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HIV Infection Still On The Rise

...nment, its application in other parts of the world may not have the impact required. In the face of this global catastrophe, the epidemic in the United Kingdom seems both small and parochial, say the authors. Nevertheless, the latest figures show a 20% increase in the prevalence of HIV in 2003 and 2004 ...

Research Gives Hope For Liver Damage

...suffering from liverdamage (cirrhosis) and failure may benefit from research by theUniversities of Edinburgh and Southampton which may lead to newlife-saving treatments. There is currently no cure for liver cirrhosisand a patient's onl...

New SARS Protein Linked To Important Cell Doorway

...rchers suspect a gene in the SARS accessory genome may be providing the virus with most of its pathogenic...g out orf7a significantly attenuates the virus, we may able to look at the possibility of using it to make a SARS vaccine," Pekosz speculates. Nelson CA, ...

NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine

...ses where human-to-human transmission of the virus may have occurred. However, public health experts fear that the virus may evolve into one that is more easily transmitted between people. If this were to happen, a worldwide ...

Scientists document complex genomic events leading to the birth of new genes

...ised of eight family members, the RGP gene cluster may help to explain what sets apart humans and other p...licated genes acquire new functions, however, they may confer a selective advantage to an organism, leading to the rise of lineage-specific genes over evol...

Nano-Probes Allow an Inside Look at Cell Nuclei

Nanotechnology may be in its infancy, but biologists may soon use it to watch the inner workings of a living cell like never before. Scientists at the U.S. D...

NC State scientist finds soft tissue in T. rex bones

...ents of the dinosaurs' original molecular material may still be present. "We may not really know as much about how fossils are preserved as we think," says Schweitzer. "Our prelimin...

Zebrafish may hold key to understanding human nerve cell development

...ly viewed as supportingactors, cells known as glia may be essential for the normal developmentof nerve ce...standing of how nerve cells develop and whether it may be possibleto regenerate these types of cells in humans one day," said TatjanaPiotrowski, Ph.D., ass...

New studies suggest airborne SARS transmission is possible

...s causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may spread through the air, not just through direct co... additional, complementary evidence that the virus may be capable of spreading through the air. ...

Harmful Bacterium Commonly Found in Poultry May Survive Refrigeration and Frozen Storage Combined

...ly viewed as supportingactors, cells known as glia may be essential for the normal developmentof nerve ce...standing of how nerve cells develop and whether it may be possibleto regenerate these types of cells in humans one day," said TatjanaPiotrowski, Ph.D., ass...

GenMAPP 2.0 released

...ly viewed as supportingactors, cells known as glia may be essential for the normal developmentof nerve ce...standing of how nerve cells develop and whether it may be possibleto regenerate these types of cells in humans one day," said TatjanaPiotrowski, Ph.D., ass...

UCLA scientists transform HIV into cancer-seeking missile

...s for controlling cancer and other diseases." "We may be able to boost immune-system surveillance at tum...e they cause damage," he added. "Beyond cancer, it may be possible to correct acquired and genetic diseases where the mutations exert their harmful effects...

First real-time view of developing neurons reveals surprises, say Stanford researchers

...tions not forming normally. Dyslexia, for example, may be caused by connections failing to form between certain brain regions, whereas schizophrenia may result from too many connections forming. What's more, any cure for spinal cord injuries will requi...

New insight into people who 'see' colors in letters and numbers

...archers found evidence suggesting that synesthetes may be quite different from one another, which the res...n because the results obtained with one synesthete may not generalize to other synesthetes. The researchers concluded that "Our results suggest that synes...

Estrogen-like Component of Plastic Stimulates Growth of Certain Prostate Cancer Cells

...e, can proliferate in response to BPA.“The results may have implications for men who develop BPA-suscepti...synthesis. Patients with mutated androgenreceptors may not respond to this therapy and according to this newstudy, exposure to BPA among these patients cou...

Beyond lithium for bipolar disorder

...it is not without its downside. People on the drug may develop hypothyroidism, tremors, cognitive impairment, and excessive thirst and urination and gain weight. However, better treatments for bipolar disorder depend on a better understanding of the still-mysterious mechanism by which lithium damps the ...

FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Home-Use Diagnostic Kits Marketed by Globus Media

...virus, or the AIDS virus) using one of these tests may not be infected with HIV, or, worse, someone infected with HIV may test negative and not seek medical treatment or spread the virus to others. The tests were sold thr...

Novel ultrafast laser detection of cancer cells also may improve understanding of stem cells

...taining methods that can take days to complete and may give false readings. A lightning-fast laser techn...h Of further interest is that the biocavity laser may be applied not only to identifying the spectra associated with cancer cells but also those associate...

New research indicates a 'troubled' greenhouse is brewing

Climates like those of the movie "Monsoon Wedding" may extend more widely into Africa, North America and South America, according to a University of Oregon geologist's analysis of an ancient greenhouse event. "We know the gathering greenhouse will be warm, but this new information confirms that the cont...

International trial of two microbicides begins

...en result from heterosexual intercourse, but women may not always be able to insist that their male partners use measures to prevent HIV transmission," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "If effective, microbicides would be a valuable woman-controlled means of slowing the pace of the HIV/AIDS ep...

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