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High-intensity focused ultrasound is a rapidly developing noninvasive technology for tumor treatment. A research group in China investigated the pathological characteristics of nonthermal damage induced by pulsed high intensity focused ultrasound (PHIFU) combined with ultrasound contrast agent (UCA) in rabbit liver VX2 tumor. The results showed that non-thermal effects of PHIFU combined with UCA could be used to treat tumor. And this would provide a new method of therapy for tumor.

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In a finding that could significantly influence the way type 1 diabetes is treated, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed a technique for transplanting insulin-producing pancreatic cells that causes only a minimal immune response in recipients.

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A team of Johns Hopkins neuroscientists has worked out how some newly discovered light sensors in the eye detect light and communicate with the brain. The report appears online this week in Nature.

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Tel Aviv University researchers find epileptics in stressful jobs can handle the pressure.

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University of British Columbia researchers are offering the first compelling evidence to explain regular tremors under Vancouver Island.

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A research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has identified a protein produced by cancerous lung epithelial cells that enhances metastasis by stimulating the activity of inflammatory cells.

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Scientists have new information about the complex genetic signature associated with Alzheimer’s disease, the leading cause of cognitive decline and dementia in the elderly. The research, published by Cell Press in the January issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, uses a powerful, high-resolution analysis to look for genes associated with this devastating neurodegenerative disorder.

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New computer visualization technology developed by the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in deep space’s vast, star-forming molecular clouds.

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A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the Dec. 31, 2008, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, and will appear in the Jan. 6, 2009, print issue of Neurology.

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