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Evoprinter, a multigenomic comparative tool for rapid identification of functionally important DNA

...thologous DNAs from multiple species. Based on the success of the Evoprinter identification of MCSs within known vertebrate and Drosophila cis-regulatory elements, the authors believe that this tool could be of great use to understanding gene regulation in all animals....

An Estimated 150 Million Indians Suffer From Arthritis

...above the age of 70 years affected," he said. The success of the program would depend on active participation form the patients and members of the scientific community. Increasing the awareness about the disease and educating patients on the various treatment options available would indeed go a long way in ...

Birth Defects Caused By Acne Medication Can Be Minimized By Voluntary Pregnancy Prevention

...ven valuable insights into factors that hinder the success of pregnancy prevention programs. If these issues are addressed in an appropriate way, then the birth defects caused by such teratogens can be minimized. After all, it is our responsibility to promise a healthy generation, menstruation, negative preg...

Computers Can Teach Patients About Screening for Cancer

... by a nurse. In addition, the two groups had equal success rates completing the screening test. With physicians frequently reporting inadequate time with patients, computer-assisted instruction can turn out to be a timesaving and cost-effective patient education solution. The research also suggests the pot...

Fertility Treatment Offered During Summer Has Better Chances For Success

...ility treatments offered during summer have a high success rate. Yes! Women who undergo fertility treatment ... pregnant //when compared to trials in winter. The success rate in summer was 15.7 % compared to a 7.5% in the winter. British researchers have done an in-de...

Novel Strategy To Combat Alzheimer’s Disease

...-Yu Zhang, the author of the study, muses that the success of the present one-drug-one-target strategy in drug discovery is limited, which has stimulated the search for more efficient combined weapons to combat AD. Drug discovery paradigm is now shifting from one-drug–one-target strategy to one-drug-multiple...

A New Approach In Treatment Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity In Children

...udies, the authors, set out o assess the long-term success of treatment with repeated botulinum-A toxin (BTX-A; Botox) injections into the detrusor muscle for neurogenic detrusor overactivity in children. In their study published in the October issue of Urology, the researchers reviewed the charts of 10 chi...

Hip Replacement Can Now Be Performed On Virtual Patients

...ctors can even get a feedback regarding the likely success or failure of the operation. These devices create the force and resistance of real tissue, so when surgeons make a cut they feel the sensation of real surgery. A lot of the implants being used presently are associated with a high failure rate, the ...

The potent anti-leukemia activity of Berbamine

...the bcr/abl tyrosine kinase, has been a remarkable success for the treatment of CML. However, a significant proportion of patients chronically treated with Gleevec develop resistance. Thus, new approaches that override the resistance are crucial to the development of curative therapies for CML. A recent stu...

Math Learning Disorder Higher in Boys

...c academic skills -- skills that are essential for success at school, work and for coping with life in general. The results appear in the September-October issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics. "Our research on the incidence of Math LD indicates that Math LD is common, affecting many children at some time during...

Math Learning Disorder Higher In Boys

...c academic skills -- skills that are essential for success at school, work and for coping with life in general. The results appear in the September-October issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics. 'Our research on the incidence of Math LD indicates that Math LD is common, affecting many children at some time during...

AIDS control requires co-coordinated move regarding safe sexual practices

...ors is believed to stand a better chance in facing success with the AIDS control program. The media has a very important role in shaping up public opinion regarding shaping public opinion and creating an environment supportive of HIV prevention, care and treatment. It can help fight the associated ignorance,...

Boys Suffer More Mathematics Learning Disorder Than Girls

...ic academic skills. These skills are essential for success at school, work and for coping with life in general. For the first time William Barbaresi, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician, and other researchers used different definitions of mathematics learning disorders (LD), analyzed school records...

Testicular Cancer Patients Have Improved Reproductive Outcomes After Treatment

... 15 years of treatment and 76 percent had the same success within 20 years. Furthermore, the chance of succe...eatment with high doses of chemotherapy had a 48 % success while the success rate for those followed by surveillance alone after the cancerous testicle was rem...

Time magazine has recognized efforts of two Indian doctors towards reducing infant mortality rate

...e most prestigious Johns Hopkins University. The success of the mission has been possible due to systematic research, planning and effective implementation. The first step comprised of identification of all the 18 leading causes of infant death out of which malnutrition and starvation among expectant mothe...

Novel Technique For Management Of Inverted Papilloma Of Frontal Sinus

...be managed with staged procedures. They claim that success of initial endoscopic resection of ethmoid/maxillary disease with subsequent open treatment of the frontal sinus....

Embryonic Genetic Testing Is Boosting IVF Pregnancies

Embryonic genetic testing is boosting the success rate of IVF pregnancies. However, the capacity to screen for non-life threatening illnesses and to create babies with specific tissue types or physical attributes also raises difficult ethical issues//. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD, ha...

One In Nine Young Women Diagnosed With Chlamydia Infection

...In short community participation is the key to the success of such massive campaigns directed towards diagnosis and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases....

Crusade Against Cancer: Collaborations On The Anvil

...d illnesses, identify disease trends and determine success rates. Funded by a $3 million grant of technology and services from IBM, MSKCC will include a comprehensive system to integrate its hospital data with text mining and related analytical capabilities into a unified information management environment...

LINK Applied Genomics Programme Promises To Revolutionize Healthcare Systems

...LINK Applied Genomics Programme has proved to be a success in that it has made it easier to diagnose meningitis, MRSA and Chlamydia; has regenerated spinal nerve cells//, made it possible to personalize breast cancer treatment and has provided effective vaccines against Salmonella. This programme had researc...

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