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Scientists work to identify genes that contribute to early heart attack risk

...erosis using non-invasive imaging tests. There are six study sites, including Wake Forest. The researchers said it will take about five years to complete the SEA study. ...

New genetic analysis forces re-draw of insect family tree

...and flies." The researchers used the genomes of six different insects from the holometabolous group of insects (insects which undergo complete metamorphosis): fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), mosquito (Anopheles gambiae), silk moth (Bombyx mori), flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum), honey bee (Apis...

Solvent exposure linked to birth defects in babies of male painters

...ore their partners became pregnant were on average six times more likely than the carpenters to father congenitally malformed babies (e.g. defects of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital and central nervous systems.) In addition, the painters exposed to the chemicals were 50 to 100 per cent mo...

Breastfeeding boosts mental health

...und that babies that are breastfed for longer than six months have significantly better mental health in ...see that children that were breastfed for at least six months are at lower risk of mental health problems," Dr Oddy said. The study found that children ...

Jefferson scientists identify gene mutation potentially involved in breast cancer initiation

...eceptor-positive" cells. The group also discovered six new Caveolin-1 mutations associated with estrogen-driven breast cancers. As many as nearly 35 percent of such breast cancers may carry Caveolin-1 mutations, Dr. Lisanti says. Caveolin proteins, which play important roles in cell communication, are al...

Americans support free access to research

...ts of the research on the Internet." In addition, six out of 10 (62%) adults believe that if these research results are easily available (for free and online), it will help speed up finding potential cures for diseases. These findings from the Harris Poll, one of the longest running independent opinio...

St. Jude test of bird flu vaccine proves successful

...related sickness. The studies included 16 mice or six ferrets in each vaccine or control group. The DNA vaccines targeted NP and M2--with and without the H5 avian influenza virus surface protein. All test DNA vaccines were formulated with the company's Vaxfectin TM adjuvant. An adjuvant is an additive ...

Results with newer bladeless LASIK equivalent to standard microkeratome LASIK

... surgeries has found equal results from both types six months post-surgery, using a variety of vision and... the flap is created by a femtosecond laser. "At six months after surgery, there are no differences between the eyes that had bladeless or microkeratome ...

Clot-busting drug helps revive cardiac arrest patients

...n starts to suffer permanent damage within four to six minutes. Death quickly follows. The standard treatment for cardiac arrest is Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) measures, which include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), drugs such as adrenaline, and defibrillation, an electric shock to the he...

Eminent inventor of DNA fingerprinting gains new recognition

...r Biochemistry and Biophysics ($150,000) is one of six prizes in sciences and arts to be presented on Thu...aw.nl/heinekenprizes . The awards ceremony The six Heineken Prizes for science, scholarship and art are presented every other year during a special ses...

Scientists discover that ancient genes dictate flowering, fall bud set

...essed FT in poplar, and observed normal flowers on six month old trees -- in a tree species that ordinarily takes 8 to 20 years to flower. Why does it take trees so many years to flower? Brunner and Strauss -- who have been doing research to make genetically engineered trees sterile so that they cannot ...

Newborn screening can cause unnecessary parental stress

...the false-positive group were interviewed at least six months after their child's diagnosis had been ruled out, they reported more worry about their child's future and rated themselves less healthy than mothers in the comparison group. Fifteen percent said their child needed extra parental care, versus 3...

A new view on Lyme disease: Rodents hold the key to annual risk

...d estimated the abundance of acorns and animals on six plots of land. From this 13-year dataset, they developed computer models to estimate how each of the 11 variables (including multiple climate and deer indexes) contributed to yearly variations in the density of infected ticks and thus risk of human e...

K-Staters design and build a low-cost remote sensing tool for environmental studies

...mosphere. Ham collects data via a mini-network of six meteorological towers on the Konza Prairie and the Rannells Flint Hills Prairie Preserve. The Konza towers are a component of the regional network, Ameriflux. Counterpart networks in Europe, Asia and Oceania also collect ecological data, which then f...

Fertility hope as study shows eggs survive in older ovaries

...women with fertility conditions," he said. One in six Australian couples faces some form of infertility. Due to the limitations and sensitivity of human ovaries, few studies have been conducted into the factors that influence egg survival, growth or death in relation to fertility. ...

New technology addresses female fertility preservation

...e, fertilized eggs, but the process can take up to six weeks and for some this delay of treatment is not an option. Immature follicles (the female egg and surrounding somatic cells) can be preserved at any time but are difficult to mature when removed from their normal environment. A team of scientists...

AIDS vaccine research offers new insights on survival

...ncy virus (SIV) -- 24 of which were vaccinated and six of which were not -- the immunity generated by the vaccine controlled infection for approximately 100 days before levels of virus increased and T-cell counts dropped. But instead of ending the experiment at this point -- assuming that the vaccine co...

Corals switch skeleton material as seawater changes

... corals in today's seas) in seawater formulated at six different chemical ratios that have existed throughout the 480-million-year history of corals. He concocted this "artificial seawater" using "recipes" provided by Hardie, who several years ago discovered that the magnesium-calcium ratio in seawater h...

Major initiative proposed to address amphibian crisis

...opulations may disappear rapidly, sometimes within six months, the researchers said. Global climate change, the commercial trade of wildlife, and pollution may all increase the movement or susceptibility to this fungus. "There are a lot of concerns, and we should work to address all of them, not just ...

Brain's 'gambling circuitry' identified

...d, theorized the researchers; and in the following six seconds before the second card, they were assessing the risk revealed by the first card. The researchers based this approach on studies by other researchers of such processes in primates. Quartz and colleagues found they could distinguish brain reg...

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