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HIV dearms protective protein in cells

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The AIDS-causing HIV specifically counteracts the mechanisms of human cells that protect these against viral infections - a special viral protein marks protective cellular proteins for their rapid destruction and thus diminishes ...





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Immediate intervention for patients with ACS not always more beneficial

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For some patients with acute coronary syndromes, the strategy of immediate intervention at a medical center does not appear to result in differences in outcomes in comparison with an intervention performed the next working ...


Engineered pea seeds protect against parasites

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A breed of pea seeds has been created that contains antibodies against coccidiosis, a disease caused by a parasite that attacks chickens. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology describe the develo ...


Cost-effective strategy to screen second primary colorectal cancers in cancer survivors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

To suggest a feasible economic strategy for second primary colorectal cancer screening of cancer survivors in Korea, A research group constructed a decision-analytic model, compared cost-effectiveness results of cancer screening ...


Stent for life initiative

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Primary angioplasty (with stent implantation) is the most effective therapy for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but it is not available to many patients, even though most European countries have sufficient resources (ie, ...


Of cyclops and lilies: New strategy for the synthesis of cylcopamine, a potential cancer treatment

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 1957, shepherds in Idaho (USA) discovered that when pregnant sheep ate lilies of the species Veratrum californicum (corn lily, California false hellebore), their lambs were born with only one eye in the ...


New strategy in tumor treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new strategy proposed by researchers at Dartmouth Medical School and Amtek, Hanover, NH may treat tumors that do not respond to conventional treatment. The study, which was published on May 29th in the open access, peer ...


What Is The Best Strategy For Overcoming Constant Worries?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A group of German investigators has published a randomized controlled trial on how to overcome constant worries in the current issue of Psyhotherapy and Psychosomatics.


Experts: UN program to save children didn't work

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- The U.N. unveiled a multimillion dollar strategy a dozen years ago to save children worldwide, but a new study has found the program had surprisingly little effect in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries.


New way to fight drug-resistant fungal infections discovered

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The secret to fighting often lethal drug resistant fungal infections is to knock out the bug's molecular chaperone, according to U of T researchers.


Antivirals 'little or no effect' on flu complications in children

Antivirals 'little or no effect' on flu complications in children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- The antivirals oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza) are unlikely to prevent complications in children who have swine flu, according to research published by the BMJ today.



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