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Johns Hopkins flu expert calls for mandatory vaccination of health care workers

...f staff vaccinated each year." According to Perl, numerous staff surveys from other hospitals have shown that the most common reason cited for not getting a vaccination is a lack of time (47 percent). Surprisingly, a remarkably high number of staff, more than 30 percent, believed they could catch influenza ...

The nude mouse tale: Omega-3 fats save the life of a terminal cancer patient

...able non-toxic, over-the-counter solutions for the numerous people with fear of cancer in the back of their minds. The Nutrition and Cancer article is co-authored by Nevada nutrition Professor David Wilson and University of Nevada medical school Professors Steven Schiff, Stephen Bajo and Randall Pierce. ...

From one cell, many possible cures

... cells -- he could help advance the development of numerous medical therapies by years," Locke said. According to the Tulane Center for Gene Therapy's Web site, "stem cells are so named because they are like the stems on a tree that can produce new leaves and flowers each year." Each stem cell has the abilit...

Implantable pumps extend lives of patients too sick for transplant

...en or comfortably in small women. Rogers said that numerous pump designs are being tested that are smaller and lighter. Durability will also be an issue, he said, since replacing an LVAD entails just as substantial and involved a surgical procedure as the initial placement. Duke is currently participating in...

New battery technology helps stimulate nerves

...veloped by the Wisconsin chemists, says West, have numerous advantages over traditional lithium battery chemistry. "They're very flexible. They don't solidify. They're stable, nonflammable, non-toxic and they pose no threat to the environment," says West, an international authority on silicon chemistry. Sili...

Molecular research suggest shift needed in how some drugs are created

...the stage for various infections, septic shock and numerous autoimmune disorders. Since researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute reported the structure of Pelle bound to the adapter molecule known as Tube, there has been an effort to target the sim...

Evolutionary conservation of a mechanism of longevity from worms to mammals

...iosynhesis of ubiquinone, an essential cofactor in numerous redox reactions such as mitochondrial respiration. Though lack of the mclk1 gene results in embryonic lethality, the authors were able to study mclk1-/- embryonic stem (ES) cells and show that they are resistant to oxidative stress and exhibit reduc...

Womb needed for proper brain development

...ected by the lack of development are important for numerous intellectual functions, including attention, planning and social judgment. Dr. Witelson said more research is needed to consider what in utero mechanisms are essential for brain maturation and the optimal conditions and treatment needed to foster br...

Report focuses on challenges to unlocking future promise of vaccines

...licensed vaccine is available for a given disease, numerous barriers can block its use, including technical, economic, cultural, and legal obstacles," says Rino Rappuoli of Chiron SpA in Siena, Italy, another co-author of the report. ...

Scientists learn to predict protein-stabilizing ability of small molecules

...ns are involved, robotic-assisted surgery provides numerous benefits for prostate cancer patients, including: less pain and scarring, diminished blood loss, a shorter hospital stay and reduced recovery period for a quicker return to daily activities. The actual robot consists of a tower that m...

Penn Surgeons Use Completely Robotic Surgery to Successfully Treat Prostate Cancer

...ns are involved, robotic-assisted surgery provides numerous benefits for prostate cancer patients, including: less pain and scarring, diminished blood loss, a shorter hospital stay and reduced recovery period for a quicker return to daily activities. The actual robot consists of a tower that m...

Same-sex mating by fungi spawned infection outbreak, evidence suggests

...land both of the alpha mating type -- differed at numerous sites, they found. "Sex within the same mating-type may confer an evolutionary advantage when the opposite mating type is unavailable," Heitman said. "Other human pathogens or parasites may harbor cryptic same-sex cycles that contribute to produce p...

Katrina floodwaters not as toxic to humans as previously thought, study says

...,000 chemists and chemical engineers. It publishes numerous scientific journals and databases, convenes major research conferences and provides educational, science policy and career programs in chemistry. Its main offices are in Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio. ...

Russian 'surrogate' alcohols are a killer

Heavy alcohol consumption contributes to numerous problems in Russia, not the least of which is a very high death rate. In an ongoing study of 25- to 54-year-old Russian men living in an industrial city, researchers have discovered that a significant proportion consume "surrogate" alcohols, otherwi...

Why Christmas trees are not extinct

...ndergraduate. The Plumbing System of Trees The numerous parallel "pipes" that carry water upward through the woody trunks of evergreen coniferous trees are single-celled conduits called "tracheids" and are only a few millimeters long (about one eighth of an inch). In flowering trees, the pipes are multice...

Study Holds Promise For New Way To Fight HIV

...Siberia with prehistoric man and is the subject of numerous cave drawings - has its DNA in common with the fallow deer, one of the most widespread deer in the UK since their introduction by the Normans in the eleventh century. The results, published online by Nature , contradict recent morphological studie...

Extinct giant deer's descendant found in UK

...Siberia with prehistoric man and is the subject of numerous cave drawings - has its DNA in common with the fallow deer, one of the most widespread deer in the UK since their introduction by the Normans in the eleventh century. The results, published online by Nature , contradict recent morphological studie...

Scientists develop nanotech-laser treatment that kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissue

...at's why patients often lose their hair and suffer numerous other side effects. For us, the Holy Grail would b...ormal cells, the surface of a cancer cell contains numerous receptors for a vitamin known as folate. The researchers decided to coat the nanotubes with folate m...

Housecat-sized Siberian tiger cubs get collared

...primate evolution, this cluster actively underwent numerous gene duplications and structural rearrangements, allowing the associated genes to acquire new biological functions. In this month's issue of Genome Research , Dr. Maris Laan and her colleagues report their analysis of the LHB/CGB cluster in three...

Studies on human genome variation provide insight into disease

...primate evolution, this cluster actively underwent numerous gene duplications and structural rearrangements, allowing the associated genes to acquire new biological functions. In this month's issue of Genome Research , Dr. Maris Laan and her colleagues report their analysis of the LHB/CGB cluster in three...

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