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(Saint Louis University) Saint Louis University researchers disarm the blood-brain barrier sentry that keeps a potential treatment for stroke and Alzheimer's disease from getting into the brain.

(Uppsala University) Researchers from Uppsala University have discovered a mechanism that silences several genes in a chromosome domain.

The findings, published in today's on-line issue of Molecular Cell, have implications in understanding the human disorder Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.

(Association for Psychological Science) Do skilled negotiators simply go with their gut instinct every time or are they just extremely calculating, figuring out all possible outcomes before making a choice?

Columbia University researchers examined how emotions affect our negotiating skills by having participants play a negotiation game.

Their results show that emotional players were more focused on the "gist" of the offer itself (and what felt good), rather than on calculating the probabilities of payoff.

(Yale University) Researchers at Yale University have created a blueprint for artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants.

(Wake Forest University) Researchers at Wake Forest University are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current methods.

(Ohio State University) Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others.

The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack showed five to eight times more damage to neurons in one part of the brain than did similar animals that lived with others.

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University researchers are combating cancer with a jasmine-based drug.

(Monash University) Researchers from Monash University have designed a nano-sized "trojan horse" particle to ensure healing antioxidants can be better absorbed by the human body.

On the cellular level, death signals can actually be life saving -- by killing off abnormally dividing cells before they turn cancerous.

Now, Rockefeller University researchers have found a way to amplify these signals by turning a life affirming protein into a killer.

The findings not only mark a breakthrough in the field but also open the door to a new line of drugs for cancer therapeutics.

Iowa State University researchers are looking at ways to use ground cover, a living grass planted between the rows of corn, in production farming.