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Nanostructures Improve Bone Response To Titanium Implants
05.07.2008 15:12
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Titanium implants were successfully introduced by P.-I. Branemark and co-workers in 1969 for the rehabilitation of edentulous jaws. After 40 years of research and development, titanium is currently the most frequently used biomaterial in oral implantology, and titanium-based materials are often used to replace lost tissue in several parts of the body. There are some alternatives to modulating the body's response after implant placement.
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Orthopedics
Prevalence Of Religious Congregations Affects Mortality Rates
05.07.2008 14:12
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LSU associate professor of sociology Troy C. Blanchard recently found that a community's religious environment - that is, the type of religious congregations within a locale - affects mortality rates, often in a positive manner. These results were published in the June issue of Social Forces, a leading journal in the field of sociology.
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Psychiatry
Rare Case Of Foreign-Accent Syndrome Reported In Canada
05.07.2008 13:38
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A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University researchers report in the July issue of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. The puzzling medical phenomenon known as foreign-accent syndrome (FAS) arises from neurological damage, and results in vocal distortions that typically sound like the speaker has a new, "foreign" accent.
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Neurology
Beating Depression For Cancer Patients
05.07.2008 11:26
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A new treatment programme for cancer patients with clinical depression can significantly boost their quality of life according to new research published in the Lancet. Cancer Research UK scientists devised the treatment programme which offers patients one-to-one sessions with specially trained cancer nurses to help them manage their depression more effectively.
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Depression
Function Of Glucose Transport Molecule Clarified By UCLA Researchers
05.07.2008 10:20
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Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have solved the structure of a class of proteins known as sodium glucose co-transporters (SGLTs), which pump glucose into cells. These transport proteins are used in the treatment of chronic diarrhea via oral rehydration therapy, saving the lives of millions of children each year. The solution of the SGLT structure will accelerate development of new drugs designed to treat patients with diabetes and cancer.
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Biology
New HIV Health Support Service Launched Across London
05.07.2008 09:17
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On July 7, Terrence Higgins Trust and NAM are launching a new pan-London health support service for people living with HIV. The 'HIV Health Support Service' offers one to one or group meetings with a Health Trainer where people can learn more about HIV, treatments and managing their own condition.
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HIV/AIDS
Pesticides May Be Responsible For Reproductive Abnormalities
05.07.2008 09:17
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A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot. But University of Florida scientists have found the opposite is true. In a study with wide implications for a longstanding debate over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, UF zoologists have found that toads in suburban areas are less likely to suffer from reproductive system abnormalities than toads near farms - where some had both testes and ovaries.
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Biology
'Smart' Materials Get Smarter With Ability To Better Control Shape And Size
05.07.2008 08:22
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A dynamic way to alter the shape and size of microscopic three-dimensional structures built out of proteins has been developed by biological chemist Jason Shear and his former graduate student Bryan Kaehr at The University of Texas at Austin. Shear and Kaehr fabricated a variety of detailed three-dimensional microstructures, known as hydrogels, and have shown that they can expand and bend the hydrogels by altering the chemistry of the environment in which they were built.
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Biology
French EU Presidency Makes Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease A Priority
05.07.2008 08:22
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At a joint press conference with Commission President Barroso on 2 July 2008 highlighting the priorities of the French Presidency, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the commitment of the French Presidency to the development of a European Alzheimer's Plan. He stressed that the French Presidency would be working with all its partners to find concrete solutions for this scourge which affects millions of Europeans.
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Alzheimer's Disease
Pioneering Stroke Researcher Awarded Canada's Highest Honor
05.07.2008 07:19
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Renowned stroke researcher Dr. Vladimir Hachinski has been named to the Order of Canada, the country's highest honor, for his lifetime contributions in the field of neurology. Hachinski is a "Distinguished University Professor" at The University of Western Ontario in the Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
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Neurology
'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception
05.07.2008 07:19
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Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research from Vanderbilt University has found that mental imagery--what we see with the "mind's eye"--directly impacts our visual perception. The research was published online June 26 by the journal Current Biology.
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Neurology
New Antibiotic Beats Superbugs At Their Own Game
05.07.2008 06:12
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The problem with antibiotics is that, eventually, bacteria outsmart them and become resistant. But by targeting the gene that confers such resistance, a new drug may be able to finally outwit them.
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Infectious Diseases
Identification Of Tumor Suppressor That Manages Cellular Cleaning And Recycling Proceses
05.07.2008 05:19
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Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a specific tumor suppressor that manages membrane traffic routes for cellular cleaning and recycling. The study will be published in the July issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology, and is now available online.
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Biology
International Guidelines Will Promote Food Safety Of Plant And Animal Biotech Products
05.07.2008 04:22
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The Biotechnology Industry Organization congratulates the Codex Alimentarius Commission for approving key guidelines to further promote the safety of products from agricultural plant and animal biotechnology. The Codex Commission took final action at its 31st session in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Veterinary Medicine
Female Kidney Transplant Recipients Are More Likely To Reject Male Donor Organs
05.07.2008 04:22
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New research published in The Lancet suggests that sex-matching kidney donors and recipients may result in better outcomes. The report finds that when females receive a male donor kidney, they have higher rates of graft failure compared to the other three combinations of donor and recipient. These findings imply that future studies and decisions about organ donations should take sex into consideration.
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Transplantation
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