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Taming the Lionfish: Can Predators Be Trained to Control an Inva...

TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Tue, 05/10/2011 - 04:00

In Honduras, a group of pioneering conservations are looking at a new way of battling the long-problematic proliferation of lionfish in the region


 

The Choking Game: Web Videos Alarm Parents and Doctors

TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Mon, 01/18/2010 - 03:00

Medical professionals and parents are concerned about the proliferation of videos online demonstrating a dangerous choking game that some teenagers play to get a natural high


 

Unraveling how cells respond to low oxygen

EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 08/04/2009 - 22:00

(Burnham Institute) Gary Chiang, Ph.D., and colleagues at Burnham Institute for Medical Research have elucidated how the stability of the REDD1 protein is regulated.

The REDD1 protein is a critical inhibitor of the mTOR signaling pathway, which controls cell growth and proliferation.


 

Researchers to examine video games and health

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 05/29/2008 - 14:54

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Why fight the proliferation of video games if you can use them to improve the nation's health?

Health researchers are looking at ways that people's obsession with video games might be put to good use. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced Thursday it will give a dozen research teams up to $200,000 each for studies lasting one to two years....