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Fruit Crop Fungicide Induces Permanent Changes in Mating Behavior

...ld also reach other populations of animals through migration of the males. “Males disperse, and if they were to mate, it would be at times that they aren’t manifesting signs of disease,” said Crews. “They are literally time bombs.” Sourc-Eurekalert SAV...

West African Meningitis Outbreak Sparks Warning from UN Aid Agencies

...dly in coming months during the traditional annual migration period within the region. Since the start of the...gion. “The open borders and traditional seasonal migration which characterizes the Sahel sub-region starting in May-June could lead to the rapid spread of the ...

Developing Antimetastasis Therapy- An Early Stage of Tumor Control.

...hey dont understand the details of how this deadly migration takes place. In the June 2007 issue of the journal...hatics own secretions, fine tuning the tumor cells migration and guaranteeing that they will home in on the lymphatic. To demonstrate this new concept, the re...

Dengue Sweeping Across Southeast Asia

...years due to increasing urbanization and travel or migration within the region So why not consider a vaccine?Not possible, say health officials as four different viruses cause dengue. Hence the only real weapon against the dengue is prevention, and this encompasses destruction of all possible breeding site...

Girl Infected With Bird Flu in Egypt

... 2006. Egypt's geographical location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside of Asia....

Scientists Observed Live Cell Migration

...earchers have found a way to directly observe cell migration -- in real time and in living tissue. Cell, the scientists say their advance could lead to strategies for controlling both normal growth and the spread of cancer, processes that depend on the programmed, organized movement of cells across space. "...

A New Target for Cancer Therapy-Integrin Alpha7 Molecule

...n the level of integrin alpha7 expression and cell migration by increasing the expression of normal integrin alpha7 in three cell lines. The migration rate was significantly reduced in all of the cells compared to those in which the expression of inte...

American Who Set Off TB Scare Doing Well in Hospital

...n Cetron, director of the CDC's division of global migration and quarantine.Authorities in Europe said Speaker also took several more flights while he was in Europe. Health officials in France, Italy and the Czech Republic are trying to track the man's movements and obtain passenger lists for the extra fligh...

Female Reproductive Function Influenced by Childhood Environment

... study because of the long and on-going history of migration to the UK and the general contrasts in conditions between the two countries. The subjects in each group gave saliva samples over an extended period, to measure levels of the female hormones progesterone and oestradiol. These are key fertility hormo...

Immune System Protein Could Be the Key Infertility

...d that the level of a substance called macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in semen could be the key. The finding, detailed in the latest issue of the journal Molecular Medicine, could lead to fertility tests for males or new types of male contraception, Yousef Al-Abed and his colleagues say. Th...

Interview With a Surgeon Hidden Hero of the NHS

...asonable quality of life. But, do we need to see migration as a brain drain? Could we not see it as a human resource export that is benefiting the world and India? 4. On the same breath, reverse brain drain amongst qualified and experienced medical experts is also taking place. In what way can India make...

Immune Substance in Semen may Help Determine Male Fertility

... Al-Abed says that the substance called macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is the key to helping sperm mature, which is necessary for its union with an egg. The findings, published in Molecular Medicine, attain significance as they may lead to a diagnostic test to determine fertility status. Du...

UN Report Warns of 'environmental Refugees'

...cities like the Indian capital but also modify the migration patterns of rural and urban areas, warns a UN rep...her consequences of climate change can also modify migration patterns between rural and urban areas, or within urban areas," says the report. "Severe floods in...

Doctor Migration Has Limited Impact on Health Care in Poor Countries: OECD

The migration of doctors and nurses from the developing to the d...global health workforce crisis goes far beyond the migration issue." It said the number of immigrant medical workers in OECD countries represents "only a small...

Egyptian Boy Has Bird Flu

...gypt. Egypt's geographical location on major bird migration routes and the widespread practice of keeping domestic fowl near living quarters have led to it being the hardest-hit country outside of Asia. Women and children have borne the brunt of the virus due to their role in taking care of domestic fowl. T...

Stem Cells Aid in Hearing Recovery

...cult to restore by natural regeneration. Stem cell migration into the damaged area of the inner ear improved hearing of high frequency sound (40 kHz) by 23% compared to natural recovery in untreated animals. This is the first report to demonstrate hearing recovery following stem cell transplantation into the...

Research in the Origin of Microtubules

...ion of proliferation and microtubule regulation of migration and invasion probably contribute to the therapeutic effects." Therefore, further study of this new subset of microtubules might offer insight into how the invasion of cancer cells into surrounding tissues could be halted....

Huge Rise in AIDS Cases Among Nepal Housewives

... the rise in HIV cases among housewives to growing migration both within the country and abroad, mainly India and the Middle East. "You have all these migrant men leaving home in search of work and remaining away for periods of one to three years. "They have sexual contact while away from home, get infected an...

Body's Defence Mechanism Against Viral Disease Discovered

..., because process of lymphocyte multiplication and migration may take several days while viruses multiply and spread quicker. The researchers say that their experiments have shown the ability of memory T cells to rapidly multiply and kill target cells inside the lymph node. "In fact we found that memory CD8...

Memory T Cells Protect the Body from Viruses

...). This process of lymphocyte multiplication and migration may take several days while viruses multiply and spread quicker. Sigals work shows the CD8 T cells can protect from viral disease without the need to migrate from the lymph nodes to the site of viral entry. It was very difficult to imagine how the ...

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