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Sanitation and Science Prevent Norovirus Spread

...ut sickness. “If we were a society that really was interested in preventive health, when you had a cold, you’d be expected to isolate yourself,” he says. “There’s no great research that has to be done. We know how viruses are spread from person to person. But we are not a society that allows for people to say, ...

Ancient Genes Used to Produce Salt-Tolerant Wheat

... cope with higher salinity. They were particularly interested in the premium-priced durum wheat, which is much more salt-sensitive than bread wheat. “We screened a hundred durum wheats from the Australian Winter Cereals Collection at Tamworth, which contains tens of thousands of wheat types,” Dr Munns says. “...

Man-Made Proteins Could Be More Useful Than Real Ones

...based on the a-peptide, she explained. “We're also interested in generating versions that can assemble in membranes, as a first step toward making transmembrane proteins composed of a-amino acids,” she said. Source-Bio-io Technology SRI...

Vagus Nerve and Diabetes

...e. In these studies, however, the researchers were interested mainly in the connection between the vagus nerve coming from the liver and its communication with the brain. When mice are treated with glucocorticoids, Ppara in the liver communicates with the vagus nerve, which signals the brain. Then the brain u...

Extra Cortisol Protects Women’s Mood Under Stres

...s emotional impact. Psychologists are especially interested in what this means for preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The findings appear in the February issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA). Psychologists Serkan Het, MSc,...

Enzyme Critical for Early Growth of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

...thor Monica Pagano, M.D. Thompson's group became interested in DPPI several years ago when their own genetic studies revealed it is elevated in tissues from both human and mouse aneurysms. The enzyme is found in many cells, including neutrophils. Scientists had thought that the primary role of this enzyme was...

QUT Scientists on the Way to Sifting Out a Cure for HIV

...nano-mesh relied on attracting an industry partner interested in developing the technology into a commercial product. "We have proven the technology works, so the initial research has been done," he said. "We now need a partner to come on board and help us develop this technology into a product that has the...

Cancer Drug can Extend Survival in Patients With Deadly Brain Tumors

...s growth and ability to spread, so researchers are interested in cutting off angiogenesis to slow tumors down. Avastin is an anti-angiogenesis drug that works by choking off the blood supply to these prolific blood vessels. "What makes these tumors so deadly might actually be what also makes them susceptible ...

Milk from Cloned Cows is Not Welcome at the Nation's Biggest Milk Company

...Numerous surveys have shown that Americans are not interested in buying dairy products that contain milk from cloned cows and Dean Foods is responding to the needs of our consumers," the company said in a statement. Federal scientists say there is virtually no difference between clones and conventional cows,...

Dr Reddy's Eyeing for Generics Arm of Merck

...axy and Actavis of Iceland are also reported to be interested in buying Merck's generics business. Another Indian drugs firm, Cipla, had earlier expressed interest but recently said the price was too high. Prasad said that Indian generics businesses were likely to "play a very important role" in the developme...

Unique Tomatoes Tops In Disease-Fighting Antioxidants

...le in grocery stores. The researchers suggest that interested consumers seek out orange- and gold-colored heirloom tomatoes as an alternative to Tangerine tomatoes, but caution that they haven't tested how much or what kind of lycopene these varieties contain. Lycopene belongs to a family of antioxidants calle...

Common Ingredient in Big Macs and Sodas Can Stabilize Gold Nanoparticles for Medical Use

...nanomedicinal applications. The researchers became interested in gum arabic, a substance taken from species of the acacia tree, because it is already used to stabilize everyday foods such as yogurt, Big Macs and soda. Gum arabic has unique structural features, including a highly branched polysaccharide structur...

Britain to Explore Opportunities in Bengal Medical Sector

...between India and the UK healthcare sector. We are interested to invest in the healthcare services like medical ...NHS) with an annual budget of $100 billion is also interested to go for PPP ventures with the Indian healthcare system and talks were on with the Indian governmen...

Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women's Sleep Issues

...ical care physicians, who were identified as being interested in sleep and women’s health issues, their knowledg... members of the ACCP, who were identified as being interested in sleep and/or women’s health issues. The survey was designed to gather the perspective of clinicia...

Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women’s Sleep Issue

...ical care physicians, who were identified as being interested in sleep and women’s health issues, their knowledg... members of the ACCP, who were identified as being interested in sleep and/or women’s health issues. The survey was designed to gather the perspective of clinicia...

Mobility can be improved in elders with exercise

...e the speed of movement.' Knight has always been interested in how the body adapts to exercise. When he entered college years ago, his goal was to become an elite track-and-field athlete. While he competed well, he realized that his dreams lay elsewhere, and his attention focused full force on academics. At...

Flies too Have Immune Memory!

...dent Linh Pham arrived in Schneider's lab. She was interested in pushing the boundaries of the assumptions of the innate immune system's limitations. In the past decade or so, work done on fruit fly immunology has always been done on a fly infected only once - and that's not how things happen outside a lab, w...

Asthmatic Children Still Not Breathing Easier, Study Says

...ttention until now," Halterman said. Especially interested in this disconnect, Halterman and her colleagues began to examine the data and found several potential reasons for it, including children not using the daily medication consistently, being exposed to environmental triggers, such as secondhand smoke, ...

Energy Supplement Under Study for Parkinson's Disease

...er, he believes Parkinson’s patients will still be interested in the study. “Patients realize that we don’t know if it works. They are willing to take the risk of being on placebo for the cause of science and to learn more about the disease,” he says, noting the altruistic nature of many of his patients. “They ...

Sex – Three Hundred Years Ag

...etite for this kind of material shows readers were interested in gossip about their social betters and fascinated by the sordid details of marital breakdown – just like modern-day readers scanning the tabloids for a juicy scandal. "The production of erotica was frequently stimulated by intrigues in the lives ...

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