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Boeing Unveils 'green' Dreamliner Passenger Jet

...ized airplane." Lower fuel-costs could in theory lead to cheaper long-haul travel, aviation industry analysts say. Richard Aboulafia, chief analyst with the Teal Group Corporation, said the Dreamliner was poised to revolutionize air travel if its projected rates of fuel-efficiency proved accurate. "...

Chronic Insomnia can Lead to Anxiety Disorders and Depression

...last for several weeks and if left untreated could lead to both short- and long-term health problems. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Dag Neckelmann at the Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway. As part of the study, researchers analysed data collected from 25,130 adu...

Chemical Injections for Fat Removal

...s say these findings may also, over the long-term, lead to better control of metabolic syndrome, which is ...e are hopeful that these findings might eventually lead to control of metabolic syndrome, which is a huge health issue for many Americans, she said. Decreas...

Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Trials

...o conclusive evidence to explain why a vaccine may lead to better patient sur-vival, Schlom believes the evidence suggests that vaccines are, in fact, priming the immune sys-tem. Vaccines are not passive, they induce a dynamic process of immune response that, in many cases may keep the tumor in check and ...

Gene Variation Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer

...eate a besieged environment within the lungs, said lead author Eric Engels, M.D., MPH, researcher at the V.... However, prolonged or intense inflammation could lead to conditions within the lung environment that foster cancer, Engels said. Previous studies have sho...

Variation in Genes Related to Inflammation Increase Lung Cancer Risk

...se to inflammation. Variations in the gene might lead to greater expression of the protein, which is mor...er time, the constant damage of inflammation could lead to genetic damage and cancer. Inflammation is part of the immune systems arsenal to combat the eff...

Young Girls Turning to Speed for Losing Weight

...ements for meals. Herne warned that the drug can lead to binge eating, which in turn would result in eating disorders. There is anecdotal evidence that girls sometimes use speed as a meal substitute. Once the drug wears off the stomach realises it is empty. This induces periods of not eating and then ...

Anchoring Lives Aboard Warship: Nimitz

...g the focus of national attention, USS Nimitz, the lead aircraft carrier of the United States, has sailed off the Chennai coast . While everyone talked about the possible radiation from the nuclear reactors powering the ship and debated over if the ship had nuclear weapons on board or not, very few knew ...

New Antidotes may Harbour Treatments for Deadliest Poisons

...ave found two antidotes which, if found safe , may lead to treatments for deadliest poisons like Ricin, cholera toxin, and shiga toxin. Produced by the deadly strains of E. coli bacteria, these toxins travel backwards through a cell's protein-making pathway, passing through the Golgi network and endopl...

Genetic Mutation That Makes Common Cancers Resistant to Drugs Identified

...ntegrated Cancer Genomics Division and the study's lead author. "The next step is to determine the prevalence of the AKT1 mutation in different populations and, hopefully, use the information gained to stratify patients going into clinical trials for AKT inhibitors," he added. The researchers say tha...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...nnedy, and Cabinet Secretary Dan Dunmoyer took the lead on pressuring the agency staff and board chairman. The departures, along with the planned resignation of the top Cal/EPA deputy, Dan Scopek, regarded by many as a key appointee on climate change policies, could hamper California's efforts to implem...

Cat Exposure Increases Bronchial Responsiveness

...as an unexpected finding, said Susan Chinn, D.Sc., lead author of the study. We presupposed that we would find increased responsiveness only in those individuals who were exposed to cat allergen and whose blood tests showed that they were allergic to cats. But our study suggests that all allergic individu...

Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies

...actors in a culture dish. The findings, says the lead author of the study, Florian T. Merkle a graduate student in the Alvarez-Buylla lab, suggests that while adult neural stem cells of the subventricular zone can produce the three major types of brain cells -- astrocytes, neurons and oligodendrocytes -...

Scientists Discover Key to Manipulating Fat

...s say these findings may also, over the long-term, lead to better control of metabolic syndrome, which is ... that both players are activated during stress and lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome. Administration of Y2R blocker into the abdominal fat prevented bo...

Scientists Find Single Circuit Channeling Depression in Rats

...scovery of the single circuit for depression could lead to methods doctors could use to better diagnose and quantify the problem in their human patients. "The holy grail of psychiatry is to try to find final common pathways that can make sense of how genes and life experiences end up with the same resul...

New Spinal Cord Stimulation System Launched

...ysicians with EGL Scan(TM), the first and only SCS lead scanning technology. The Precision Plus system als...e used to increase programming accuracy, which can lead to improvements in patient outcomes and treatment office operating efficiencies. "EGL Scan technol...

New Asthma Gene Identified

...hool of Public Health. "I think eventually it will lead to new therapies because it points to a specific biological molecular pathway. Once we understand the biology and we know the players, it's possible to target with specific drugs." Childhood asthma treatments are heavily focused on allergic response...

New Drugs Show Promise in Fighting Drug-Resistant HIV

...IDS Society conference in Sydney, Australia by the lead investigator in the trial, Dr. Adriano Lazzarin of Italy. "This study is one of the most significant worldwide HIV/AIDS clinical trials in recent years. It showed that when the two drugs are used in combination, there is a good chance HIV can be ve...

Snack Foods Fortified With Fiber

...s the increasing problem of obesity and how it can lead to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other ailments."That's where there's a big push for whole grains and fiber," he said. "There's interest in making healthier foods." Funded by a one-year, 30,000 dollars grant from the Kansas Wheat Commission, ...

More Indian Doctors Questioned in Australia as UK Terror Plot Inquiry Widens

... has been presented to us by the police that would lead us to believe that we have got issues with our overseas trained doctors, Indian-trained or otherwise," he said. Federal police also are combing through 31,000 documents - some of them in foreign languages - seized in the raids, including on laptop ...

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