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Tip sheet for International Seismology Research Conference
17 Apr 2008
Excavating for clues to past earthquakes, tracking extreme ocean storms, glimpsing past Soviet nuclear testing, and more discussed as seismologists gather in Santa Fe, New Mexico SANTA FE – The Seismological Society of America (SSA) will...
17 Apr 2008
Excavating for clues to past earthquakes, tracking extreme ocean storms, glimpsing past Soviet nuclear testing, and more discussed as seismologists gather in Santa Fe, New Mexico SANTA FE – The Seismological Society of America (SSA) will...
GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed
17 Apr 2008
The European Space Agency and Astrium today signed a €195 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime...
17 Apr 2008
The European Space Agency and Astrium today signed a €195 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of the European GMES programme. As prime...
Lakes of meltwater can crack Greenland's ice and contribute to faster ice sheet flow
17 Apr 2008
Researchers make first observations of surface meltwater cutting through the ice sheet to lubricate the bottom Glaciologist Sarah Das stands atop a block of ice that was raised up 6 meters by the sudden drainage of a meltwater...
17 Apr 2008
Researchers make first observations of surface meltwater cutting through the ice sheet to lubricate the bottom Glaciologist Sarah Das stands atop a block of ice that was raised up 6 meters by the sudden drainage of a meltwater...
Rutgers-led team pursues innovative healing for war wounded
17 Apr 2008
US Army funds new Institute of Regenerative Medicine with $85M NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A consortium spearheaded by Rutgers has been awarded $42.5 million over five years to create one of two academic groups that will form the Armed Forces...
17 Apr 2008
US Army funds new Institute of Regenerative Medicine with $85M NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – A consortium spearheaded by Rutgers has been awarded $42.5 million over five years to create one of two academic groups that will form the Armed Forces...
Science takes aim at battlefield injury in massive project grant
17 Apr 2008
PITTSBURGH, April 17 – The University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have been selected as co-leaders of a...
17 Apr 2008
PITTSBURGH, April 17 – The University of Pittsburgh’s McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have been selected as co-leaders of a...
Tiny magnets offer breakthrough in gene therapy for cancer
17 Apr 2008
A revolutionary cancer treatment using microscopic magnets to enable 'armed' human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Research published...
17 Apr 2008
A revolutionary cancer treatment using microscopic magnets to enable 'armed' human cells to target tumours has been developed by researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Research published...
Inaugural Kirkham Gold Medal presented to expert on soil physics
17 Apr 2008
University of California-Davis professor recognized for pioneering soils research and scientific and educational excellence The first Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Gold Medal was awarded to Donald R. Nielsen, University of...
17 Apr 2008
University of California-Davis professor recognized for pioneering soils research and scientific and educational excellence The first Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Gold Medal was awarded to Donald R. Nielsen, University of...
While stability far from assured, Greenland perhaps not headed down too slippery a slope
17 Apr 2008
Meltwater carves two troughs, each roughly 20 feet deep, in the Greenland Ice Sheet before disappearing into a moulin, a conduit that carries the meltwater through more than half a... Click here for more...
17 Apr 2008
Meltwater carves two troughs, each roughly 20 feet deep, in the Greenland Ice Sheet before disappearing into a moulin, a conduit that carries the meltwater through more than half a... Click here for more...
The new shape of music
17 Apr 2008
Music has its own geometry, researchers find The figure shows how geometrical music theory represents four-note chord-types -- the collections of notes form a tetrahedron, with the colors indicating the spacing between the...
17 Apr 2008
Music has its own geometry, researchers find The figure shows how geometrical music theory represents four-note chord-types -- the collections of notes form a tetrahedron, with the colors indicating the spacing between the...
Rice and UT-Houston join DOD push for regenerative medicine
17 Apr 2008
TMC program is part of $250M search for new treatments for wounded soldiers The Department of Defense (DOD) today announced that Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will spearhead the search for...
17 Apr 2008
TMC program is part of $250M search for new treatments for wounded soldiers The Department of Defense (DOD) today announced that Rice University and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will spearhead the search for...
Graphene used to create world's smallest transistor
17 Apr 2008
Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. Reporting their peer-reviewed findings in the latest issue of the journal Science, Dr Kostya Novoselov and...
17 Apr 2008
Researchers have used the world's thinnest material to create the world's smallest transistor, one atom thick and ten atoms wide. Reporting their peer-reviewed findings in the latest issue of the journal Science, Dr Kostya Novoselov and...
Breakthrough in nanotechnology by uncovering conductive property of carbon-based molecules
17 Apr 2008
Newfound ability of organic molecules to conduct electricity opens door to smaller, cheaper and more powerful technologies PITTSBURGH—University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic—or...
