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Human guinea pigs link pay and risk levels

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human guinea pigs do their homework before volunteering for high-paying clinical trials. New research shows that people equate large payments for participation in medical research with increased levels of risk. And when they ...


One step closer to an artificial nerve cell

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Karolinska Institutet and Linköping University (Sweden) are well on the way to creating the first artificial nerve cell that can communicate specifically with nerve cells in the body using neurotransmitters. ...


Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.


UV lights decrease infectious TB in hospital room air

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The simple intervention of using ultraviolet (UV) lights near the ceiling together with fans may reduce the spread of tuberculosis (TB) in hospitals, and air treatment with negative ionizers may also be effective, according ...


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Researchers develop new strategy for broad spectrum anti-viral drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 23, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 1

Bavituximab, an anti-viral drug developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, shows promise as a new strategy to fight viral diseases, including potential bioterrorism agents.