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Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

...the body uncovered the mechanism that makes an end run around the body’s defense system. Byers said almost everything requires iron, even the anthrax organism. “Organisms that cause infections have to find a way to get it from their hosts, in this case, humans. There is essentially no free iron availab...

Research Offers Hope to Control Meningococci

...nt and with treatment 10-15 percent. Patients also run a high risk of serious disability after recovery. The World Health Organization, WHO reports that each year 170,000 people around the world die of this type of meningitis. Only humans are susceptible to infection from meningococci. In its modelin...

Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes Players, Athletes

... MCL attaches the ulna, one of two long bones that run from the elbow down to the wrist, with the humerus, the bone of the upper arm. For 30 years, athletes have undergone the Tommy John surgery or Jobe surgery (named after its inventor), in which a tendon is taken from a person’s forearm or hamstring an...

Stem Cell Research Lab Coming Up in Jaipur

... bank and the stem cell research lab would jointly run the bank, with a total estimated cost of Rs.30 million. A proposal comprising as many as six projects on stem cell research had been sent to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). ICMR has already approved the first phase of the project. ...

New Microchip for Protein Sorting

...ample reservoir above the chip. The sample is then run through the sieve of the chip continuously. The chip is designed with a network of microfluidic channels surrounding the sieve, and the anisotropy (directional property) in the sieve causes proteins of different sizes to follow distinct migration tra...

U.S. Issues Guidelines in Case of Flu Pandemic

...e not there,” he said. “The people who know how to run field hospitals are in Iaq.” Source-Bio-Bio Technology SRI...

UCLA Find Yields Further Insight into Causes of Parkinson’s Diseas

...se (PD) in the fruit fly will allow researchers to run mass testing, or "screens," of genes in order to find the novel pathways — networks of interacting proteins that carry out biological functions — that control survival of those dopaminergic neurons. "Since a lot of those pathways regulating cell su...

Greeks Cautioned About ‘olive’ Remedy for Cancr

...lso a report which states that a few patients have run away from hospitals to undergo this remedial measure. Government has strictly admonished people to keep away from such trials and has ordered an inquiry on this. A spokesman from the government pointed out that olive leaves could always have a pest...

Sanitation and Science Prevent Norovirus Spread

... Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta can now be run at his UNH lab or at the New Hampshire state laboratory. Better detection and identification notwithstanding, Margolin says, the fast-spreading virus is greatly affected by sanitation. “It all boils down to the fecal-oral route. People will inadver...

New Tool Improves Prediction of Stroke Risk

...ion such as hospitalization is costly, in the long run it could result in a cost savings because follow-up to a stroke usually involves lengthy and costly inpatient rehabilitation. Also, if the patient does have a stroke while he or she is being observed, the stroke can be treated with clot-busting drugs...

Drug Meant to Heal Turns ‘heel’ and Hars

...rol and Prevention. The Health News, a newspaper run by China's Health Ministry, quoted experts as saying that the plasma used to make the immunoglobulin drug might have contained either the hepatitis C virus or its antibodies. It would take two to eight weeks to rule out the chance of hepatitis C i...

Prozac-popping Elders at Higher Risk of Fractures

...above 50 years who take anti-depressants regularly run a risk of increased fractures. The study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine seems to support previous studies that were concerned with this area. Anti-depressants commonly used include Prozac and Paxil. These are called selective serot...

Act Now To Cleanse Highly Polluted River Hindon, Says Study

...leased both from factories as well as agricultural run off from the fields, says the report released by Janhit Foundation. The foundation is an independent, not-for-profit NGO actively engaged in the promotion of human welfare through environmental protection. The report's author is Heather Lewis, an en...

Black and White in ‘Shades of Grey

...ing in the production of fewer wrinkles. But, they run the risk of being vitamin D- deficient , as the high concentration of melanin could ward off sunlight, a primary requirement in the vitamin’s production. If recent anthropological musings are to be believed, all of humanity has an African progen...

Childhood Obesity Linked to Foot Pain

...n reduce the aches and pains so these children can run around and play like all the other kids, but parents need to watch their childrens’ lifestyles and diets,' he says. For more information on pediatric foot and ankle conditions, or to find a foot and ankle surgeon, visit the ACFAS patient informatio...

A New Strategy to Control Breast Cancer

...at one of the hallmarks of cancer is cell division run amok, the reduction of high levels of EGFR activity has long been a primary target for anti-cancer drug development. So far, however, drugs aimed at directly inhibiting EGFR activity have met with only limited success in the cancer clinic, primarily...

Kerala To Probe Hospital Equipment Rotting In Kochi Port

...ers and several other apparatus to five government run hospitals. News reports indicated that the consignment was stuck in the Kochi port after a top official asked for personal favours to clear the equipment. "This is a very serious issue and erring officials would be brought to book," Sreemathi told ...

Avian Nightmare

...y onwards. The vaccination season is expected to run from January 22 to march end. Quelling doomsday talk, Salisbury added “The immunization programme we are announcing today is a precautionary measure which reduces any very low risk of a pandemic flu virus emerging in the UK.” <B...

Sugars in Liver Found to Clear Fats from the Bloodstream

... chronic alcohol consumption. The problem can also run in families. But it turns out that another important factor is sugar – a complex one produced by all cells in the body called heparan sulfate, which is related to the anti-coagulant heparin. The UCSD team found that heparan sulfate in the liver help...

Tihar Jail Gets De-Addiction Centre

...nt to drug Rehabilitation centres, which are being run with the help of NGOs, to get counseling. RI...

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