Archive: 07/22/2008
Study helps identify which populations of foreign-born persons living in US at higher risk of TB
The relative yield of finding and treating latent tuberculosis is particularly high among higher-risk groups of foreign-born persons living in the U.S., such as individuals from most countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Holey Nanoparticles Create New Tumor Imaging and Therapeutic Agent
Using a polymer that has both water-soluble and water-insoluble regions, a team of investigators from the Siteman Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence has created a nanoparticle shaped like a bialy, a close relative ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Use of sildenafil associated with improvement in antidepressant-related sexual dysfunction in women
Women with sexual dysfunction caused by the use of antidepressants experienced a reduction in adverse sexual effects with use of sildenafil, commonly known as the erectile dysfunction medication Viagra, according to a study ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Pandemic flu: Most nursing homes don't have a plan
If an influenza pandemic hits the United States, acute care hospitals are likely to be overwhelmed. Nursing homes may then be expected to assist with the patient overflow, but a new study in the Journal of the American Me ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Researchers urge integrating TB into HIV care
In resource-limited settings where tuberculosis is a major cause of mortality among HIV patients and where a multidrug-resistant TB epidemic is emerging, researchers are pressing for approaches to integrate TB prevention ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Researchers Discover Novel Method for Activating Enzymatic Reactions
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have discovered a new method for "switching on" enzymatic reactions with precise energy delivery: by using microwave radiation.
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Phoenix Mars Lander Works Through the Night
(PhysOrg.com) -- To coordinate with observations made by an orbiter flying repeatedly overhead, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is working a schedule Monday that includes staying awake all night for the first time. ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Researchers identify an important gene for a healthy, nutritious plant
Dartmouth biologists have found a gene required for both efficient photosynthesis and for iron metabolism, processes necessary for producing a healthy plant and a nutritious food source. This research is part of a larger ...
Biology /
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Geneva experiment station helps N.Y. fight plum pox virus
When two plum trees and one peach tree in Niagara County, N.Y., tested positive for the plum pox virus (PPV) in 2006, a team dedicated to eradicating the virus sprang into action and within months turned to ...
Biology /
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Researcher shows evolution of milkweed defense system
(PhysOrg.com) -- The adage that your enemies know your weaknesses best is especially true in the case of plants and predators that have co-evolved: As the predators evolve new strategies for attack, plants ...
Biology /
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Serious school failure turns out to be a real bummer for girls, but not boys
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adolescent girls who had a serious school failure by the 12th grade -- being expelled, suspended or dropping out -- were significantly more likely to have suffered a serious bout of depression at the age ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Research puts finger on virtual iPhone button
(PhysOrg.com) -- A virtual tactile keyboard could hold the key to making the iPhone easier to use.
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Cancer drug delivery research cuts time from days to hours
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a technique that has the potential to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to diseased areas within hours, as opposed to the two days it currently takes for existing ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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Building a better telecom system
Hurricane Katrina helped University of Texas professor, Alexis Kwasinski, formulate a new plan for the U.S. telecom system: a de-centralized power architecture that would have kept the lights and phones on in New Orleans. ...
Jul 22, 2008 |
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