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Scientists show that tick-borne flaviviruses use a novel mechanism to evade host defenses

...ver from infection. Interferon is so critical for recovery from these infections that it is being tested in clinical trials to treat infection with various flaviviruses. But the treatment appears to fail in about half of cases. Dengue virus, West Nile virus and yellow fever virus have a protein called NS4B ...

Investigating 'brain shrinkage' in alcoholics

...might play a role in cognitive deficits as well as recovery and repair of the brain. Together we can develop strategies for public education and new approaches to therapy in people who use and abuse alcohol. People who abuse alcohol," he added, "should be informed that some of the brain damage could be revers...

UNC computer, marine scientists collaborate to predict flow of toxic waters from Katrina

...ormation that will be vital as cleanup efforts and recovery continue. The two also have extended their work with RENCI, Reed and colleagues to analyze various aspects of last weekend's Hurricane Rita and its effects in Texas and Louisiana. "We are trying to be prepared and generate reliable information that...

Lance Armstrong through a physiological lens: hard training boosts muscle power 8%

... provides insight, although limited, regarding the recovery of 'performance physiology' after successful treatment for advanced cancer." Muscular efficiency through possible fiber change: making it look easy Coyle concedes in the study that the "physiological mechanisms responsible for the 8% improvements i...

Study shows eutrophic lakes may not recover for a millennium

...eutrophication fast track, a new study shows their recovery may take a thousand years under the best of circumstances. Writing in today's (June 13) online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), University of Wisconsin-Madison limnologist Stephen R. Carpenter reported results o...

Defect in gene causes 'neuralgic amyotrophy'

... disappear within a couple of weeks, but sometimes recovery can take months or even several years. Many HNA patients also have particular facial features, such as eyes that are somewhat closer together, a fold in the upper eyelid that covers the inside corner of the eye, and sometimes a cleft palate. HNA is...

Molecular miners find pain relief drugs from the sea

...property that it appears to accelerate the rate of recovery from a nerve injury." "We are very excited that clinical trials to test the effectiveness of ACV1 in humans with diabetic neuropathies will soon be underway and we expect that the potential of ACV1 in treating a range of other painful conditions wil...

Muscle repair: Making a good system better, faster; implications for aging, disease

... injury. But when they don't, otherwise successful recovery following damage from overuse during exercise, sur...e drugs." Striking, rapid differences in strength recovery In the current study, the investigators found that in mice lacking PAI-1, the activity of an enzyme...

Researchers find molecule that inhibits regrowth of spinal nerve cells

...bition is going to provide some sort of functional recovery for spinal cord injury patients, understanding eph...st be overcome before spinal-cord regeneration and recovery from injury can occur in a meaningful way for patients. "We have to figure out how to dissolve the ...

Traditional models underestimate extinction rates

...n density--to accurately evaluate risk and enhance recovery programs for at-risk populations. As threats to endangered species continue to mount, biologists will need ever more robust methods to estimate extinction risk. Unfortunately, field biologists typically can't generate the large, high-quality datasets...

World-first technology enables study of ancient bacteria

...know little about gas hydrates as they melt during recovery due to the fall in pressure. Professor R. John Parkes, of the School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences at Cardiff University, is leading part of a major European Union project, called HYACINTH which is developing systems to recover gas hydrates...

The ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster

..."Temporal trends in radiation doses, survival, and recovery in wildlife populations at Chernobyl." Organized Oral Session 7: "Ecological effects of the Chernobyl disaster: Genes to ecosystems," will take place Monday 8 August 2005, 1:30 - 5:00 PM in Meeting Room 510 A, Level 5, Palais des congrès de Montréal...

NIEHS launches website with information for assessing environmental hazards from Hurricane Katrina

...so provides other ongoing NIEHS efforts related to recovery efforts, including collaborations with other federal agencies. ...

FDA approves child-friendly AIDS medicine

...so provides other ongoing NIEHS efforts related to recovery efforts, including collaborations with other federal agencies. ...

Restaurant seafood prices since 1850s help plot marine harvests through history

...ability to recover over time, with lessons for the recovery of such fishing grounds as the Gulf of Maine and Newfoundland, prolific until comparatively recently. Other research to be showcased at the conference describes: * How Imperial Rome developed a fish processing industry by smoking, drying, salti...

Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident

...ccident; among the more than 200,000 emergency and recovery operation workers exposed during the period from 1...ever, in the most exposed cohorts of emergency and recovery operation workers some increase of particular cancer forms (e.g., leukemia) in particular time perio...

Marine conservation organizations team up to conduct Indonesia coral reefs assessment

...nd may provide some early insight into the natural recovery process including the success of corals to reproduce and grow. "The health of the coral reef ecosystem along the Sumatra coastline is vital to the well-being of the people of Indonesia who depend upon the rich resources of the sea. This survey wil...

Shorter colds, milder flu may follow from newly revealed immune mechanism

...ves. Boosting this mechanism may be a way to speed recovery from respiratory infections. The researchers foun...the role of CCL5 may lead to new methods to hasten recovery from respiratory viral inflections like influenza or the common cold, which at present have no pharm...

Penn Surgeons Use Completely Robotic Surgery to Successfully Treat Prostate Cancer

...ed blood loss, a shorter hospital stay and reduced recovery period for a quicker return to daily activities. ...al techniques to put patients on a quicker road to recovery with better outcomes,?said Dr. Lee. ...

Scientists learn to predict protein-stabilizing ability of small molecules

...ed blood loss, a shorter hospital stay and reduced recovery period for a quicker return to daily activities. ...al techniques to put patients on a quicker road to recovery with better outcomes,?said Dr. Lee. ...

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