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Does God answer prayer? ASU research says 'yes'

...d for the benefit of another person,?said Hodge, a leading expert on spirituality and religion. “Some have found positive results for prayer. Others have found no effect. Conducting a meta-analysis takes into account the entire body of empirical research on intercessory prayer. Using this procedure, we find...

New study may show how to forestall a fatal, virus-caused immune-system meltdown

...ually, the result is an effective immune response, leading to the elimination of the virus and the infected person’s recovery. But in the case of some of the world’s deadliest pathogens ?including the Ebola, Marburg and Lassa fever viruses, as well as the influenza virus strain responsible for the 1918 flu p...

Breakthrough in understanding type-2 diabetes as key genes identified

...ain the causes behind type-2 diabetes, potentially leading to new treatments. The research revealed that people with type-2 diabetes have a mutation in a particular zinc transporter known as SLC30A8, which is involved in regulating insulin secretion. Type-2 diabetes is associated with a deficiency in insulin...

Natural gut hormone offers hope for new obesity drug

... The drug is being developed by one of the world's leading obesity experts, Professor Steve Bloom at Imperial College London's Hammersmith Hospital campus. "Over 30,000 deaths a year are caused by obesity in England alone, so there is a clear need to develop a treatment to tackle this problem," says Dr Ted...

Gene therapy for blindness clears hurdle in mice

...to shut down a gene that plays a crucial role in a leading cause of inherited blindness. The technique, detailed in an upcoming issue of Vision Research, involves injecting the eye with a bit of genetic material called interfering RNA, which helps disable the gene. Normally the gene is essential for heal...

Researchers find 6,000-year-old fossil evidence

... stones from four ancient households at Real Alto, leading her to conclude that these foods were eaten by everyone, not just the commoners or the elites. ...

New research shows that flu is a trigger of heart attacks

...n changes, mainly due to exaggerated inflammation, leading to rupture of these vulnerable plaques and subsequent formation of clots resulting in heart attacks. "This study shows that flu is an important trigger of heart attacks because flu is a severe infection, with high incidence rates and is readily p...

Procedure predicts embryos most likely to result in pregnancy

...oductive potential of individual embryos, possibly leading to a decrease in multiple-infant births and a higher success rate in women undergoing IVF. Over 100,000 in-vitro fertilization procedures are performed each year in the United States. In 2002, 3.1 embryos on average were transferred in IVF cycles, b...

QUT scientists on the way to sifting out a cure for HIV

...QUT's School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, is leading the development of these membranes, also known as nano-mesh, and said preliminary research had proved it successful in removing viruses from water. Nanofiltration is the filtration of minute particles using a filter with extremely small pores. ...

Sunshine pill for prostate cancer in 2009

... of the disease. Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Prostate cancer kills one man every hour in the UK....

Scientists discover a new risk factor for Alzheimer's

...rnational research scholars program, HHMI supports leading scientists in 28 countries outside the United States. The researchers studied several groups of Caucasians, one group of African Americans, one group of Hispanics from the Dominican Republic, and a group of Israeli Arabs. They tracked the SORL1 gen...

Intravenous nanoparticle gene therapy shows activity in stage IV lung cancer

...umor-suppressing proteins. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, causing 160,000 deaths annually. About 80 percent of lung cancer is of the non-small cell type. ...

Computer scientists join in search for ivory-billed woodpecker

...embers of this team," Goldberg said. "They've been leading the search in Cache River and have a deep understanding of the bird and this environment." Scott Henderson, director of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, said he looks forward to continued cooperation among groups studying the ivory-billed wo...

Stem cell transplants explored at Stanford as a possible treatment for hearing loss

...munication Disorders, lauded Heller as "one of the leading auditory neuroscientists" and points to his stem cell regeneration research as a high priority for the institute. Heller's vision is to develop a variety of possible cures for deafness. For the past year and a half, since coming to Stanford fro...

Researchers uncover protection mechanism of radiation-resistant bacterium

...y years ago, scientists discovered D. radiodurans, leading to speculation that the incredible degree of resistance exhibited by the bacteria has to do with its mechanism of DNA repair, and the majority of research on the bacteria has centered on this hypothesis. However, D. radiodurans has subsequently shown...

Study uncovers a lethal secret of 1918 influenza virus

...ponse that destroys the lungs in a matter of days, leading to death. The finding is important because it provides insight into how the virus that swept the world in the closing days of World War I was so efficiently deadly, claiming many of its victims people in the prime of life. The work suggests that i...

New research may overturn conventional wisdom on drug-resistant tuberculosis

... is believed to derive from inefficient treatment, leading to mutations. This study found that 33 of 38 patients had a different strain of TB during treatment than before treatment. Improved methods of preventing TB transmission may be needed in the very facilities and communities w...

Scientists identify a gene that may suppress colorectal cancer

...olorectal cancer is currently ranked as the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. But scientific progress in cancer research is challenged by the array of environmental and genetic influences on tumor initiation, development, and progression in the human population. Therefore, scientis...

Tiny clue reveals new path toward heart disease

...an 13 million Americans and is one of the nation's leading causes of death. The disease occurs when the arter... can completely block the blood flow to the heart, leading to a heart attack. While risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol a...

Experimental vaccine given during pregnancy reduces stillbirths from common virus

...disorder. The virus can also damage the placenta, leading to pregnancy loss. CMV is present in bodily secretions and is spread through close personal contact, such as kissing or sharing eating utensils. For example, an infant in daycare could give the virus to her pregnant mother by kissing her on the l...

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