17 Apr 2008
Newfound ability of organic molecules to conduct electricity opens door to smaller, cheaper and more powerful technologies PITTSBURGH—University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic—or...
Wanted: 40,000 more health IT professionals
17 Apr 2008
Study by OHSU expert says a 40 percent hike in IT workforce will be needed to move US health care toward a paperless system that controls costs and reduces medical errors WASHINGTON, D.C. – If the U.S. healthcare system moves toward wider...
17 Apr 2008
Study by OHSU expert says a 40 percent hike in IT workforce will be needed to move US health care toward a paperless system that controls costs and reduces medical errors WASHINGTON, D.C. – If the U.S. healthcare system moves toward wider...
Annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences
17 Apr 2008
From April 26 to 29, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences will hold its 145th annual meeting, at which new Academy members will be elected. ELECTION RESULTS will be available online at noon EDT on April 29 at http://national-academies.org....
17 Apr 2008
From April 26 to 29, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences will hold its 145th annual meeting, at which new Academy members will be elected. ELECTION RESULTS will be available online at noon EDT on April 29 at http://national-academies.org....
New research shows no link between aromatase inhibitors and cardiovascular problems
17 Apr 2008
Berlin, Germany: New evidence has emerged that, contrary to some current fears, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are not associated with an increased risk of heart problems in women who take them to prevent their breast cancer recurring. In a study...
17 Apr 2008
Berlin, Germany: New evidence has emerged that, contrary to some current fears, aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are not associated with an increased risk of heart problems in women who take them to prevent their breast cancer recurring. In a study...
New vaccine may give long-term defense against deadly bird flu and its variant forms
17 Apr 2008
A new vaccine that apparently can provide long-lasting protection for pathogenic bird flu, H5N1, and its mutations, has been developed by Purdue researchers in collaboration with the US Centers for... Click here for more...
17 Apr 2008
A new vaccine that apparently can provide long-lasting protection for pathogenic bird flu, H5N1, and its mutations, has been developed by Purdue researchers in collaboration with the US Centers for... Click here for more...
New strategies against bird flu
17 Apr 2008
Austrian scientists identify the common mechanism underlying acute respiratory disease syndrome ARDS The Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 killed between 30 and 50 million people. In the infected patients, the ultimate cause of death was acute...
17 Apr 2008
Austrian scientists identify the common mechanism underlying acute respiratory disease syndrome ARDS The Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 killed between 30 and 50 million people. In the infected patients, the ultimate cause of death was acute...
Cutting through the stigma
17 Apr 2008
Barbers boost HIV awareness in rural India Training community members such as barbers as peer educators can be an effective way of spreading information on HIV/AIDS throughout low-literacy, rural communities, say findings published this week in...
17 Apr 2008
Barbers boost HIV awareness in rural India Training community members such as barbers as peer educators can be an effective way of spreading information on HIV/AIDS throughout low-literacy, rural communities, say findings published this week in...
New research shows slight of hand is not so slight
17 Apr 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Typing on a keyboard or scribbling on paper may be similar activities, but there is a significant difference in how the body moves, according to new motor development research. "In language we start with letters that...
17 Apr 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Typing on a keyboard or scribbling on paper may be similar activities, but there is a significant difference in how the body moves, according to new motor development research. "In language we start with letters that...
Penn researchers find potential in yeast for selecting Lou Gehrig's disease drugs
17 Apr 2008
PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease,...
17 Apr 2008
PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine are developing a novel approach to screen for drugs to combat neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease,...
Study finds 1 in 5 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from PTSD or major depression
17 Apr 2008
Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight more than half have sought treatment,...
17 Apr 2008
Nearly 20 percent of military service members who have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan -- 300,000 in all -- report symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder or major depression, yet only slight more than half have sought treatment,...
Aerodynamic trailer cuts fuel and emissions by up to 15 percent
17 Apr 2008
PART public-private partnership produces first commercially-viable application Creating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much...
17 Apr 2008
PART public-private partnership produces first commercially-viable application Creating an improved aerodynamic shape for truck trailers by mounting sideskirts can lead to a cut in fuel consumption and emissions of up to as much...
Researchers discover critical detail of cellular defense against genetic mistakes
17 Apr 2008
Researchers are closing in on a completed diagram of how human cells protect themselves against constant genetic mistakes that contribute to most diseases, according to a study to be published in the April 18 edition of the journal Cell. The...
17 Apr 2008
Researchers are closing in on a completed diagram of how human cells protect themselves against constant genetic mistakes that contribute to most diseases, according to a study to be published in the April 18 edition of the journal Cell. The...
