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New egg freezing technique offers hope to hundreds of women

...resented today (Monday 19 June) at the 22nd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, gives hope to hundreds of women who want to preserve their future fertility but who, for whatever reason, only have eggs, not embryos, available for freezing. Dr Masashige Kuwayama told ...

Research highlights how bacteria produce energy

...mherst. Earlier this month, Lovley announced at a meeting that he and his colleagues were able to achieve a 10-fold increase in electrical output by allowing the bacteria in microbial fuel cells to grow on biofilms on the electrodes of a fuel cell. This week, Gemma Reguera, a researcher in Lovley's lab wil...

DOE JGI finishes 100th microbial genome

... in their DNA sequence. On May 23, at the general meeting of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM), the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) will announce that it has finished the sequence of100 microbial genomes and released this information for the benefit of the global research...

Despite acidity, orange juice could still be a source of foodborne disease

...was part of a large symposium organized at the ASM meeting to examine the issue of foodborne diseases from non-potentially hazardous foods. ...

Device effective in zapping the pain out of migraines

...day (6/22) at the annual American Headache Society meeting in Los Angeles . A subsequent study will examine the device in a larger population. The device, called TMS, interrupts the aura phase of the migraine, often described as electrical storms in the brain, before they lead to headaches. Auras are neu...

Radiation-killed bacteria vaccine induces broad immune response in mice

...This advance is potentially of great importance in meeting the challenge of creating vaccines that are safe, effective and simple to manufacture and transport," says NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. Ideally, vaccines should stimulate a strong response not only from both arms of the adaptive immune sy...

Mushrooms as good an antioxidant source as more colorful veggies

...y, June 26, at the Institute of Food Technologists meeting in Orlando, Fl. Her co-author is her dissertation adviser, Dr. Robert Beelman, professor of food science. Dubost explains that assays are a first step toward determining how effective a food is in providing protection against oxidative damage. Anti...

Creating a window on 'oceans in motion'

...Academics, scientists and technical experts at the meeting aim to throw open a large, vivid new global window...ds the Dalhousie-based Ocean Tracking Network, the meeting host. "Today we know less about our marine life ?how these animals live, where they go ?than we kno...

Radioactive scorpion venom for fighting cancer

...for patients. At the Health Physics Society meeting this week in Providence, Rhode Island, Alan M. Jackson of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit will report that he and his colleagues recently established safe procedures for the therapy, currently in the second sequence of phase-II human trials, ...

What's shaped like a pear and has 2 genomes? Check the pond

...out the genome of this fascinating organism before meeting it in the local pond. ...

Antarctic Treaty Meeting moves to protect frozen continent from non-native species

... invasive non-native species have been agreed at a meeting of Antarctic experts in Edinburgh. Scientists and...ntarctica. To protect the marine environment, the meeting adopted new practical guidelines for ballast water exchange by ships operating in the Southern Ocean...

New pathways for autoimmune treatment identified

...he i NKT research during the association's annual meeting in May. ...

Science finds new fix for UV-damaged skin in arthritis treatment

...s set to be presented in July at the "Academy '06" meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), and was first presented at the AAD annual meeting in March 2006. Skin Biology Gives Researchers Clues for Developing New TreatmentsThe interest in gl...

Biodiversity key to sustainable biofuel according to University of Minn. researcher's findings

... return to biodiversity may prove to be the key to meeting energy needs for the growing number of people on the planet and for restoring global ecosystems. "Diverse prairie grasslands are 240 percent more productive than grasslands with a single prairie species," Tilman says. "That's a huge advantage. Biom...

COX-2 inhibitors significantly reduce risk of cancer

...e study findings were released today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C. "We believe this is the first study to show that selective COX-2 inhibitors have significant chemopreventive effects against breast cancer," says Dr. Randall Harris, professor and ...

Obese people are more sensitive to pain, suggests study

... their findings on March 4 in Denver at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. The researchers wanted to see if coping skills training, including progressive relaxation techniques would help people with osteoarthritis to better cope with the pain that the disease can cause. Also called de...

Inflammation and drugs to control this activity studied in a variety of tumors sites

...n cancer. The researchers will release data at the meeting showing results consistent with the breast cancer findings. "There's a lot of interest in the use of these compounds in therapy and prevention," Harris noted. "It will be important for investigators to look at these compounds in prospective and retr...

Hopkins study suggests commercially available antibiotic may help fight dementia in HIV patients

...at the American Academy of Neurology's 58th annual meeting on April 5 in San Diego, Calif. Rumbaugh added that, although ceftriaxone is FDA approved and could be used at any time by patients suffering from HIV dementia, there is not yet enough data to support doing so. The study looked at two proteins, cal...

Stem cell transplants improve recovery in animal models for stroke, cerebral palsy

...are being presented April 7 during the 58th annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology in San Diego. In humans, the findings hopefully will translate to incremental but important recovery advances, said Dr. David Hess, adult stroke specialist, chair of the MCG Department of Neurology and a study co...

New study reveals promising osteoporosis treatment

...he American Association for Dental Research annual meeting on March 9, 2006. Current FDA-approved pharmaceutical-based osteoporosis treatments, such as bisphosphonate drugs and hormone therapies, do not effectively repair bone that has already been lost. In fact, bisphosphonates have been shown to actual...

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