Bio-defense Lab Ordered Shut Down as Researchers Get Infected
...C is investigating reports of lab workers infected with the category B bio-terror agents Brucella and Coxi...exposure and the first symptoms. Usually it starts with a sudden high fever with muscle pain and severe headache symptoms similar to influenza. There may b...Tamiflu 30 Mg and 45 Mg Capsules Approved by FDA
...e lower dose capsules not only provide governments with a new option for pandemic stockpiling, but also gi...to three times more likely than adults to get sick with the flu, according to the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).(3) Add...Dow Acquires Wolff Walsrode from Bayer
...cialty markets." For Bayer, the transaction fits with its objectives of securing a recognized buyer comm...uce Bayer's net debt. Dow plans to combine Wolff with its Water Soluble Polymers business to create a new specialty business driven to become the preferre...Manmohan Singh to Inaugurate Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Conference
...nology for planning and sanitation for all by 2012 with focus on aged, especially abled and children and solid and liquid waste management. Effective implementation of the drinking water component in Bharat Nirman, the flagship programme of the Government of India, state-specific action plans under Acce...Drinking Problem Plagues 30% Americans
...that 1 out 3 persons in the US have a real problem with the bottle. But the nature of this problem can ...ues analyzed the data from face to face interviews with a representative cross section of the American population.The survey results published in the curren...Maxygen Initiates Phase IIa Clinical Trial of MAXY-G34 in Breast Cancer Patients
...of MAXY-G34 in patients. Approximately 30 patients with Stage I-III breast cancer will undergo TAC (doceta...al is designed as a multiple ascending dose study, with planned doses at 10, 30, 60, or 100 micrograms per kilogram of MAXY-G34 compared to 6mg of Neulasta....Lost Sleep can Never Be Compensated for
...t on a problem prevalent in industrialized nations with 24/7 societies, such as the US, where people get n...ns may be able to adapt their sleep system to deal with repeated sleep restriction conditions, there could be negative consequences when this pattern is mai...Wet Weather Heralds the Mosquito Menace
...ur mosquito population can go up, and more contact with mosquitoes means a greater possibility of mosquito...isease reported, including 100 deaths. Among those with severe illness due to West Nile virus, case-fatality rates range from 3% to 15% and are highest amon...Pond in High Artic Drying Up Due to Global Warming
...ind. That same evaporation process is taking place with these ponds, he said. So there is a rise in the co...eve. Changes set in about a century ago, he said, with more mosses growing and shorter periods of ice, followed by lowering water levels and increasing sal...Accused 13yr Old Admits to Stabbing Her Brother
...eful night in April 2006. She said she was armed with a kitchen knife for self-defense and was standing ...er family's home through a basement window, fought with her parents and killed them. After three weeks of Crown evidence about the grisly crime scene and...Strange Sex Life of Mole-rats may Provide Clues About Human Infertility
... widely in the way in which they form social bonds with their partners, offspring and kin. By making careful comparisons with model species like mole-rats, we may be able to tease apart the relative contribution of genes, envi...Sea Snail Venom Paves Way for Potent New Painkiller
... have produced a synthetic version of the compound with parallel pain-killing effects, and it forms the foundation of the new drug, Prialt. Prialt is designed to ease persistent pains in people who suffer from various types of cancer and other very serious diseases. It is a very powerful drug, as it was...Translating Structure into Function
...on from its structure. If their new strategy works with other enzymes, it should become a potent tool to determine how key enzymes work in the body. And since enzyme action is crucial to disease, the technique opens an efficient route to drug discovery, Shoichet say. Schoichet a professor of pharmaceuti...Napoleon Love Letter Seduces Bidders at Manuscript Auction
...," Gandhi said in the seven-page document. Along with the Napoleon and Newton manuscripts, other notables whose letters were on offer included J.R.R. Tolkien, Oliver Cromwell, Winston Churchill, Charlotte Bronte, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens and Claude Monet....Five Killed by Methane Gas on Virginia Farm
...oman out of the pit but could not. She died, along with daughters Shayla, 11, and Christina, 9, and farmha...uck hard in this picturesque farming region dotted with red barns, gleaming silos and church steeples that peak above rolling fields. The Showalter clan i...Mira Nair Takes AIDS Message to Indian Cinema Halls
...f awareness and stigma and other things associated with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)," the magni...lion global AIDS deaths were in sub-Saharan Africa with devastating socio-economic impact. She wants to use the "immense power" of Indian cinema to "wake ...Test-tube Babies: Mood Swings are Key to Fertility Choice
...g eggs from the woman's ovary and fertilising them with her partner's sperm in a lab dish, creating embryo...e same time. Research has shown that pregnancies with single embryos suffer less complications and the baby is likely to have a higher birthweight and hav...Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Helps the Heart: Study
...0 calories) of dark chocolate a day was associated with a small but significant lowering of blood pressure, the study said. The trial was carried out on 44 adults from 56 to 73 years old, including 24 women and 20 men, who suffered from pre-hypertension or stage one hypertension. Participants were ran...Embryo Protection Law in Germany
...ermanys embryo protection law is not in accordance with ART [artificial reproduction technology] practices...wo embryos at one time. It is best that only those with the highest implantation potential are used, leading to healthy singleton pregnancies. As the law ......is Greek wedding and Italian honeymoon is infected with a less serious strain of the disease than initial...ers for Disease Control (CDC) said he was infected with a potentially deadly strain of tuberculosis generally irresponsive to drug treatment. "We have bee...