Minnesota partnership advances potential MS therapy
17 Apr 2008
Clinical-stage manufacturing progressing at Biovest in Minneapolis ROCHESTER/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A production laboratory founded by the Minnesota Partnership has transferred its first potential therapy — a medication for multiple...
17 Apr 2008
Clinical-stage manufacturing progressing at Biovest in Minneapolis ROCHESTER/MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — A production laboratory founded by the Minnesota Partnership has transferred its first potential therapy — a medication for multiple...
Duke scientists deconstruct process of bacterial division
17 Apr 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have made a major advance in understanding how bacteria divide. This could lead to new antibiotic treatments that prevent dangerous bacteria from multiplying. Normally, bacteria divide by forming a...
17 Apr 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have made a major advance in understanding how bacteria divide. This could lead to new antibiotic treatments that prevent dangerous bacteria from multiplying. Normally, bacteria divide by forming a...
APIC Conference to address new CMS regulations
17 Apr 2008
Sept. meeting will provide health care leaders with information and best practices related to upcoming federal reimbursement cuts for HAIs Washington, DC, April 17, 2008 – The new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
17 Apr 2008
Sept. meeting will provide health care leaders with information and best practices related to upcoming federal reimbursement cuts for HAIs Washington, DC, April 17, 2008 – The new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...
Massive regenerative medicine project aimed at battlefield injuries
17 Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A consortium spearheaded by the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has been awarded $42.5 million over five years to co-lead one of two academic groups that will...
17 Apr 2008
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – A consortium spearheaded by the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has been awarded $42.5 million over five years to co-lead one of two academic groups that will...
Self-repairing materials
17 Apr 2008
This release is available in Spanish. Will the day come when cracks in buildings close up without external help and before they get to the stage where they cause damage to the component? This might appear utopia, but it already occurs in...
17 Apr 2008
This release is available in Spanish. Will the day come when cracks in buildings close up without external help and before they get to the stage where they cause damage to the component? This might appear utopia, but it already occurs in...
MU researchers reveal communication tactics used by sexual predators to entrap children
17 Apr 2008
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A child’s innocence and vulnerability presents a target for a sexual predator’s abusive behavior. University of Missouri researchers are beginning to understand the communication process by which predators...
17 Apr 2008
COLUMBIA, Mo. – A child’s innocence and vulnerability presents a target for a sexual predator’s abusive behavior. University of Missouri researchers are beginning to understand the communication process by which predators...
Many captive tigers are of purebred ancestry; finding raises their conservation value
17 Apr 2008
Tigers held in captivity around the world—including those in zoos, circuses, and private homes—may hold considerable conservation value for the rapidly dwindling wild populations around the world, according to a new report...
17 Apr 2008
Tigers held in captivity around the world—including those in zoos, circuses, and private homes—may hold considerable conservation value for the rapidly dwindling wild populations around the world, according to a new report...
Paranal receives new mirror
17 Apr 2008
Survey telescope nears completion Installing the VISTA mirror. Click here for more information. A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible...
17 Apr 2008
Survey telescope nears completion Installing the VISTA mirror. Click here for more information. A 4.1-metre diameter primary mirror, a vital part of the world's newest and fastest survey telescope, VISTA (the Visible...
Dam removal increases property values
17 Apr 2008
Lewiston, ME – April 17, 2008 – Two new studies appearing in Contemporary Economic Policy explore the impact of dam removal on local property values and find that property values increase after dams are removed. Lynne Y. Lewis,...
17 Apr 2008
Lewiston, ME – April 17, 2008 – Two new studies appearing in Contemporary Economic Policy explore the impact of dam removal on local property values and find that property values increase after dams are removed. Lynne Y. Lewis,...
New proteomics project to develop technology to detect liver disease via blood test
17 Apr 2008
Scientists awarded $4.8M to search for biomarkers for liver disease RICHLAND, Wash. -- No simple blood test exists to determine which of the millions of people infected with hepatitis C virus will develop cirrhosis of the liver or cancer. Now,...
17 Apr 2008
Scientists awarded $4.8M to search for biomarkers for liver disease RICHLAND, Wash. -- No simple blood test exists to determine which of the millions of people infected with hepatitis C virus will develop cirrhosis of the liver or cancer. Now,...
Researchers uncover details about how dietary restriction slows down aging
17 Apr 2008
University of Washington scientists have uncovered details about the mechanisms through which dietary restriction slows the aging process. Working in yeast cells, the researchers have linked ribosomes, the protein-making factories in living...
17 Apr 2008
University of Washington scientists have uncovered details about the mechanisms through which dietary restriction slows the aging process. Working in yeast cells, the researchers have linked ribosomes, the protein-making factories in living...
