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Europe's Last Dancing Bears Sheltered After Years of Abuse

...ouple of years in the park. But they will never be able to live outside this artificial habitat as their natural instincts have long been suppressed by captivity....

Boffin Identifies Gene Causing Otosclerosis

...gave a very significant result, from which we were able to conclude that we were the first to identify a g...id Thys. "And, as further evidence, we were also able to show that a more active variant of this gene is protective against the disease," she added....

Genome Annotation by Mutation

...es of non-gene DNA, it has the bonus of also being able to disable genes more easily and inexpensively than existing knockout techniques, Wu says....

Questions Raised Over Safety of In-vitro Fertilization

...matter of time before doctors told me I'd never be able to have children. "I've been on a roller-coaster ride, with some agonising times: Not all could be similarly lucky, it is pointed out....

World Epilepsy Week - 2007

...s creativeness. Science so far has really not been able to prove or disapprove anything Neuropsychologist Dr. Paul Spiers says: "Sometimes the same things that cause epilepsy result in giftedness. If you damage an area [of the brain] early enough in life, the corresponding area on the other side has ...

Major Surgeries and Operations Could Prove Deadly for Anaemic Older Men

...improve surgical outcomes". "The authors have been able to define the ranges of haemocrit associated with outcomes after surgery and quantify very specifically the magnitude of increase in risk associated with each point increase or decrease outside this range," the BBC quoted Khaw, as saying. "This may...

Four Organ Transplants Dont Help, Canadian Teenager Dies

...hrough this,' and then as you keep pushing, you're able to walk a little bit, eat a little bit, and you realize that you made it through it ," he said in a TV interview at the time. The fact that he's recovering so quickly and nicely, I think it's been really surprising the doctors ," said Lori MacIver,...

Wounded British Troops Wait Hours to Reach Hospital

...permanently on call in both war zones, with others able to be assigned if required. Transit times were improving, and unlike Vietnam, specialists could now perform advanced interventions in the helicopter, it added. During the period covered by Parker's paper, no wounded soldiers lost their lives in tra...

Increase in the Rate of Food Allergy

... in young children, he said. One day we hope to be able to say that we have a way of desensitising to food, like we already can with hay fever and venom allergies....

China to Curtail Organ Sale

... money, especially wealthy foreigners , are often able to jump the ' Q ' to avail the coveted organ. Several business centers have opened in China to indulge the 'needy'. Some of these centers charge a minimum of $50,000 for a kidney transplant and upto $120,000 for a heart or liver transplant. E...

Sunita Returns June 21 After 194-day Record Space Odyssey

...dor Yurchikhin and flight engineer Oleg Kotov were able to restore the system by bypassing suspect protection circuits. The computers control the firing of rocket thrusters needed to keep the station properly positioned in space for tracking the sun for power, pointing communications antennas and warming ...

Genetic Variations Leads to Fever After Smallpox Vaccination

...likely to develop fever, but Stanley says, We were able to identify specific genetic alterations that cont...em to reduce the possibility of fever, we might be able to reduce the incidence of seizures....

Preimplanted Genetic Screening Should Be Interpreted With Caution

...ys. Our results can explain why PGS would not be able to increase pregnancy potential but rather can serve as a prognostic tool in a limited number of cases, says Ms Frumkin. It can also help us make optimal decisions about the value of switching to a different assisted reproduction technique, for examp...

Autism Case Hearing Still to Produce Clinching Evidence on Vaccine Linkage

...est that so far the autism activists have not been able to establish a firm link between the vaccines in question and the disease. The first case being heard is that of Michelle Cedillos. Her parents, Theresa and Michael, charge that the presence of thimersal, a preservative in the vaccines administered...

Plastic Ban in Guwahati to Ease Flooding

... besides preserving the wetlands. "Unless we are able to stabilise the hills and prevent fresh encroachments on the hills and create eco-sensitive zones in the wetlands around Guwahati, the problem of water logging would continue. No amount of drains could ease the problem," Sarma said. However, sever...

Special Backpacks Provide Much Needed Relief for Cancer Patients

...r rest and recuperation. "It is much nicer being able to spend time in the hotel rather than being in th... of freedom and when I have the energy I have been able to go to the shops and buy myself a newspaper." The hotel does not have special medical facilities...

Weizmann Researchers Developed Control Switch for Protein Activity

...greater resources, biotechnology companies will be able to create much larger sets of engineered proteins in order to find one that best meets their needs. The method developed by the Weizmann Institute scientists is ready for immediate use, both in basic biomedical research and in the pharmaceutical in...

Genetic Tests Could Help Decide the Right Anti-depressants

... hereafter. With a simple blood test, they will be able to characterize a patients unique genetic profile,...ation is that people with this variant will not be able to respond to any SSRI, which requires normal neurotrophic-factor function to work. A psychiatrist...

Now, FISH on a Chip for Quicker, Cost-effective Cancer Diagnosis

...personalized therapies means that patients will be able to receive more effective treatments sooner and avoid exposure to side effects from treatments that will not help them, Pilarski said. This is representative of how miniaturization can make our health care more accessible while creating new economi...

Israel Offers Help to India in Tackling Water Scarcity

...dia could learn a lot from the way Israel has been able to tide over its water crisis with the help of new technologies. Israeli experts explained that the country has three major desalination plants already in place and a 75 percent recycling rate. The country produces some 25 percent of its total wate...

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