News tagged with targeted strategy


New immunization strategy could halve the doses for stopping computer virus spreading

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (23) | comments 3

Researchers have developed a new immunization strategy that requires up to 50% fewer immunization doses compared with the current most efficient strategy. The new strategy could be used to prevent the spread of human epidemics ...





Search results for targeted strategy


Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Mechanism discovered by which body's cells encourage tuberculosis infection

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists have discovered a signaling pathway that tuberculosis bacteria use to coerce disease-fighting cells to switch allegiance and work on their behalf. Epithelial cells line the airways and other surfaces ...


First phase of pan-tropical forest mapping debuting at COP15

Space & Earth / Environment

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

Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. As part of a strategy to reduce these greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, the UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen ...


Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is planning to invest in the island's largest producer of solar cells

Taiwan chip giant TSMC to enter solar energy

Technology / Energy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is planning its first foray into solar energy with an investment in the island's largest producer of solar cells, a spokesman said Thursday.


Texas AgriLife researchers working to develop heartier, better-adapted crops

Biology / Other

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

Dr. Daniel Leskovar, a Texas AgriLife Research plant physiologist at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde, has been investigating ways to help vegetable plants make a less stressful transition from the ...


Free e-samples of prescription drugs: At what cost?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Search the Internet to learn about your asthma, high cholesterol or other common disorder, and odds are you'll be directed to a pharmaceutical company-sponsored Web homepage. There you'll often find an offer for a free sample ...


Suit over search-engine keywords tries new angle

Technology / Internet

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to boost one company's link over a rival's.


On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Yale researchers target tick saliva

On the trail of a vaccine for Lyme disease: Researchers target tick saliva

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A protein found in the saliva of ticks helps protect mice from developing Lyme disease, Yale researchers have discovered. The findings, published in the November 19 issue of Cell Host & Microbe, may spur d ...


New Down syndrome treatment suggested by study in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind. Memory deficits inherent in Down syndrome hinder learning, making it hard for the brain to collect experiences ...


Wistar researchers show targeting 'normal' cells in tumors slows growth

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Targeting the normal cells that surround cancer cells within and around a tumor is a strategy that could greatly increase the effectiveness of traditional anti-cancer treatments, say researchers at The Wistar Institute.


Willis Tower

The greening of Willis Tower: Rooftop gardens part of plan to improve efficiency

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Growing up in the southwest suburbs, Sara Beardsley had a view of the Chicago skyline from her house. Today, she is transforming that skyline, but you won't find her work glorified on a $6 mug or gracing postcards.



List of search results for targeted strategy