Recent developments at the Burnham Institute
17 Apr 2008
The Burnham Buzz -- April 2008 Burnham Institute for Medical Research logo. Click here for more information. New Focus on Children’s Health Burnham Institute for Medical Research will unveil the new Sanford...
17 Apr 2008
The Burnham Buzz -- April 2008 Burnham Institute for Medical Research logo. Click here for more information. New Focus on Children’s Health Burnham Institute for Medical Research will unveil the new Sanford...
Plastic surgeons play pivotal role in war injury research
17 Apr 2008
$85M in federal funds awarded to reconstruct devastating injuries ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) will play a pivotal role over the next five years developing groundbreaking therapies...
17 Apr 2008
$85M in federal funds awarded to reconstruct devastating injuries ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) will play a pivotal role over the next five years developing groundbreaking therapies...
Resolving international copyright
17 Apr 2008
Clearer rules around the globe could improve rights of freelance creators Publishers commonly profit from the creative works of their freelance contributors not only in the traditional print format, but increasingly digitally through websites,...
17 Apr 2008
Clearer rules around the globe could improve rights of freelance creators Publishers commonly profit from the creative works of their freelance contributors not only in the traditional print format, but increasingly digitally through websites,...
New chemotherapy combo produces side effects, but no extra efficacy, in early breast cancer patients
17 Apr 2008
Berlin, Germany: Adding capecitabine, a drug that inhibits DNA synthesis and slows the growth of tumour tissue, to docetaxel, in patients with early breast cancer, leads to more toxicities and does not improve the efficacy of treatment, a...
17 Apr 2008
Berlin, Germany: Adding capecitabine, a drug that inhibits DNA synthesis and slows the growth of tumour tissue, to docetaxel, in patients with early breast cancer, leads to more toxicities and does not improve the efficacy of treatment, a...
New type of drug shrinks primary breast cancer tumors significantly in just 6 weeks
17 Apr 2008
Research provides leads to a new target in cancer treatment -- the cancer stem cell Berlin, Germany: A drug that targets the cell surface receptors that play an important role in many types of cancer can bring about significant tumour...
17 Apr 2008
Research provides leads to a new target in cancer treatment -- the cancer stem cell Berlin, Germany: A drug that targets the cell surface receptors that play an important role in many types of cancer can bring about significant tumour...
Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, receives Distinguished Investigator Award from NARSAD
17 Apr 2008
April 16, 2008 -- Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and...
17 Apr 2008
April 16, 2008 -- Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and...
Tiny tremors can track extreme storms in a warming planet
17 Apr 2008
SANTA FE, New Mexico--Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves—often dismissed as “background noise” at seismographic stations around the world—suggest extreme ocean storms have become more...
17 Apr 2008
SANTA FE, New Mexico--Data from faint earth tremors caused by wind-driven ocean waves—often dismissed as “background noise” at seismographic stations around the world—suggest extreme ocean storms have become more...
Inherited cancer mutation is widespread in America
17 Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A gene mutation responsible for the most common form of inherited colon cancer is older and more common than formerly believed, according to a recent study. The findings provide a better understanding of the spread and...
17 Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A gene mutation responsible for the most common form of inherited colon cancer is older and more common than formerly believed, according to a recent study. The findings provide a better understanding of the spread and...
Riley Hospital for Children & Capital Institute of Pediatrics become international sister...
17 Apr 2008
Research and clinical care of children to benefit INDIANAPOLIS -- In a move that will benefit children of both countries, Riley Hospital for Children, one of the premier children’s hospitals in the United States, and the highly regarded...
17 Apr 2008
Research and clinical care of children to benefit INDIANAPOLIS -- In a move that will benefit children of both countries, Riley Hospital for Children, one of the premier children’s hospitals in the United States, and the highly regarded...
Advanced MRI studies provide new insight on early Parkinson's disease
17 Apr 2008
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain affecting movement, speech, mood, behavior, thinking and sensation for which there is no known cause or cure. Two studies from the University at Buffalo being...
17 Apr 2008
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain affecting movement, speech, mood, behavior, thinking and sensation for which there is no known cause or cure. Two studies from the University at Buffalo being...
Readily available treatment could help prevent heart disease in kidney patients
17 Apr 2008
The estimated 19 million Americans living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face a high risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have shown that a main source of this cardiovascular risk is CKD patients' high levels of blood...
17 Apr 2008
The estimated 19 million Americans living with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face a high risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Recent studies have shown that a main source of this cardiovascular risk is CKD patients' high levels of blood...
Historic Soviet nuclear test site offers insights for today's nuclear monitoring
17 Apr 2008
SANTA FE, New Mexico -- Newly published data from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union’s primary nuclear weapons testing ground during the Cold War, can help today’s atomic detectives fine-tune their monitoring of...
