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But there are some stumbling blocks. The men who tested the spray-on condom had a few hesitations, Krause says. Some were "a little bit afraid to use the tube" and would only try it on their fingers. Others worried that the mechanism, which hisses as it sprays, might ruin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spray-On Condoms: Still a Hard Sell | 8/13/2008 | See Source »

The potential success of the combination strategy was borne out in some of the conference's most exciting papers. Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine reported, for example, that compared with other Alzheimer's patients, those who had diabetes and took insulin plus another anti-diabetes medication to control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alzheimer's Research Holds Promise | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

These testimonies show that as a truth-seeking mechanism, Carr's approach is not foolproof. And it does have its narrative drawbacks. The story starts out choppy, moving back and forth within each brief chapter from Carr on crack to Carr manning the video camera. The chronological jumps cause some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collective Memory | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

In addition, the stem cells are specific to only a certain type of the disease, which afflicts less than five percent of sufferers, Eggan said. But the study authors said research on this less-common variant could have broader applications, if, as they hope, the disease mechanism is similar for...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard, Columbia Researchers Make Stem Cell Breakthrough | 7/31/2008 | See Source »

At this stage, it is hard to tell what these results bode for already declining fish populations around the world. Of the estimated 33,000 piscatorial species, only 5,000 have had their sex-determination mechanism affirmed. But the study by the two CSIC scientists also suggests that the percentage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming's Fish-Sex Effect | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

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