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Giant Healthcare Provider to Set Up Massive Gene Bank

...n it is enlisting from Northern California. The project is seeking to find out how genes, lifestyles and e... This is somewhat on the lines of the Framingham project that conducted a massive decades-long research that led to the identification of potential heart ris...

Rich Nations to Sign $1.5 Bn Vaccine Pact in Italy

...s, said Italian officials. The ultimate aim of the project is to fight malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Chlamydia Vaccine a Step Closer to Reality

...roduct," he said. QUT researchers working on the project are part of IHBI's Cells and Tissue Domain and include Professors Peter Timms, Ken Beagley, Associate Professor Louise Hafner, Celia Berry and Chris Barker. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Beauticians and Barbers can Do More Than Their Services

...they are with their cancer screenings. Simons’ project has reached more than 10,000 men in its first year and now includes more than 800 barbers around the country. Other such groups use beauticians to raise awareness of breast cancer and mammograms. ANN...

‘Smart House’ Developed to Monitor People With Dementa

...ices or a neighbour for help. The 'smart house' project by Roger Orpwood and colleagues is already being tested in a flat in south London and a sheltered housing scheme in Bristol. "The ultimate aim is to help people remain in their own homes for as long as possible," Orpwood said. Source-IANS...

The Other Side of Transsexuals

...e to contribute to other people's lives," said TAI project director Lakshmi Bai. Though TAI's main objective is AIDS control, a major fallout of their social initiatives has been a dramatic perception change within India's transgender community. Former chief election commissioner T.N. Seshan had initia...

Two New Studies Back Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention

... half," said co-author Edward D. Gorham, Ph.D. "We project a two-thirds reduction in incidence with serum levels of 46ng/ml, which corresponds to a daily intake of 2,000 IU of vitamin D3. This would be best achieved with a combination of diet, supplements and 10 to 15 minutes per day in the sun." Vitamin ...

New Delhi to Have More Dispensaries

...dur Hospital in east Delhi. The total cost of this project is Rs.610 million and would be completed by June 2009. Source-IANS...

Ancient Genes Used to Produce Salt-Tolerant Wheat

...stabilise soil from wind and water erosion.” The project began when the CSIRO team used a highly accurate selection method – based on their understanding of how plants tolerate salt – to identify wheat varieties that could cope with higher salinity. They were particularly interested in the premium-priced d...

Rhode Island Biotechnology Company Develops Tularemia Vaccine

...gerous potential bioterror agents. This vaccine project was funded by a BioDefense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The animal studies, conducted at Rhode Island Hosp...

The Psychology of Skin Cancer

...ch may increase susceptibility to skin cancer. The project coordinator is Professor Julia Newton-Bishop of the Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine. She explained: “We have identified four high-risk melanoma genes which increase someone’s risk of skin cancer. There are also many other relatively low-risk...

Effects of Multiple Copies of Genes on Disease Risk

...ges in mouse DNA affect mouse characteristics. The project is headquartered at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. For their analysis, researchers compared the genome of each of the 20 mouse strains against that of the prototypical research mouse strain, C57BL/6J. "That's the 'plain vanilla' mouse...

Garlic Hope in Infection Fight

...omonas to prevent illness from taking hold. The project will unite University experts in child health, res...ny Boots. Among Dr Smyth's collaborators on the project at The University of Nottingham are Dr David Barrett in the School of Pharmacy, Dr Alan Knox in the ...

Yale Child Study Center Receives NIH Grant for Autism Research

...al aspects and outcomes for affected patients. The project includes a prospective study on the earliest manifestations of autism in infants at risk for the condition, and funds research on predictors and determinants of subsequent functioning and communication skills. Autism is a developmental disorder t...

Mega Project to Revamp Karnataka’s Healthcar

Bangalore: Karnataka has finalised an $800-million project to revamp its healthcare infrastructure and train ...ur medical facilities at the village level and the project will certainly help upgrade primary healthcare centres (PHCs). The scheme would benefit over 45 mill...

Disabling Key Protein may Give Physicians Time to Treat Pneumonic Plague

...e expelled by coughing and sneezing. With pilot project funding from the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Wyndham Lathem, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Goldman's laboratory, developed a mouse model of pneumonic plague and showed that it had ...

‘Smart Way of Living’ for Dementia Patiens

...le with dementia and their carers. It is a joint project between BIME, Bristol City Council's Adult Communi...g the burden on care staff. “We hope this latest project will take things a step further with the opportunity to install the successful 'smart' elements of t...

Oral Flu Vaccine On The Horizon In Russia

...their action,” said Professor Oleg Kuznetsov, RAMS project manager. This is displayed in an increase in early synthesis of common interferon, a factor of the synthesis of intensified non-specific resistance of the organism of bacterial and viral infections.” While adjuvants such as alum have been used ...

UN Sends Medicine to Afghanistan

...N Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced a $50 million project to bolster health care and education for children ...accines against measles and tetanus. The UNICEF project also aims to build 246 new schools, develop textbooks for students in grades 7 to 9, train 11,500 ne...

Karnataka's Free Health Insurance to the Poor

...s.350 million (Rs.35 crore) has been fixed for the project this year," Kumaraswamy said in Ingalagi village i...ster Ashok R. told IANS that the scheme is a pilot project and will benefit nearly 20 percent of the total BPL families. "The project will cover only 1.2 mil...

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