17 Apr 2008
SANTA FE, New Mexico -- Newly published data from the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site, the Soviet Union’s primary nuclear weapons testing ground during the Cold War, can help today’s atomic detectives fine-tune their monitoring of...
Scientists discover how nanocluster contaminants increase risk of spreading
17 Apr 2008
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. It was known nanometer sized clusters of plutonium oxide...
17 Apr 2008
For almost half a century, scientists have struggled with plutonium contamination spreading further in groundwater than expected, increasing the risk of sickness in humans and animals. It was known nanometer sized clusters of plutonium oxide...
Standard chemo works better against metastatic BRCA1/2 breast cancer than against sporadic tumors
17 Apr 2008
Berlin, Germany: The first study to investigate the effects of chemotherapy on metastatic breast cancer in women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation has shown that standard chemotherapy works better in these patients than in women without...
17 Apr 2008
Berlin, Germany: The first study to investigate the effects of chemotherapy on metastatic breast cancer in women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation has shown that standard chemotherapy works better in these patients than in women without...
The Alliance for Lupus Research announces 2008 grantees
17 Apr 2008
$6.8M awarded to researchers worldwide The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) recently announced it will award nearly $7 million to researchers around the world. “The ALR is very proud to announce, during National Minority Health Month,...
17 Apr 2008
$6.8M awarded to researchers worldwide The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) recently announced it will award nearly $7 million to researchers around the world. “The ALR is very proud to announce, during National Minority Health Month,...
Researchers evaluating food allergy treatment
17 Apr 2008
Immunotherapy could prevent allergic reactions to food Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center are conducting trials to evaluate a method to prevent allergic reactions to food. They are feeding peanut- and egg-allergic people...
17 Apr 2008
Immunotherapy could prevent allergic reactions to food Researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center are conducting trials to evaluate a method to prevent allergic reactions to food. They are feeding peanut- and egg-allergic people...
Charting the epigenome
17 Apr 2008
Salk researchers zoom in on genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptomes at single base resolution LA JOLLA, CA — Until recently, the chemical marks littering the DNA inside our cells like trees dotting a landscape could only be studied...
17 Apr 2008
Salk researchers zoom in on genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptomes at single base resolution LA JOLLA, CA — Until recently, the chemical marks littering the DNA inside our cells like trees dotting a landscape could only be studied...
Life Sciences Fund grants awards to launch health research
17 Apr 2008
Seattle - (April 17, 2008) - The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) has today awarded $22 million in grant funding to 5 Washington State-based life sciences organizations and their partners. The newly-funded health research initiatives focus...
17 Apr 2008
Seattle - (April 17, 2008) - The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) has today awarded $22 million in grant funding to 5 Washington State-based life sciences organizations and their partners. The newly-funded health research initiatives focus...
Birds announce their sentry duty to help comrades get a good meal
17 Apr 2008
Soldiers on sentry duty in hostile territory keep in regular radio contact with their colleagues to assure them that all is well and that they are safe to carry on their manoeuvres. New research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological...
17 Apr 2008
Soldiers on sentry duty in hostile territory keep in regular radio contact with their colleagues to assure them that all is well and that they are safe to carry on their manoeuvres. New research funded by the Biotechnology and Biological...
Parents stricter with older kids to set example: game theory study
17 Apr 2008
Parents are more likely to punish their teen's risky behavior when there are younger kids in the family, driven by a desire to set a strict example for these siblings, says new game theory research from the University of Maryland, Duke...
17 Apr 2008
Parents are more likely to punish their teen's risky behavior when there are younger kids in the family, driven by a desire to set a strict example for these siblings, says new game theory research from the University of Maryland, Duke...
Study finds no link between malpractice insurance premiums, tort reform and OB/GYN supply
17 Apr 2008
Fairfax, VA – April 17, 2008 – Conventional wisdom within the medical community suggests that dramatic increases in malpractice premiums cause physicians to relocate or discontinue their practices in high-cost states. However,...
17 Apr 2008
Fairfax, VA – April 17, 2008 – Conventional wisdom within the medical community suggests that dramatic increases in malpractice premiums cause physicians to relocate or discontinue their practices in high-cost states. However,...
Mice sense oxygen through their skin
17 Apr 2008
Mice can sense oxygen through their skin, according to new evidence reported in the April 18th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication. In fact, the study shows that the skin plays a major role in sensing oxygen levels in the environment and...
17 Apr 2008
Mice can sense oxygen through their skin, according to new evidence reported in the April 18th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication. In fact, the study shows that the skin plays a major role in sensing oxygen levels in the environment and...
What happens when you pop a quantum balloon?
17 Apr 2008
Study in this week's Nature journal finds striking similarities and differences between quantum and classical chaos When a tiny, quantum-scale, hypothetical balloon is popped in a vacuum, do the particles inside spread out all over the place as...
