Ashwell receptor reduces mortality during sepsis
May 18, 2008 |
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In research that solves the longest-standing mystery in glycobiology – a field that studies complex sugar chains called glycans – researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that ...
New data show benefit of finasteride in preventing prostate cancer
May 18, 2008 |
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A comprehensive re-evaluation of the largest prostate cancer prevention study ever completed produced new findings suggesting that men and their doctors should consider a more aggressive approach that includes finasteride ...
Explorers marvel at 'Brittlestar City' on seamount in powerful current swirling around Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2008 |
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Census of Marine Life-affiliated scientists, plumbing the secrets of a vast underwater mountain range south of New Zealand, captured the first images of a novel “Brittlestar City” established against daunting ...
Personalized therapy for asthma and COPD could soon be here
May 18, 2008 |
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have defined a new type of immune response that is activated in patients with severe asthma and COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Their discovery ...
Men at increased risk of death from pneumonia compared to women
May 18, 2008 |
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Men who come to the hospital with pneumonia generally are sicker than women and have a higher risk of dying over the next year, despite aggressive medical care, according to a study being presented Tuesday, May 20, at the ...
Researchers develop first transgenic nonhuman primate model of Huntington's disease
May 18, 2008 |
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In the first study of its kind, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, in collaboration with researchers from the Department of Human Genetics at Emory's School of Medicine, have developed ...
Gender disparity in community-acquired pneumonia
May 18, 2008 |
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When men present in emergency departments with pneumonia, they are likely to be sicker than women and have a greater risk of dying over the next year, despite the more aggressive medical care they receive, according to research ...
Observations from space: NASA environmental data and lung disease
May 18, 2008 |
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NASA gathers a tremendous amount of data on the environment that can be helpful in understanding lung disease. In a session at the ATS 2008 International Conference called “Observations From Space: A Unique Vantage Point ...
For children with sickle cell disease, lung disease is part of the package
May 18, 2008 |
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Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have a significantly sharper decline in lung function with age when compared to other children of the same race and age. Furthermore, that loss of function appears to be linked to a ...
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