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Jefferson Virologists Coax HIV Out of Hiding

...s at bay,it’s still quite capable ?given the right opportunity ?of replicatingand wreaking havoc on the body’s immune system.Now, virologists at Jefferson Medical College, led by Roger J.Pomerantz, M.D., professor of medicine, biochemistry and molecularpharmacology and director of the Division of Infectious Dise...

Emory Eye Center Implants Its First Retinal Chips In Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa

...atients with retinal degenerative diseases, so the opportunity to be part of evaluating an experimental rehabilitative intervention for these patients is very exciting." ...

Genome-wide mouse study yields link to human leukemia

...eukemia, findings that open up a "treasure box" of opportunity and possibility, study authors say. Researchers in The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center bred a type of mouse that develops acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). The mouse first goes through a pre-leukemic stage marked by rapidly expan...

Study Links Ebola Outbreaks To Animal Carcasses

...ife in the region. We have identified a 'win ?win' opportunity by using this information to both protect endangered apes from illegal hunting and to protect humans from deadly outbreaks." The paper provides definitive proof for the assumption that Ebola moves from wildlife populations to humans through the cons...

Researchers discover way to make cells in the eye sensitive to light

...f makingcells photosensitive has given us a unique opportunity to study thecharacteristics of this interesting protein. The textbook view of theeye is that it contains only two light sensing systems, the rods andcones. However, over the last few years it has become increasinglyaccepted that we have a third syste...

UCSB scientists probe sea floor venting to gain understanding of early life on Earth

...otential food source for ridge flank biota, and an opportunity for researchers to sample the biosphere below the sea floor." The sides of abyssal hills are fault escarpments (or scarps) created by vertical uplift of the seafloor during many events of fault slippage that produce frequent earthquakes. The scarps ...

Scientists ID molecular 'switch' in liver that triggers harmful effects of saturated and trans fats

...diabetes and cancer at Dana-Farber. "It offers the opportunity to try to understand what makes these fatty acids so deleterious, and what we need to avoid." Moreover, it is possible that in the future, drug therapy might be used to "turn down" the mechanism, decreasing cholesterol levels and heart disease risk,...

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