17 Apr 2008
Study in this week's Nature journal finds striking similarities and differences between quantum and classical chaos When a tiny, quantum-scale, hypothetical balloon is popped in a vacuum, do the particles inside spread out all over the place as...
RIT study: Sign language interpreters at high ergonomic risk
17 Apr 2008
Interpreting places greater stress on extremities than industrial activities Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The...
17 Apr 2008
Interpreting places greater stress on extremities than industrial activities Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The...
Supermarkets' power desertifies our diets
17 Apr 2008
Urban food deserts – areas where people have low or no access to food shops – exist in major cities, according to research published in the open access publication International Journal of Health Geographics, with important...
17 Apr 2008
Urban food deserts – areas where people have low or no access to food shops – exist in major cities, according to research published in the open access publication International Journal of Health Geographics, with important...
Drug compound leads to death of ovarian cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy
17 Apr 2008
Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Click here for more information. In a discovery that may be useful for maintaining remission in...
17 Apr 2008
Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at Yale School of Medicine. Click here for more information. In a discovery that may be useful for maintaining remission in...
Fuzzy logic water quality
17 Apr 2008
Broad analysis of pollutants using fuzzy logic could guide water quality improvement A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water...
17 Apr 2008
Broad analysis of pollutants using fuzzy logic could guide water quality improvement A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water...
Study in flies points to unisex brain
17 Apr 2008
While males and females might sometimes act as though they come from different planets, a new study in flies suggests they are both equipped with a largely unisex brain. By artificially triggering the neurons responsible for...
17 Apr 2008
While males and females might sometimes act as though they come from different planets, a new study in flies suggests they are both equipped with a largely unisex brain. By artificially triggering the neurons responsible for...
Growth hormone is used to treat twice as many short boys than girls in the US and Asia
17 Apr 2008
Gender difference is smaller in the rest of the world Boys are twice as likely as girls in the U.S. and Asia (mostly Japan) to receive recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for growth hormone deficiency, illnesses that affect height, and...
17 Apr 2008
Gender difference is smaller in the rest of the world Boys are twice as likely as girls in the U.S. and Asia (mostly Japan) to receive recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) for growth hormone deficiency, illnesses that affect height, and...
Mature B cells reprogrammed to stem-cell-like state
17 Apr 2008
Fully differentiated cells, can be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 18, 2008) – Fully mature, differentiated B cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the use of an egg...
17 Apr 2008
Fully differentiated cells, can be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 18, 2008) – Fully mature, differentiated B cells can be reprogrammed to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the use of an egg...
U-M study: Work hassles hamper sleep
17 Apr 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Common hassles at work are more likely than long hours, night shifts or job insecurity to follow workers home and interfere with their sleep. That's the conclusion of a University of Michigan study presented April 17 at the...
17 Apr 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Common hassles at work are more likely than long hours, night shifts or job insecurity to follow workers home and interfere with their sleep. That's the conclusion of a University of Michigan study presented April 17 at the...
Down in the dumps: Less-educated men more prone to stigma
17 Apr 2008
Personal stigma associated with depression is higher among men and the less well educated, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry. The findings by the Australian team highlight the importance of developing...
17 Apr 2008
Personal stigma associated with depression is higher among men and the less well educated, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry. The findings by the Australian team highlight the importance of developing...
Report describes first targeted therapy to produce remission of metastatic melanoma
17 Apr 2008
BOSTON--In a demonstration that even some of the most hard-to-treat tumors may one day succumb to therapies aimed at molecular "weak points," researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report the first instance in which metastatic melanoma...
17 Apr 2008
BOSTON--In a demonstration that even some of the most hard-to-treat tumors may one day succumb to therapies aimed at molecular "weak points," researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report the first instance in which metastatic melanoma...
Ovarian cancer stem cells identified, characterized
17 Apr 2008
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these stem cells may be the source of ovarian cancer’s recurrence and its resistance to...
17 Apr 2008
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified, characterized and cloned ovarian cancer stem cells and have shown that these stem cells may be the source of ovarian cancer’s recurrence and its resistance to...
National Science Board to honor Norm Augustine with prestigious Vannevar Bush Award
17 Apr 2008
Lifelong achievements in science and engineering to be recognized at May 6 ceremony in Washington, DC Norman R. Augustine. Click here for more information. The National Science Board (NSB) today announced that Norman...
17 Apr 2008
Lifelong achievements in science and engineering to be recognized at May 6 ceremony in Washington, DC Norman R. Augustine. Click here for more information. The National Science Board (NSB) today announced that Norman...
