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T-ray breakthrough could make detecting disease far easier

...absorb T-rays fired at them. This would allow quality control of prescribed drugs and detection of explosives to be carried out more easily, as many complex molecules have distinctive signatures in this part of the electromagnetic spectrum. T-ray applications are presently limited by the relatively ...

Computer with brain connections changing quality of life of paralyzed

...ntal theories regarding consciousness, emotion and quality of life in sufferers of paralysis from Amyotrophic...e also raising a number of new questions about the quality of life amongst paralysis sufferers. Patients surveyed were found to be much healthier mentally than...

End-of-life care can be improved

...care in the critical care setting. "Improving the quality of care received by critically ill and dying patie... test generalizable interventions that improve the quality of ICU end-of-life care. The Critical Care Medicine supplement includes 20 articles evaluating end-...

New study aims to stop sepsis in its tracks

...increase survival rates, and improve the long-term quality of life for those who have had sepsis," said NIGMS Director Jeremy M. Berg, Ph.D. One of the major challenges is to recognize sepsis when it starts. That's because in its early stages, it is often mistaken for a milder infection or other problems, ...

Nobel Laureate finds 'elegant' explanation for DNA transcribing enzyme's high fidelity

...reened hundreds of crystals to achieve higher data quality and resolution than ever before. “In the course of the work, we saw something that had never been noticed before?additional protein density beneath the matching nucleotide,?Kornberg said. The team traced that protein density back to a portion of ...

Preliminary study finds holographic imaging system promising for cancer treatment planning

...specta has significant potential to achieve better quality in radiation treatment planning. The study results are being presented this week at the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Philadelphia (November 5-9, 2006). The effectiveness of radiation therapy depe...

Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'

...orating ecological conditions caused by poor water quality and pollution." Among its findings, the study analyzed an apparent disconnect between the scientific community’s concerns over seagrass habitat and its coverage in the popular media. While recent studies rank seagrass as one of the most valuable ...

Protein structure initiative launches new resources for the scientific community

...as well as improved the generation and analysis of quality data....

Antibiotic treats lymphoma of the eye

...fatal, but its symptoms can compromise a patient's quality of life. Some research has suggested an association between OAL and infection with the bacteria Chlamydia psittaci. Andres J. M. Ferreri, M.D., of the San Raffaele H Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy, and colleagues examined whether doxycycl...

RNA map provides first comprehensive understanding of alternative splicing

...wrong environment could wreck havoc and change the quality of proteins in a tumor cell," he says....

Researchers develop technologies to devour food pathogens

...he pathogens, but too much can cause a decrease of quality in the product, such as browning of leafy greens. "If the product is safe, but nobody will eat it, that's not what we want," Linton said. "We are always thinking in terms of, 'Will this work for industry?' In this case, I believe the answer is yes....

Progress made in HIV vaccine development

... higher levels of T cell responses and a different quality of response than either approach by itself." As Robinson and Weinhold add, the idea behind combining strategies is that "the vaccine uses DNA to prime the immune response and a replication defective recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 vector to boost...

Sensory feedback during speech: The brain attunes to more than just sound

...ch, but did not significantly disrupt the acoustic quality of the words being spoken. The researchers were ab...e findings support the idea that accurate acoustic quality is not the brain's only goal during the motor control of speech--precision in expected somatosensory...

American scientist's research of life's first cells

...eir dissertations. Their essays were judged on the quality of research and the applicants' ability to articulate how their work would contribute to the field of molecular biology, which investigates biological processes in terms of the physical and chemical properties of molecules in a cell. A judging pan...

Stroke symptoms common among general population

...s provided information about demographics, general quality of life and medical history, including whether a physician had ever told them they had a stroke and whether they had experienced the sudden onset of any of six stroke symptoms. Brief physical examinations were conducted three to four weeks later. A...

Why do insects like to eat some plants more than others?

...te the differences to variation in the nutritional quality or defective chemistry of plant tissues. However, the researchers found that cactus-feeding insects chose host plants based on how the plants allocated resources between growth and reproduction. "The crux of our findings is actually quite intuitiv...

'Best of both worlds' -- Targeting a single gene could inhibit bone decay and stimulate bone growth

...issue of Nature Medicine. Osteoporosis is a major quality of life issue for the millions of senior citizens ... the occurrence of osteoporosis, but also make the quality of bone even better. "Our discovery proves that inhibiting osteoclasts while simultaneously stim...

Artificial cornea offers better results for infants, some blind patients

...r going to see. While astigmatism often limits the quality of vision with traditional corneal transplant, thi...ctions. In both groups, though, Aquavella said the quality of the patient's eyesight was often limited by other deficiencies in the eye. The partnership be...

Rising ocean temperatures, pollution have oysters in hot water

...r population continuing to decline from poor water quality and disease, it would take a year to filter the same amount of water, she said. In addition to filtering water, oysters create a kind of reef that other marine life depends upon. "Studies have shown that there are more than 300 species reliant on ...

Telemedicine robots help improve health

...sland and to evaluate its capacity to deliver high quality clinical care to patients, as well as professional support and educational opportunities to health staff in regional areas, such as Mt Isa," Dr Smith said....

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