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Genetic Mutation in Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark Fur

...tide used by the Florida beach mice to alter their coat color, the University of Leipzig scientists say, p... of the color differences in Florida’s mice. The coat pattern and color differences among populations of mice on the mainland and the barrier islands off ...

A three-dimensional Culture System ensures Female Fertility

...gg and sperm, resulting in babies with a different coat color, proving that the births were the result of the cultured embyros. Both male and female offspring were fertile. Source: Eurekalet...

Gorilla Dies during Heart Surgery at Washington Zoo

...dangered species are known for their brownish-gray coat and auburn crest. These animals generally live into their 30s although a few have survived into their 40s and 50s in captivity. Gorillas in captivity are often diagnosed with heart disease and this is often a major contributory factor of their death....

Health Ministry’s Interference in AIIMS Could Prove Deleteriou

...-reservation agitation where dressed in his white coat he was seen attending to one visibly bemused woman. The only point he seems to have made is underlining his party, the PMK’s political agenda. Finally the diktat has jgone out, doctors who struck work will have salary cuts in their pay packet. Ramado...

The new face of vaccine development

...is. Neisseria has evolved some strains that have a coat that bears the same sugars that human cells do – the bacteriological equivalent of a wolf in sheep's clothing – so that the body is slow to mount a strong immune response. Once an accurate model of its sugar chains is created, those chains could pote...

Blood Pressure To Be Taken After Patients Settle Down: Nurse’s Stud

...y even took into consideration the so-called white coat syndrome that refers to the anxiety while seeing a doctor. Surprisingly white coats did not result in any statistically significant difference in blood pressure reading in comparison with scrubs or street clothes worn by nurses during the examination...

Mass Spectrometry to Identify Viruses

...tic particles, or peptides, belonging to the viral coat protein, the virus can be correctly identified by matching the results to entries in genetic databases. In the Hopkins study, a stool sample treated with non-infectious virus-like particles, structurally similar to the norovirus was analyzed using ...

Effectiveness Of Drug-Releasing Coronary Stents

... the efficacy of the two drugs, which were used to coat stents in patients with new coronary artery lesions. The trial called REALITY examined 1,386 patients withangina pectoris in 90 hospitals in Europe, Latin America, and Asia between August 2003 and February 2004. The patients were randomly assigned ei...

3-D structure of HIV identified

...Human Genetics have revealed the cone shaped outer coat of the HIV virus and it has spikes over the surface // which makes the virus attach to the membrane of the host through the attachment it inserts the viral genetic material into the host cell leading to replication and infection. Researchers studi...

Obese people can be hypertensive as well

...e. The results showed that the incidence of whit coat hypertension was higher for obese patients than normal patients. The incidence of confirmed ambulatory hypertension was also found to be more for obese people than those with normal weights. The researchers had said that the results confirm that obe...

Risks for Silent Strokes

... Researchers also looked at patients who had white coat hypertension. White coat hypertension is when a patient has high blood pressure only when they are in the doctor’s office. Th...

Novel Therapy for Chronic Problem

...ks. The patients swallowed the drug twice a day to coat the esophagus. Interviews were conducted with the patients after treatment and months later. Researchers say the treatment was effective in all of the patients and lasted a minimum of four months. Researchers also say, though EE mimics the symptoms ...

New genital gel could empower women against the AIDS epidemic

...used a human antibody called b12 that binds an HIV coat protein and stops it latching onto cells. They found that when this product was used in monkeys two hours before sex, it prevented infection in 9 out of 12 monkeys, while 12 out of 13 monkeys were infected without the antibody. This antibody, unlike ...

Maintaining warmth during cold

...rain, snow and wind. A decent waterproof jacket or coat will do the job....

Preventing 'white coat' hypertension

...ot the best people to assess blood pressure. White coat hypertension is a well-known problem - it means th...rchers in, England, have been looking at the white coat effect in a group of 150 patients with high blood pressure (hypertension). Eight doctors and three p...

FDA Approves New surgery Treatment for Farsightedness

... shrink small areas of the cornea, the transparent coat on the surface of the eyeball. Unlike laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK), in which the surface of the eye is reshaped using a laser, conductive keratoplasty does not require cutting or tissue removal. The treatment may become the preferred method...

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