Antidepressants enhance neuronal plasticity in the visual system
17 Apr 2008
In the April 18 issue of Science, scientists from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy and the Neuroscience Centre at the University of Helsinki, Finland, provide new information about the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs. In...
17 Apr 2008
In the April 18 issue of Science, scientists from the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy and the Neuroscience Centre at the University of Helsinki, Finland, provide new information about the mechanism of action of antidepressant drugs. In...
Scientists obtain anticancer medicines from the elecampe, a wild plant growing in the Mediterranean
17 Apr 2008
This release is available in Spanish. A group of scientists from the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Granada have found out that the plant “Dittirichia viscose”, known as...
17 Apr 2008
This release is available in Spanish. A group of scientists from the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Granada have found out that the plant “Dittirichia viscose”, known as...
UVA Health System part of Armed Forces multi-million dollar effort to help soldiers
17 Apr 2008
A procedure currently performed all over the world for cosmetic purposes might also improve wound healing and limb function for soldiers who are severely hurt and scarred during combat. Dr. Adam Katz, plastic surgeon and researcher at the...
17 Apr 2008
A procedure currently performed all over the world for cosmetic purposes might also improve wound healing and limb function for soldiers who are severely hurt and scarred during combat. Dr. Adam Katz, plastic surgeon and researcher at the...
Scientists obtain anti-cancer medicines from the elecampe, a wild plant growing in the Mediterranean
17 Apr 2008
This release is available in Spanish. A group of scientists from the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Granada have found out that the plant “Dittirichia viscose”, known as...
17 Apr 2008
This release is available in Spanish. A group of scientists from the Department of Organic Chemistry and the Biotechnology Institute of the University of Granada have found out that the plant “Dittirichia viscose”, known as...
Children with migraine at increased risk of sleep disturbances
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – Children with migraine are more likely to have sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea and lack of sleep, than children without migraine, according to research on the effects of headaches on children’s sleep patterns that...
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – Children with migraine are more likely to have sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea and lack of sleep, than children without migraine, according to research on the effects of headaches on children’s sleep patterns that...
UC San Diego study finds mice can sense oxygen through skin
17 Apr 2008
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the skin of mice can sense low levels of oxygen and regulate the production of erythropoietin, or EPO, the hormone that stimulates our bodies to produce red blood cells...
17 Apr 2008
Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that the skin of mice can sense low levels of oxygen and regulate the production of erythropoietin, or EPO, the hormone that stimulates our bodies to produce red blood cells...
Breastfeeding while taking seizure medicine does not appear to harm children
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – A first of its kind study finds breastfeeding while taking certain seizure medications does not appear to harm a child's cognitive development. The research will be presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 60th...
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – A first of its kind study finds breastfeeding while taking certain seizure medications does not appear to harm a child's cognitive development. The research will be presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 60th...
MU researchers find clue to cataract formation
17 Apr 2008
Mizzou study was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry COLUMBIA, Mo. ¬— It is the No. 1 line-item cost of Medicare reimbursement and affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Cataracts, which can have...
17 Apr 2008
Mizzou study was published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry COLUMBIA, Mo. ¬— It is the No. 1 line-item cost of Medicare reimbursement and affects more than 20 million people in the United States. Cataracts, which can have...
Inbred males' scent gives them away
17 Apr 2008
Female mice can steer clear of inbred males on the basis of their scent alone, according to evidence presented online on April 17th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The researchers found that female mice chose to associate with...
17 Apr 2008
Female mice can steer clear of inbred males on the basis of their scent alone, according to evidence presented online on April 17th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. The researchers found that female mice chose to associate with...
Migraine frequency linked with women's risk of cardiovascular disease
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – New research shows women who have weekly migraine are significantly more likely to have a stroke than those with fewer migraines or no migraine at all, but those with lower migraine frequency may face increased risk of heart...
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – New research shows women who have weekly migraine are significantly more likely to have a stroke than those with fewer migraines or no migraine at all, but those with lower migraine frequency may face increased risk of heart...
Tracking stroke
17 Apr 2008
PTB develops measurement technology to investigate neurovascular coupling This release is available in German. Every two minutes in Germany, one person suffers a stroke. About one third of the affected do not survive the sudden lack of blood...
17 Apr 2008
PTB develops measurement technology to investigate neurovascular coupling This release is available in German. Every two minutes in Germany, one person suffers a stroke. About one third of the affected do not survive the sudden lack of blood...
Infantile esotropia linked to developmental delays
17 Apr 2008
Babies' development 'catches up' after surgery to fix crossed eyes Philadelphia, April 17, 2008 – Babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development “catches...
17 Apr 2008
Babies' development 'catches up' after surgery to fix crossed eyes Philadelphia, April 17, 2008 – Babies with an eye-alignment disorder called infantile esotropia have delays in motor development milestones, but development “catches...
