Comprehensive biodefense text published
...support for possible acts of bioterrorism, medical count ermeasures, emerging threats and future preparation, and development of diagnostic tests for identifying biological warfare pathogens. Intended for researchers, physicians, and policy makers, Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Disease and Counte...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...ention to the wildlife below. "I try to get a good count of the elephants as they come in and a good view w...a remote census technique using geophone arrays to count elephants and other animals. The research team discovered that the footfall of a large animal produc...Nano-bumps could help repair clogged blood vessels
...the discs were washed and a microscope was used to count how many of the dyed cells adhered to the material. The researchers found that nearly three times as many cells stuck to the discs containing the nano-bumps, as compared to ordinary titanium. "After one hour, we get three times more endothelial cell...The very unexpected life and death of a leukemic cell
...born at a slow rate, causing the slow rise in cell count over time. But researchers had been unable to find... rate and do indeed die. The slow rise in the cell count over time can be attributed to the difference between the birth and death rates of the cells, accord...Recent breakthroughs in common adult leukemia highlighted in New England Journal of Medicine
...at didn't die, with the slow rise in leukemia cell count seen in patients due to an accumulation of these immature and incompetent white blood cells. Scientists have since discovered that CLL cells do indeed turn over, with the accumulation over time a result of the difference in the birth and death rates ...