I was trying to find my TOR or Transcript of Records in College. I was just reminiscing some subjects which are related to the topic I am writing now!!! I could still remember before our graduation, I mean before the end of the last semester we were required to write a Term Paper in particular […]

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OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (UPI) — U.S. government scientists say the next generation of combat vehicles will be equipped with titanium alloy doors to provide increased safety for soldiers. Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers said the doors would be made using low-cost titanium powders in a non-melt consolidation process they developed that will reduce the amount […]

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ST. LOUIS (UPI) — U.S. medical scientists have found a vulnerability they say can be used to make cancer cells easier to heat and radiate and, therefore, easier to destroy. Washington University School of Medicine radiation oncology researchers found tumors have a built-in mechanism that protects them from hyperthermia, or heat, and most likely decreases […]

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DURHAM, N.C. (UPI) — U.S. engineers say the world is moving closer to the day when robots will perform surgery with minimal or no guidance from a doctor. Duke University researchers say their feasibility studies may represent the first concrete steps toward achieving such a space age vision of the future. For their experiments, the […]

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SHEFFIELD, England (UPI) — British medical scientists say they have created a technology that illuminates a person’s lungs to help determine if they are correctly functioning. The University of Sheffield researchers said their technology could result in earlier diagnosis of emphysema and smoking related damage, as well as other lung conditions and diseases. The technique […]

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COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they have clarified a complex series of biochemical steps involved in abnormal cell proliferation that can lead to cancer. The Cold Spring Harbor (N.Y.) Laboratory researchers said they used the adenovirus — a DNA tumor virus that causes the common cold, but whose genome contains known […]

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MEMPHIS (UPI) — A U.S. study has revealed the basis of childhood leukemia resistance to the anti-cancer drug methotrexate. Scientists at the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital say their findings provide new insights into the genomic basis of methotrexate resistance and differences in methotrexate response. The researchers said their study — the first analysis of […]

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MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) — U.S. scientists say they’ve made a discovery that might lead to new treatments for central nervous system maladies such as Parkinson’s disease. Researchers led by Karen Mesce and Joshua Puhl of the University of Minnesota discovered it’s possible the human nervous system — within each segment of the spinal cord — might […]

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HOUSTON (UPI) — A U.S. study suggests calorie restrictions inhibit some cancers, while obesity fuels development of epithelial cancers. Epithelial cancers arise in the epithelium — the tissue that lines the surfaces and cavities of the body’s organs — and comprise 80 percent of all cancers. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center researchers […]

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By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer CHICAGO – Commonly used incontinence drugs may cause memory problems in some older people, a study has found. “Our message is to be careful when using these medicines,” said U.S. Navy neurologist Dr. Jack Tsao, who led the study. “It may be better to use diapers and be […]

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