Toward a new generation of vaccines for malaria and other diseases
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Researchers in Colombia, South America, describe a new strategy for designing the next generation of synthetic vaccines that could lead to more effective treatments for fighting malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS and other infectious ...
New report shows college students making the grade online, in class
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 24, 2008 |
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The lives of today’s college students have always included computers and the Internet. That technology now has moved from the ether into instruction.
Water pollution continues at famous Russian lake
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Despite widespread concerns about preserving the world’s largest body of fresh water, researchers report that pollution is continuing in Russia’s fabled Lake Baikal. The study is scheduled for the April 15 ...
Cancer treatments in phase 3 trials successful up to half of the time
Mar 24, 2008 |
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About one-fourth to one-half of new cancer treatments that reach assessment in phase 3 randomized clinical trials are eventually proven successful, according to a report in the March 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of ...
Smelling a rat to catch a rat
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Mar 24, 2008 |
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A novel experiment using laboratory rats to attract wild rats could pave the way for “rat perfumed” bait capable of reducing the millions of rats threatening New Zealand’s native species, say Massey conservation ...
MRI: A window to genetic properties of brain tumors
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Doctors diagnose and prescribe treatment for brain tumors by studying, under a microscope, tumor tissue and cell samples obtained through invasive biopsy or surgery. Now, researchers at UCSD School of Medicine have shown ...
Endeavour Set to Leave International Space Station Today
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2008 |
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The crew of space shuttle Endeavour is slated to leave the International Space Station today.
The surprising power of the pill
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Women who have tried to conceive using in vitro fertilization (IVF) methods are painfully aware that timing is of the essence. There are cancelled vacations, too many sick days taken from work, and the necessity to plan ...
Pandas mate with help at the National Zoo
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Mar 24, 2008 |
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U.S. veterinarians have artificially inseminated Mei Xiang, a female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, after natural mating was unsuccessful.
FDA issues alert about HIV drug Prezista
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Mar 24, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert concerning reports of liver injury in patients taking Prezista.
Researchers identify new approach to help control drug resistance in leukemia
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Researchers then took this success a step further. Using a method developed in their laboratory to rapidly and accurately forecast drug-resistant Bcr-Abl mutations, Deininger and colleagues established a resistance ‘profile’ ...
Study finds certain liver disease related to cardiovascular fitness
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have suboptimal levels of cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, body composition and physical fitness, according to a new study. The findings appear in the April issue ...
Parents' high blood pressure associated with increased risk of hypertension throughout life in men
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Individuals who have one or two parents with hypertension appear to have a significantly increased risk of developing elevated blood pressure throughout their adult lives, according to a report in the March 24 issue of Archives of ...
Charlie's-brand cantaloupe recalled
Mar 24, 2008 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Charlie's-brand cut cantaloupe products due to possible contamination.
Ayd, who advanced thorazine use, dies
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Dr. Frank Ayd Jr., a pioneer in the field of psychopharmacology, has died in Baltimore from complications of coronary artery disease at age 87.
