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WCS says avian flu prevention should focus on farms, markets

..."Wild birds are sick and dying, so they may be the victims rather than the vectors of the disease. Laboratory testing from surviving birds will tell us if they are able to carry the virus during the migration" explained Dr. Karesh. This information will allow countries in the region to protect human and dome...

Bird samples from Mongolia confirmed as H5N1 avian flu

...ically identified in recent outbreaks appear to be victims rather than effective carriers of the disease. The multidisciplinary, collaborative response to this latest outbreak reflects the WCS One World-One Health approach to making informed, multidisciplinary decisions on global health crises th...

Scientists discover the body's marijuana-like compounds are crucial for stress-induced pain relief

...e long known that injured athletes or even gunshot victims have a period of time in which the body's pain reaction is delayed. This effect is called "stress-induced analgesia." By the mid-1990s, researchers had targeted the sites of action of the brain's naturally occurring marijuana-like compounds as having...

Disabling gene defuses rheumatoid arthritis in mice

... arthritis-like disorder by making the neutrophils victims of their own damaging secretions. The newly identified role for the gene, Foxo3a, may open a new window for treating arthritic conditions caused by immune dysfunction. Currently, most treatments in development for these disorders focus either on pre...

Ebola virus: from wildlife to dogs

...rapid control of epidemics by isolation of disease victims can limit its spreading. Since 2001, IRD research scientists and their partners (1) have been working to unravel the virus's biological cycle, in other words the whole range of ways in which the virus circulates in its natural environment, from its ...

To Stop Evolution: New Way Of Fighting Antibiotic Resistance Demonstrated By Scripps Scientists

...eagues believe that cells are not just the passive victims of random mutations, but have ways of initiating mutations in their own DNA. Evidence for this includes the fact that the rates of mutation in some cells does not seem consistent with the mutation rates associated with DNA replication. Some cells, l...

Doctors closer to using gene analysis to help trauma patients

...atic changes in genes turning on and off in trauma victims compared with healthy people. Among the trauma patients, researchers say “analytical noise??differences attributable to the testing method ?was not significant, suggesting that profiling gene reactions may provide meaningful information to doctors. ...

Silence the gene, save the cell: RNA interference as promising therapy for ALS

...he motor neurons controlling muscles. Although its victims retain all their mental faculties, they experience gradual paralysis and eventually lose all motor function, becoming unable to speak, swallow or breathe. Known also as Lou Gehrig's disease, from the baseball player who succumbed to it, this harrowin...

Low level of extinction during ice age linked to adaptability

...at existed within narrow latitudinal ranges became victims of the extremes in the annual minimum and maximum temperatures that were typical of the late Paleozoic. During that era, "seasonality" -- the difference between annual temperatures' highs and lows -- was amplified by the presence of glaciers. "I've ...

University of Manchester makes made-to-measure skin and bones a reality using inkjet printers

...e skin and bones, which couldbe used to treat burn victims or patients who have suffered severedisfigurements, may soon be a reality using inkjets which can printhuman cells.Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed thebreakthrough technology which will allow tailor-made tissues and bonesto b...

Wisconsin scientists grow critical nerve cells

...an eyeball. The new development could one day help victims of spinal-cord injuries, or pave the way for novel treatments of degenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. With healthy cells grown in the lab, scientists could, in theory, replace dying mo...

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