Purified bacterial extract sprayed into lungs ramps up innate immune system
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A purified extract prepared from a common microbe and delivered to the lungs of laboratory mice in a spray set off a healthy immune response and provided powerful protection against all four major classes of pathogens including ...
New map outlines risk of zebra mussel invasion
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The spread of two invasive alien freshwater mussel species – the zebra mussel and the quagga mussel – appears to be controlled in part by calcium levels in streams and lakes and a new risk assessment based on water chemistry ...
Researchers discover possible markers for mental illness
Dec 03, 2007 |
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Researchers have discovered natural genetic differences that might help predict the most effective antipsychotic drugs for particular patients with mental disorders such as schizophrenia, Parkinson’s and drug addiction.
Puzzling results from HIV vaccine trial
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 03, 2007 |
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A potential HIV vaccine that recently failed a clinical trial in the United States may increase some people's chance of catching the virus that causes AIDS.
Europe to launch a brain research project
Dec 03, 2007 |
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The European Science Foundation said it will propose a comprehensive mental health research effort of a size similar to that of the Human Genome Project.
One bad apple: Consumers prefer perfect produce
Dec 03, 2007 |
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A research study published in the October 2007 issue of HortScience found that consumers don't like blemishes—on apples, that is. The study of consumer values led by Chengyan Yue, PhD, Assistant Professor of Hor ...
Heavy drinking, conduct disorder linked to high-risk sexual behavior
Dec 03, 2007 |
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Psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number of sex partners.
Older moms face greater health risks
Dec 03, 2007 |
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The increasing number of women postponing childbirth until their 40s face greater risks during pregnancy and delivery, a California fertility specialist says.
Treating patients with psychiatric disorders for hepatitis C
Dec 03, 2007 |
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People with severe mental illnesses are far more likely to be infected with Hepatitis C virus compared to the general population, however, they often do not get treatment for their liver disease because current antiviral ...
Looking through the eyes of a mouse, scientists monitor circulating cells in its bloodstream
Dec 03, 2007 |
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A team of researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) have developed an optical device that allows them to peer through the eyes of a mouse ...
Aerosol launches immune response in lungs to wipe out lethal infections
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An inhaled immune system stimulant protects mice against lethal pneumococcal pneumonia and other deadly bacterial, viral and fungal infections of the lungs, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. ...
Technique controls nanoparticle size, creates large numbers
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 03, 2007 |
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In a world that constantly strives for bigger and bigger things, Washington University in St. Louis' Pratim Biswas, Ph.D., the Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor and chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical ...
Study finds genetic testing may help people with severe type of migraine
Dec 03, 2007 |
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People with a severe type of migraine in which one side of the body becomes weak should consider genetic testing, according to research that has found familial genes for this type of migraine in people who did not have family ...
Cities, Suburbs Deal With Increase In Super-Sized 'McMansions'
Dec 03, 2007 |
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About two-thirds of America's largest cities have reported the appearance of “McMansions” – new, much larger houses built on lots that once contained more modest homes, a new study has revealed.
Stop & Shop cookie recall is updated
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced an update of a recall of Luigi's Bakery cookies sold by Stop & Shop supermarkets in New York in Connecticut.
