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Novel targets found for the development of drugs to complement, or replace, statins

...ost solutions. The United States and several other countries have significantly reduced bycatch in their waters. Slight modifications in fishing gear can mean the difference between life of death for dolphins," said Baragona. "But for many of these threatened dolphins and porpoises, we need to act now before i...

Canada's first embryonic stem cell lines

...ost solutions. The United States and several other countries have significantly reduced bycatch in their waters. Slight modifications in fishing gear can mean the difference between life of death for dolphins," said Baragona. "But for many of these threatened dolphins and porpoises, we need to act now before i...

Leading scientists rank endangered dolphins, porpoises most in need of immediate action

...ost solutions. The United States and several other countries have significantly reduced bycatch in their waters. Slight modifications in fishing gear can mean the difference between life of death for dolphins," said Baragona. "But for many of these threatened dolphins and porpoises, we need to act now before i...

MERIS monitoring tracks planetary photosynthesis levels

...f anomalies in photosynthesis levels over European countries have then been produced by scientists at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability of EC-JRC, based on observations gathered from 1998 to 2002. Grid-processed results shown here indicate a decrease in vegetation activity against the average ...

US Army plans to bulk-buy anthrax

...ppen to the Biological Weapons Convention if other countries followed suit and built large biological production facilities at secretive military bases known for weapons testing?" A spokesperson for Dugway said the anthrax contract is still at the pre-solicitation stage, and the base has not yet acquired the ...

Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones

...er national osteoporosis societies in more than 50 countries are expected to attend. "It is particularly important that we are meeting in Bangkok because the number of people suffering from osteoporosis is growing fastest in the Asian region," noted IOF Chief Executive Officer Daniel Navid. The "IOF Beautie...

Leptin-signaling Protein Maintains Normal Body Weight And Energy Balance In Mice

...ty. Experts and political leaders from 26 African countries are convening for the NEPAD-Fish for All Summit in...ing off as the population steadily grows. African countries face a major challenge to ensure fish supply to the estimated 200 million mainly poor people relying...

Crisis in African fish supplies looms, experts warn Africa leaders

...ty. Experts and political leaders from 26 African countries are convening for the NEPAD-Fish for All Summit in...ing off as the population steadily grows. African countries face a major challenge to ensure fish supply to the estimated 200 million mainly poor people relying...

New research could help us deliver genes for new bone formation

...ngineering. With the ageing populations of Western countries it holds the potential of significant benefits for patients needing joint replacement or similar treatments. The new research will use tiny nanoscopic systems that cross the surface of a stem cell and then deliver the genes into that prompt the cell...

Laboratory professionals in Africa receive training under AIDS Relief Plan

...aining and quality improvement programs in African countries severely affected by AIDS. The training programs ...onitoring of HIV/AIDS patients in resource-limited countries as part of the Emergency Plan. "Ultimately, this program will serve to enhance laboratory testing p...

Researchers devise new technique for creating human stem cells

...ity -- such as colleagues in South Korea and other countries are doing -- is critical if we are to maintain the progress necessary to realize the extraordinary clinical potential of this technology." Eggan added that the most realistic current promise of the fusion technique is in studying the machinery of ge...

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Many of 2 billion dryland dwellers at risk as land degrades

...t shows infant mortality in drylands in developing countries averages about 54 children per 1,000 live births, 10 times that of industrial countries. Importantly, the rate in such drylands is twice as high as that of other, non-dryland regions in developing countries. The authors rank desertification ?land de...

Compound might defeat African sleeping sickness, clinical trial beginning this month

...Institute. "New drugs for illnesses in developing countries often fly beneath the profit radar of large pharma...tnerships to discover and develop drugs for poorer countries or neglected diseases, Tidwell said. "We have been able to reduce the cost of drug discovery to a f...

Gifts from the sea

...universities and institutions in more than a dozen countries make the MBL their summer research headquarters each year. U.S. and foreign students seeking intense, specialized science courses taught by top researchers, flock here, too--to participate in advanced-level offerings in numerous subjects, including ...

Insects develop resistance to engineered crops

...e two-gene strategy is more suitable in developing countries like China where farmers have an average of half a hectare (1.2 acres) of land, much less land than American farmers, and not enough to spare for refuges." ...

Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

...ld provide treatment for miscarriage in developing countries where safe surgical treatment may not be readily accessible.?/p> Other authors of the study were Jerry M. Gilles, M.D., the University of Miami, Florida; Kurt Barnhart, MD, MSCE, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Mitchell D. Creinin, ...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

...ld provide treatment for miscarriage in developing countries where safe surgical treatment may not be readily accessible.?/p> Other authors of the study were Jerry M. Gilles, M.D., the University of Miami, Florida; Kurt Barnhart, MD, MSCE, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Mitchell D. Creinin, ...

Malaria killing a million a year

...n therapies must reach many more people, but "many countries are moving forward with malaria control programmes... needed to fight the disease effectively in the 82 countries with the worst burdens, the agencies say. Nonetheless, in the last three years, the number of insec...

International Team Determines Geographic Origin of Leprosy

...ted with the bacterium. The specimens came from 21 countries representing five continents. Four types of SNP appeared in the samples, but their distribution was not random. Instead, the investigators discovered a fairly close correlation between SNP type and geographic location of the leprosy patient. Type 2,...

Green catalyst destroys pesticides and munitions toxins, finds Carnegie Mellon University

...nds of tons of these agents are produced yearly by countries around the world. Registered as priority pollutants by the EPA, they are toxic to aquatic life. They produce immediate toxic effects to the nervous system, and some reports have implicated them as possible endocrine disruptors. Many of these compound...

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