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Researchers disprove long-standing belief about HIV treatment

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jul 25, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have disproved a long-standing clinical belief that the hepatitis C virus slows or stunts the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients are treated ...





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Scientists find key to strengthening immune response to chronic infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers from The Wistar Institute has identified a protein that could serve as a target for reprogramming immune system cells exhausted by exposure to chronic viral infection into more effective "soldiers" against ...


High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

High blood sugar's impact on immune system holds clues to improving islet cell transplants

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A biological tit for tat may hold clues to improving the success of islet cell transplants intended to cure type 1 diabetes, according to a Medical College of Georgia scientist.


Lagoon size can be predicted

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of Santa Barbara area lagoons can be predicted, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists, who say that their research could help protect the endangered steelhead trout.


'Shoot-'em-up' video game increases teenagers' science knowledge

Biology / Other

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

While navigating the microscopic world of immune system proteins and cells to save a patient suffering from a raging bacterial infection, young teenage players of the "Immune Attack" video game measurably improved their understanding ...


Researchers develop virtual streams to help restore real ones

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab, which demonstrates the ...


California company fined for pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 15, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A California refinery has been fined $1 million for threatening groundwater supplies by dumping oil refinery waste into its wells, U.S. officials said.


Interstitial macrophages: immune cells that prevent asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The continual presence in the air of the microbe-derived molecule LPS promotes asthma in some individuals. What prevents inhalation of LPS from promoting asthma in most individuals is not well understood. However, researchers ...


Fatty food can weaken the immune system

Medicine & Health / Health

created 21 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fresh evidence that fatty food is bad for our health has come to light: mice fed a lard-based diet over a long period got worse at fighting bacteria in the blood, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University ...


Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Artificial refuges created to save the reptiles of Doņana

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Aznalcóllar mining accident more than 11 years ago, which contaminated part of the Doņana National Park, also damaged reptile habitat there. Now a team of Spanish researchers, who have been studying ...


Genetic discovery could lead to advances in dental treatment

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers have identified the gene that ultimately controls the production of tooth enamel, a significant advance that could some day lead to the repair of damaged enamel, a new concept in cavity prevention, and restoration ...



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