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Antiretroviral therapy as HIV prevention strategy
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 30, 2008 |
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The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention strategy, write Dr. Julio Montaner and colleagues ...
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Venomous bite: Harmless digestive enzyme evolved into venom in two species
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species -- a shrew and a lizard -- giving each a venomous ...
New test quickly ID's active TB in smear-negative patients
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Active tuberculosis can be rapidly identified in patients with negative sputum tests by a new method, according to European researchers. Active tuberculosis (TB) is the seventh-leading cause of death worldwide, and while ...
Scientists discover new platinum catalysts for the dehydrogenation of propane
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The process to turn propane into industrially necessary propylene has been expensive and environmentally unfriendly. That was until scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...
Enzyme inhibitor takes an unexpected approach toward blocking cancer-promoting protein
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have discovered a unique method of attack that may be used to inhibit signaling enzymes called kinases, which often have a role in sustaining drug-resistant cancerous cells. They have ...
A Change for the better: Improving properties of enzymes
Sep 24, 2009 |
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An international team of scientists from the Czech Republic, Germany and Japan have developed a new method for improving the properties of enzymes. The method has potential for wide application in the chemical, ...
Brain's problem-solving function at work when we daydream
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 11, 2009 |
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A new University of British Columbia study finds that our brains are much more active when we daydream than previously thought.
Boost for Methanol? New solid catalyst for the direct low-temperature oxidation of methane to methanol
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As a possible energy source for fuel cells or a substitute for gasoline, methanol is increasingly drawing attention beyond its importance as a feedstock for chemical industry. It can be stored much more efficiently ...
Black hole outflows from Centaurus A detected with APEX
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have a new insight into the active galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128), as the jets and lobes emanating from the central black hole have been imaged at submillimetre wavelengths for ...
Focusing HIV treatment helps control concurrent hepatitis B infection
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Prolonged use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat people infected with both HIV and hepatitis B (HBV) helps to better control the hepatitis B infection and could delay or prevent liver complications, ...
Partner issues significantly influence women's sexual activity in later years, study shows
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2009 |
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As a woman gets older, physical problems are less likely to influence whether she is sexually active than her partner's health or interest in sex, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San ...
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