestone in infants' development occurs: the ability to transfer knowledge to new situations.

In a series of studies, the researchers found that 8-month-olds had trouble using newly acquired knowledge in a different circumstance, but 16-month-olds could do so.

(Thomas Jefferson University) Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson and two other institutions have discovered new evidence that suggests the "longevity" protein SIRT1, known for its life-spanning effects in different species, can inhibit the development of a known precursor to prostate cancer, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia.

(Duke University) Long a staple of nature documentaries, the somewhat bizarre development of a grub-like pink marsupial embryo outside the mother's womb is curious in another way.

Duke University researchers have found that the developmental program executed by the marsupial embryo runs in a different order than the program executed by virtually every other vertebrate animal.