Scientists discover new arenavirus associated with hemorrhagic fever
17 Apr 2008
A team of Bolivian health authorities, U.S. Navy health experts based in Lima, Peru, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has characterized “Chapare arenavirus,” a previously unrecognized arenavirus, discovered...
17 Apr 2008
A team of Bolivian health authorities, U.S. Navy health experts based in Lima, Peru, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has characterized “Chapare arenavirus,” a previously unrecognized arenavirus, discovered...
Baby boomer health care crisis looms; GSA bolsters call for stronger workforce
17 Apr 2008
America's aging citizens are facing a health care workforce too small and unprepared to meet their needs, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) titled "Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care...
17 Apr 2008
America's aging citizens are facing a health care workforce too small and unprepared to meet their needs, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) titled "Retooling for an Aging America: Building the Health Care...
Concentrating on different aspects of pain leads to breakthrough in migraine genetics
17 Apr 2008
Migraine is the most common cause of episodic headache, and by far the most common neurological cause of a doctor’s visit. It affects some 15% of the population, including some 41 million people in Europe, and places a considerable...
17 Apr 2008
Migraine is the most common cause of episodic headache, and by far the most common neurological cause of a doctor’s visit. It affects some 15% of the population, including some 41 million people in Europe, and places a considerable...
100M pounds a year spent on self-monitoring in diabetes that may increase anxiety and depression
17 Apr 2008
Research: Efficacy of self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: Randomized controlled trial The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is spending £100 million a year to help people with...
17 Apr 2008
Research: Efficacy of self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: Randomized controlled trial The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is spending £100 million a year to help people with...
Ezra Susser, M.D., Dr.P.H., receives Distinguished Investigator Award from NARSAD
17 Apr 2008
April 16, 2008 -- Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and...
17 Apr 2008
April 16, 2008 -- Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Anna Cheskis Gelman and Murray Charles Gelman Professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and professor of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and...
Depression stigma in the eye of the older beholder
17 Apr 2008
Less educated, older men are more likely to view depression negatively, while almost one in five Australians say they wouldn’t work with someone suffering depression, according to researchers from The Australian National University. The...
17 Apr 2008
Less educated, older men are more likely to view depression negatively, while almost one in five Australians say they wouldn’t work with someone suffering depression, according to researchers from The Australian National University. The...
Using anti-cholinergic drugs may increase cognitive decline in older people
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – Anticholinergic drugs, such as medicines for stomach cramps, ulcers, motion sickness, and urinary incontinence, may cause older people to experience greater decline in their thinking skills than people not taking the drugs,...
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – Anticholinergic drugs, such as medicines for stomach cramps, ulcers, motion sickness, and urinary incontinence, may cause older people to experience greater decline in their thinking skills than people not taking the drugs,...
Better integration between agencies could save lives in custody
17 Apr 2008
Editorial: Deaths in custody It is now widely accepted that referral to prison may not be appropriate for some people, and risk factors associated with suicide are well known, so why are policy makers still not doing enough to prevent...
17 Apr 2008
Editorial: Deaths in custody It is now widely accepted that referral to prison may not be appropriate for some people, and risk factors associated with suicide are well known, so why are policy makers still not doing enough to prevent...
Will screening for aortic aneurysm be effective?
17 Apr 2008
Head to Head: Should we screen for aortic aneurysm? Pilot screening programmes for abdominal aortic aneurysms in men aged 65 are due to be launched in England this year, but is this move too hasty? Two experts debate the issue in this...
17 Apr 2008
Head to Head: Should we screen for aortic aneurysm? Pilot screening programmes for abdominal aortic aneurysms in men aged 65 are due to be launched in England this year, but is this move too hasty? Two experts debate the issue in this...
Overuse of codeine, oxycodone and barbiturates increases risk of chronic migraine
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – People who overuse barbiturates and opioids, such as codeine, butalbital, and oxycodone, to treat migraine are at an increased risk of developing chronic migraine, according to research that will be presented at the American...
17 Apr 2008
CHICAGO – People who overuse barbiturates and opioids, such as codeine, butalbital, and oxycodone, to treat migraine are at an increased risk of developing chronic migraine, according to research that will be presented at the American...
Palliative care and legal euthanasia can be mutually beneficial
17 Apr 2008
Analysis: Development of palliative care and legalization of euthanasia: Antagonism or synergy? Supporters of legalising euthanasia and those who wish to develop better palliative care services can help each other, according to a study...
17 Apr 2008
Analysis: Development of palliative care and legalization of euthanasia: Antagonism or synergy? Supporters of legalising euthanasia and those who wish to develop better palliative care services can help each other, according to a study...
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