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Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Spreading in Uganda

...rnative for many women, he added. “Misoprostol is inexpensive and does not need to be refrigerated,?Dr. Zhang said. “It could 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 ...

Drug Offers Alternative to Surgical Treatment After Miscarriage

...rnative for many women, he added. “Misoprostol is inexpensive and does not need to be refrigerated,?Dr. Zhang said. “It could 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 ...

Nature provides inspiration for important new adhesive

... high content of protein," Li said. Soy protein is inexpensive and renewable, but it lacks the unique amino acid with phenolic hydroxyl groups that provide adhesive properties. Li's research group was able to add these amino acids to soy protein, and make it work like a mussel-protein adhesive. Then they began t...

Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh

... Apparently, it did. "It was a relatively simple, inexpensive way to create a wetland, and it worked," said Mitsch, who is a professor of natural resources at Ohio State. The wetland was constructed by bulldozing a series of basins into the field. The five basins sloped downward toward the river ?the second bas...

Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years

...measles, they're now protected by an effective and inexpensive vaccine," said Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF. "What clearer proof could there be of the value of investing in immunization?" The dramatic decline in measles deaths is made possible through the commitment of governments to fully impleme...

Norovirus found to cause traveler's diarrhea

...s in traveler's diarrhea is warranted. The simple, inexpensive molecular diagnostic techniques used in this study to identify Norovirus-positive stool samples could serve to facilitate future Norovirus-related research in developing countries. "Prevalence of Norovirus among U.S. Visitors to Mexico and Guatemala...

Marine sponge yields nanoscale secrets

...search team developed a method for coupling small, inexpensive synthetic molecules (that duplicate those found at the active center of the bio-catalyst of the marine sponge) onto the surfaces of gold nanoparticles. They showed that when two populations of these chemically modified nanoparticles, each bearing hal...

Different microarray systems more alike than previously thought

...general agreement and the quality of expensive and inexpensive platforms was similar across the board. The researchers also note that although the technologies show general agreement, the results are far from identical. Additional analyses need to be done to determine whether seemingly minor remaining differenc...

Bioelectronic ‘signatures?hold key to DNA mutations

...thing of beauty. You can make it small, low-power, inexpensive and robust.?/p> Among the keys to unearthing the mysteries behind individual genetic variation and diseases like cancer are fine differences ?single nucleotide polymorphisms, or “SNPs??buried within the 3 billion chemical bases of DNA comprising ...

Emergence of cancer as major cause of childhood death in developing countries is not being adequately addressed

...charities have traditionally focused on relatively inexpensive strategies for combating infectious diseases, said Ching-Hon Pui, M.D., director of the Leukemia/Lymphoma Division at St. Jude and American Cancer Society F.M. Kirby clinical research professor. This decision has left many children with cancer in muc...

Use of PET can reduce, may eliminate more strenuous drug development trials with animals

...llent imaging characteristics and to be relatively inexpensive to produce. Welch and his researchers are also investigating the effect of cancer therapies on tumor function and performing cardiac studies that explore drugs that reverse the conditions of animals. The JNM articles on small animal imaging, with nu...

Boosting HIV screening can increase survival and is cost effective

...hase, which can be diagnosed using very effective, inexpensive tests. Most importantly, early detection speeds linkage to proven, life-prolonging care and effective counseling to prevent further transmission." Rochelle Walensky, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard and a co-author of the study, added, "Th...

New methods of gene delivery using lasers

...ace with this technology: the method is simple and inexpensive and could have important bio-medical implications and should find wide use. Since it also has the potential to assist in the cellular delivery of other bio-molecules, we are now looking at other cell types to see how widely applicable the method prov...

Antibodies from plants protect against anthrax

... to infect humans," says Yusibov. "It is an easy, inexpensive and, very stable system. If you're looking for a way to stockpile a large amount of antibodies for a long periods of time, plant-produced antibodies are the answer," says Baillie. Anthrax antibodies are just the first step for Baillie and his collab...

Development of portable infectious disease detector

... spectroscopysystem and used it as the basis for a inexpensive male fertilitydetector that can be used in the home to measure sperm motility with anaccuracy comparable to laboratory analyses."I'm thrilled at how well the VIIBRE and PRIA technologies mesh," saysJohn P. Wikswo, professor of biomedical engineering,...

Scientists develop new color-coded test for protein folding

...nd Biology. "What we've developed is a simple and inexpensive sensor for determining when a protein changes its ...noparticle sensor could turn out to be a quick and inexpensive way for doctors to identify antibodies and other signs of infection in the blood stream. Over the ne...

Solution to Pollution: New Bacteria Eats Toxic Waste

...e bacteria, now being used around the world, is an inexpensive and highly effective solution to pollution. “This project shows mother nature’s capability to be a master engineer,?said Ron Sims, biological and irrigation engineering department head. “Past disposal practices and accidental spills have put these c...

Priming embryonic stem cells to fulfill their promise

...n the sense that all of asudden scientists can use inexpensive and widely available reagents andmachinery to optimize the conditions needed to optimize embryonic stemcell differentiation."Bhatia is planning further studies on generating liver cells fromembryonic stem cells to make an artificial liver. She plans ...

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