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New Molecular Tag IDs Bone And Tooth Minerals
13.07.2008 16:18
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Enlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have identified a small biomolecule that binds specifically to one of the key crystal structures of the body - the calcium compound that is the basic building block of teeth and bone.
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Biology
New Discovery Could Lead To An Improved Influenza Vaccine
13.07.2008 15:09
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Findings just published in the scientific journal Immunity by researchers at the Trudeau Institute shed new light on how a previously-unknown messaging mechanism within the human immune system prompts specific influenza-fighting cells to the lung airways during an infection. Infections from the influenza virus are responsible for hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and as many as 40,000 deaths in the United States each year.
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British Medical Association Recommends Starting Sex Education In Primary Schools
13.07.2008 13:13
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At a conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, 54.6% of British Medical Association members on Wednesday voted in favor of providing sex education in primary schools in the United Kingdom, Scotland's Herald reports.
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Children Diseases
Identification Of Genes That Control Embryonic Stem Cell Fate
13.07.2008 13:12
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Scientists have identified about two dozen genes that control embryonic stem cell fate. The genes may either prod or restrain stem cells from drifting into a kind of limbo, they suspect. The limbo lies between the embryonic stage and fully differentiated, or specialized, cells, such as bone, muscle or fat.
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Genetics
Final Part Of The Immune System Code Hacked
13.07.2008 12:10
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A group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen and the Biocentre at the Technical University of Denmark have managed to decipher the final part of the immune system's key codes. The same researchers already broke the first part of the codes last autumn, and have now put together a comprehensive picture of how the immune system checks for dangers both in and outside our cells.
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Researchers Catch Ion Channels In Their Opening Act
13.07.2008 11:12
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Each thought or action sends a million electrical signals pulsing through your body. At the heart of the process of generating these electrical impulses is the ion channel. A new study by researchers from the University of Illinois measures movements smaller than one-billionth of a meter in ion channels. This movement is critical to how these tiny pores in the cell membrane open and close in response to changes in voltage across the membrane.
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Study Of Surgical Option For Treating Diabetic And Other Neuropathies Launched By UT Southwestern
13.07.2008 10:10
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UT Southwestern Medical Center plastic surgeons and specialists in diabetes, neurology, pain management and rehabilitation are launching a cutting-edge study of peripheral nerve surgery to alleviate long-standing pain and numbness in patients with diabetic neuropathy. Neuropathy is nerve-related pain, often associated with diabetes.
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Diabetes
Link Between Thunderstorms And Asthma Attacks
13.07.2008 09:11
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In the first in-depth study of its kind ever done in the Southeastern United States, researchers at the University of Georgia and Emory University have discovered a link between thunderstorms and asthma attacks in the metro Atlanta area that could have a "significant public health impact.
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Asthma
Common Mechanisms May Underlie Autism's Seemingly Diverse Mutations
13.07.2008 08:09
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Many of the seemingly disparate mutations recently discovered in autism may share common underlying mechanisms, say researchers supported in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mutations may disrupt specific genes that are vital to the developing brain, and which are turned on and off by experience-triggered neuronal activity. A research team led by Christopher Walsh, M.D., Ph.D., and Eric Morrow, M.D., Ph.
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NPA Smoking Cessation Workshops At EPSA
13.07.2008 07:12
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The NPA is holding smoking cessation workshops at the European Pharmaceutical Student's Association (EPSA) Summer University on Tuesday 22 July at Manchester University. The workshops will provide attendees with a background on the development and marketing of a smoking cessation service. Margaret Peycke, NPA Service Development Manager said: "With smoking bans rolling out throughout Europe this topic is particularly relevant to all students attending the conference.
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The Cost Of Raising A Child With Special Needs: Where Does Your State Rank?
13.07.2008 07:12
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Therapies, rehabilitation and specialty medical care are just a few of the extra costs that parents face when raising children with special needs. In a new study that will be published in current issue of Pediatrics, Paul T. Shattuck, Ph.D., professor of social work at Washington University in St. Louis, found that families with similar demographics and nature of their children's special needs have different out-of-pocket health expenditures depending on the state in which they live.
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Children Diseases
Researching Pyran-Based Anticancer Natural Products
13.07.2008 06:09
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Thomas E. Smith, associate professor of chemistry at Williams College, has been awarded a $217,710 three-year grant by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institute of Health (NIH) for "Asymmetric Methods for the Synthesis of Pyran-Based Anticancer Natural Products." "This research is concerned with the development of new methods that will allow for the efficient preparation of anticancer compounds," said Smith.
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Biology
PSA Reduction (after Antibiotics) Permits To Avoid Or Postpone Prostate Biopsy In Selected Patients
13.07.2008 05:13
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UroToday.com - In Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, a group from Palermo, Italy report on the use of antibiotics in patients with an elevated PSA. The study cohort consisted of 94 Caucasian men with a PSA between 4 and 10ng/ml, no symptoms of prostatitis, a negative rectal exam for cancer and who were otherwise candidates for prostate biopsy. All patients had a negative urinalysis and at least 2 previous elevated PSA detections with no greater than a 10% increase.
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Urology
Utilization And Outcomes Of Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy
13.07.2008 05:13
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UroToday.com - In the May 10, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Jim Hu and associates report on minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP). Using a 5% sampling of Medicare beneficiaries, 2,702 men undergoing MIRP and open RP from 2003-2005 were identified. Variables assessed included perioperative complications, length of hospital stay, anastomotic strictures, and initiation of salvage therapies. During this 2 year span, MIRP increased from 12.2% to 31.
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Prostate Cancer-Specific Survival Following Salvage Radiotherapy Vs. Observation In Men With Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy
13.07.2008 05:13
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UroToday.com - In the June 18, 2008 edition of JAMA, Dr. Bruce Trock and associates reported on prostate cancer (CaP) specific survival following salvage radiotherapy (XRT) vs. observation in men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP). They found a benefit to salvage XRT. Between 1982 and 2004, 926 men developed CaP recurrence following RP with staging pelvic lymphadenectomy at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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