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Experts predict Tamiflu could halve the pandemic influenza death toll versus no intervention

...rophylaxis for people exposed to infected patients could be one of the most cost-effective strategies for r... sufficient to cover 65% of a country’s population could cut deaths by approximately half. This study was announced at the leading influenza conference, Opti...

Putting feelings into words produces therapeutic effects in the brain

...raction with friends and family during these years could shape the strength of this brain region’s response, but this is not yet established, Lieberman said. One benefit of therapy may be to strengthen this brain region. Does therapy lead to physiological changes in the right ventrolateral prefrontal co...

Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs

...ssor of plant pathology at Penn State. "Mushrooms could make the ideal vehicle for the manufacture of biop...ive seed. A crop from which drugs may be extracted could be ready in weeks," Dr. Romaine said. A mushroom-based biofactory also would not require expensive i...

New vaccine prevents CMV infection and disease in mice

...n FDA-approved, commercially licensed hCMV vaccine could be administered to specific at-risk populations, such as females prior to child-bearing years, day care providers, organ transplant recipients, or as part of regular childhood immunizations. “This approach may also be valid for a number of diseas...

St. Jude study shows genes play an unexpected role in their own activation

...ver to trigger activity of genes that make glucose could reduce blood levels of this sugar in people with d...abetes,” Brindle said. “But at the same time, CREB could continue its other jobs without interruption.” ...

Definitive evidence found of a swimming dinosaur

...uatic birds." The question of whether dinosaurs could swim has been researched for years. Until now, however, very little hard evidence existed documenting the behavior. Several earlier discoveries were later found to have been produced on dry ground or categorized as ghost traces, possible undertracks ...

A first -- Hebrew University scientist observes brain cell development in 'real time'

...e brain. As for further research that some day could lead to significant breakthroughs in treatment of neural disorders, Dr. Mizrahi noted that "there are only a few small areas in the brain which are capable of neurogenesis, and they hide secrets we want to reveal."...

How plague-causing bacteria disarm host defense

...ight antibiotic-resistant strains of Yersinia that could be used in biological warfare, according to Navarr...ple in the Middle Ages. "This bacterial species could still be a threat today," said Navarro, adding that scientists had isolated an antibiotic-resistant ...

Skimmed milk -- Straight from the cow

Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O’Drisc...erts say that the discovery of these rogue milkers could completely revolutionise the dairy industry. Ed Komorowski, technical director at Dairy UK says that...

Researchers use MRI to predict recovery after spinal cord injury

... "In addition," Dr. Fehlings said, "these findings could result in a more aggressive clinical strategy for ... neurologically intact upon admission. One patient could not be classified. The majority of the patients had been injured in motor vehicle accidents. MRI ...

Avian influenza survivors' antibodies effective at neutralising H5N1 strain

...livered at the right time and at the right amount, could also provide a clinical benefit to humans with H5N1 infections." "In particular, we found that it was possible to administer the treatment up to 72 hours after infection. This is particularly important as people who have become infected with the v...

'Nurse cells' make life and death decisions for infection-fighting cells

...ientists found it difficult to believe that a cell could internalize another cell, said Jerry Guyden, a biologist at the City College of New York and lead researcher. The thymus is present in most vertebrates, with a similar structure and function as the human thymus. Animal thymic tissue sold in butche...

HIV and malaria combine to adversely affect pregnant women and their infants

...rus works to counteract this defence. The research could lead to improved vaccines for pregnant women in malaria-ravished regions. Malaria is a parasitic disease spread by mosquitoes that kills more than one million people every year. While the disease affects mostly children, malaria also severely affect...

Eavesdropping comes naturally to young song sparrows

...ge learning, and Beecher thinks eavesdropping also could play a role in how infants learn language. Spar...ging are critical in song learning. However, they could not determine if the young birds learned more by direct interaction with a tutor or by eavesdropping...

First confirmed common genetic risk factors for breast cancer

...s that they had identified a gene (Caspase 8) that could reduce cancer risk by as much as 10 percent. The international research collaboration, known as the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, was established in 2005 to provide large sample sizes for examining genetic associations. In addition to GIS...

Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice

...l remain into the near future. "The polar bear could be at the crossroads," said Scott Bergen, a landscape ecologist with WCS’ Living Landscapes Program and the principal investigator for the project. "The survival of some polar bear populations depend on the decisions we making within the next year. F...

Mule deer moms rescue other fawns

...nly to their own species' call, and only when they could not see their own fawn. "The fact that mule deer ran to the speaker when their own fawn was standing next to them safe and sound revealed they do not help other fawns because they mistake them for their own," said lead author Susan Lingle, who co...

How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages

...of the processes underlying deep brain stimulation could enable physicians to better fine-tune electrical implants, Grill said. That could be particularly useful for zeroing in on effective settings for implants used to treat diseases, suc...

'Virtual Patient' to simulate real-time organ motions for radiation therapy

...ng 3-D models, adding the fourth dimension of time could significantly improve the accuracy and effectivene...the radiation treatment." Real-time simulations could allow doctors to spot the small fractions of time when the lungs, liver, kidneys, and eventually the...

NASA-funded robotic sub finds bottom of world's deepest sinkhole

...our technical objectives in creating a system that could explore and map autonomously." In addition to g...nsors. Wettergreen said demonstrating that SLAM could work in such a featureless environment suggests that it will have applications in environments with ...

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