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Traffic Control Boxes to Help Road Monitoring

Ohio State University engineers are working to make the traffic control boxes that stand beside major freeways smarter . They've developed new software that helps the computerized boxes locate road incidents -- such as traffic back-ups or accidents -- and notify transportation authorities at...

Gadrasil Could Prove Effective in Men too

...tical, vaccine for young men, which it is actively working on. (The issue with men seems to be simply one of ample testing: Until fairly recently, researchers report, men have rebelled against having swabs taken from the inside of their penis.) The value of the drug could also go up if a growing lobby of...

Drug Firm on the Threshold of Developing Dengue Vaccine

...axoSmithKline Biologicals president. "We've been working on the dengue vaccine with the US Army for 10 years, more or less," The Straits Times quoted Stephenne as saying. The Thai trials will be part of the second phase of the process. The vaccine was tested on 500 people in the United States during th...

Indian Fashion Beckons International Models

...p fashion destination of the world. They feel that working here will help them not only in gaining knowledge about this country's fashion but also provide their career an added boost. "It's a great experience to work in India as in Europe Indian fashion is very respected," said Barbora Brabcova of the Czec...

Researchers Say Brain Region Responsible for Pain's Ability to Seek Attention

...task involving distinguishing images, as well as a working memory task involving remembering images on volunt...luences the LOC. By contrast, they found that a working memory load affects the LOC through a different region, the inferior parietal cortex. The findings...

Dutch Customs Deploys Special Bird Flu Dogs

... or dead --, feathers and eggs. The dogs have been working on Schiphol airport since May this year. In Europe only the Czech customs are also working with specialized bird flu dogs, the authorities here said. According to the customs service this y...

Doctors Not Exempt from Competition Law, Australian Commission Warns

... "The ACCC needs to look at the context of doctors working as a group ... where its rulings can conflict with...r Ford said. For example, he said obstetricians working in a maternity unit could provide a better service if the staff and doctors "know each other well". ...

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Spreading Its Tentacles in Massachusetts

...appened, said her daughter. Phillips said she is working hard to convince opponents of spraying of its importance, and has made it a point to speak out to the public and officials about the dangers of EEE. The state is entering its fourth year of battling Eastern equine encephalitis activity, and officia...

Significant Advances in VCJD Prion Detection

...ersity of Edinburgh National CJD Surveillance Unit working with the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, the Neuropathogenis Unit at the Roslin Institute and CSL Behring, However, more research is urgently needed to ensure that the technique, which has been applied to brain tissue, can be applied to ...

First Genetically Engineered Maize Resistant to Maize Streak Virus Produced in S. Africa

...rs. They said that African scientists have been working for more than a quarter century on developing resistant varieties of maize by selecting and crossing varieties with various degrees of resistance to the virus. They said the resistance to the virus requires multiple genes located on different chro...

Experts Propose New Criteria for Alzheimer's Diagnosis

...eimer Disease and Related Disorders (NINCDS-ADRDA) working group....

Genetic Marker That Increases Colon Cancer Risk Discovered

...as not yet been discovered, but several groups are working to close in on the mechanism that might cause these cancers," Gruber said. The findings of the study were published in the July issue of Cancer Biology and Therapy....

Delay in Cancer Diagnosis for Children

...h cancer Tam Dang-Tan, an epidemiology PhD student working with Dr. Eduardo Franco from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, conducted the first ever analysis of all published studies to look for general trends and associations in this topic. The authors reviewed 23 studies conducted worldwide and found...

Boffins Identify Gene That can Protect Humans from Nephronopthisis

...to develop innovative treatment for the disease by working on a mouse model. "Our mice show striking similarities with NPHP patients. Very early on in their lives their kidney cells start to die and the mice develop all the characteristic disease symptoms. It is the first time that a mouse model reveals in...

Mutated Gene Zaps Pancreas Cancer in Mice

...h to gene therapy for pancreatic cancer and we are working to bring it to a clinical trial," said Abbruzzese. He estimated it will take between one and two years to complete US Food and Drug Administration requirements for Phase I clinical trial in humans. The side effects in mice were mild, they said, whi...

Olive-pomace Oil Compound Inhibits HIV Spread

.... Andres Garcia-Granados' team intends to continue working in the design and implementation of new maslinic acid by-products to fight against HIV, as well as in other innovative research projects....

Invisible Gases Form Most Organic Haze in Urban, Rural Areas: Study

...ettings, said Jimenez. Jimenez and Zhang are now working on ways to better understand the relative importance of natural and human sources of VOCs in the production of secondary organic aerosol pollution, including which human sources significantly contribute to the problem. The study was undertaken unde...

Gene Therapy Eradicates Pancreatic Cancer in Mice

...h to gene therapy for pancreatic cancer and we are working to bring it to a clinical trial," says Dr. James Abbruzzese, Professor and Chair of the M. D. Anderson Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology. It may take around one to two years to complete U.S. Food and Drug Administration requirements for a Pha...

MIT's Green Nano-factories to Produce Eco-friendly Batteries

...the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is working with viruses to build faster , better, cheaper and environmentally-friendly transistors, batteries, solar cells, diagnostic materials for detecting cancer, and semiconductors for use in modern electrical devices. Viruses are normally associated wit...

Replacement Drivers Lend a Helping Hand to the Drunk and Stranded in Korea

... income to pay debts. There are husbands and wives working as teams, usually with the woman following the man...lacement drivers for female customers. Hur began working full time as a replacement driver after he went bankrupt and lost his house more than three years ag...

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