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Cytomegalovirus exacerbates atherosclerosis through an autoimmune mechanism

A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Verona and the Institute G. Gaslini in Genova, Italy, confirms the pivotal role played by Cytomegalovirus infection...

New designer lipid-like peptide with lipid nanostructures for drug delivery systems

...tts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA report the study of “Tuning Curvature and Stability of Monool...ers by Designer Lipid-Like Peptide Surfactants” in the May 30th issue of the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. Their findings not only help us to unde...

New study suggests potential for a broadly-protective HIV vaccine

New research conducted at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) suggests that it may be possible to develop a vaccine that protects against th...

Extra-aggressive form of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis identified

...s after diagnosis. The disease is characterized by the insidious onset of dyspnea or cough and usually ev...n and coworkers present in an article published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE on Wednesday 30th May, strong evidence indicating that a subset...

Common treatment for methamphetamine overdose may damage brain cells

...etamine overdose damages nerve cells in an area of the brain known to regulate movement, a new study show...ved from experiments with rats, indicate that only the combination of the medication, haloperidol, and methamphetamine causes the destructive effects, not ...

Gene expression patterns predict rapid decline in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patients

... a chronic lung disease typically characterized by the slow but progressive onset of shortness of breath ... according to a new study being published today in the online journal PLoS ONE, a subset of patients with a specific genetic profile has a much more rapid ...

Want to save polar bears? Follow the ice

In the wake of the U.S. government’s watershed decision to propose listing the polar bear as "Threatened" under the End...

For many insects, winter survival is in the genes

...y insects living in northern climates don't die at the first signs of cold weather. Rather, new research ...ey use a number of specialized proteins to survive the chilly months. These so-called "heat-shock proteins" ensure that the insects will be back to bug us...

Mule deer moms rescue other fawns

...study of mule deer and whitetail deer conducted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada and the University of Lethbridge, also in Canada, showed that both species responded to the recorded distres...

How brain pacemakers erase diseased messages

...er movement disorders seem to work by drowning out the electrical signals of their diseased brains. Despite the clinical success of the devices, which have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration and ca...

Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh

Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system that is most responsible for the body's ability to sense cold. The findin...

Better insight into brain anatomical structures

... cannot reveal anatomic structures. As reported in the journal Angewandte Chemie, Korean researchers led ...ganese oxide nanoparticles that produces images of the anatomic structures of mouse brain which are as clear as those obtained by histological examination....

'Virtual Patient' to simulate real-time organ motions for radiation therapy

With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers f...ed in conjunction with existing 3-D models, adding the fourth dimension of time could significantly improve the accuracy and effectiveness of radiation tre...

NASA-funded robotic sub finds bottom of world's deepest sinkhole

...for underwater exploration plunged repeatedly into the depths of Mexico’s mysterious El Zacatón sinkhole ...ts previously undiscovered bottom 318 meters below the surface and generating a sonar map of its inner dimensions. The vehicle employed autonomous navigati...

Philandering female felines forgo fidelity

A new cheetah study by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London has found that many cheetah litters have more than one father. While p...

Lessons from the orangutans: Upright walking may have begun in the trees

...cent human ancestors that had already descended to the savannah, as current theory suggests. These findings appear in the 1 June 2007 issue of the journal Science , published by AAAS, the nonprofit science society. Upr...

Moths mimic sounds to survive

...hs increase their chances of survival by mimicking the sounds of their bad-tasting cousins, according to a new Wake Forest University study. Published in the May 29 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study is the first to defin...

An 'elegant' idea proves its worth 25 years later

The simple notion of copying the body’s own natural "waste disposal" chemistry to m...e summarizing a quarter century of experience with the treatment. The effectiveness of sodium phenylacetate and sodium benzoate, two chemicals the body a...

Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats

Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function ... human spinal stem cells (hSSCs), researchers from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine report. The study, led by Martin Marsa...

Scientists discover 5 new species of sea slugs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

...ve new species of aeolid nudibranchs discovered in the Eastern Pacific. The Tropical Eastern Pacific, a ...described marine animals to visiting scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Alicia Hermosillo, researcher at the Universidad ...

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