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UQ research heralds vaccine technology breakthrough

...encouraging, Professor Tindle said clinical trials were forthcoming, leading the way to the vaccine becoming available in the clinic. He hoped it would become one of the vaccines given to all infants in their first three months of life. The mature paediatric market for an RSV vaccine has been estimated ...

Invasion of the island bats

... continent, it seemed only logical that continents were rich sources from which islands drew only a small ...ed and with fewer species around, island organisms were thought to lose their competitive edge and so they hardly ever re-colonized the continent from which...

Genetic roots of bipolar disorder revealed by first genome-wide study of illness

...d those associated with bipolar disorder. Results were published online May 8 in Molecular Psychiatry by ...adults with bipolar disorder, the U.S. researchers were able to scan the entire group at a small fraction of the cost of scanning each person's material ind...

Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection

... 700,000 records; 146,394 represented patients who were diagnosed with the hepatitis C virus, while 572,293 represented patients who were not. Based on that review, researchers determined, first, that the patients infected with HCV had a ...

Fat screen delivers plant-derived chemical with antidiabetic effects

...ive effect on fat. The fat cells under examination were manipulated such that they literally lit up when fat-boosting PPARã became active. Further study of harmine's effects in diabetic mice found that the chemical increases insulin sensitivity in a manner similar to, though more roundabout than, the p...

Molecule that destroys bone also protects it, new research shows

... IL-17 deficiency in periodontal disease, however, were unknown, so Gaffen’s lab set out to investigate. ..."I predicted these mice without the IL-17 receptor were going to be protected from periodontal bone loss, just like they’re protected from arthritic bone lo...

Scientists identify prion's infectious secret

...d a prion taken from pathogenic fungi. The results were the same. Both prions also maintained a rigid species barrier. The baker’s yeast prion could not recruit peptides from the pathogenic fungi cells, and vice versa. To further verify these results, Tessier accessed a synthetic yeast prion, one ...

Automatic identification of protein's critical features from the structure

...onoma de Mexico and the Buck Institute in the USA, were able to address it, although motivated by other reasons than fashion. In biology, the capacity to establish the function of a molecule, proteins in particular, from its form is relevant to understand how living forms work, and to develop effective ...

Egyptians, not Greeks were true fathers of medicine

...ut our findings suggest that the ancient Egyptians were practising a credible form of pharmacy and medicin...herapeutic merit." The medical documents, which were first discovered in the mid-19th century, showed that ancient Egyptian physicians treated wounds wit...

WHO data confirms low level of resistance to Tamiflu

...n Tokyo, Japan. Influenza virus isolates collected were tested by neuraminidase inhibition assay (IC50 or...ations associated with drug-resistance. Results were as follows: Influenza Season in Japan No of Influenza A isolates tested Resistance No of Influe...

Diminishing dinosaur steps saved by laser and laptop

...ks to examine them. In the years since the tracks were discovered they have been exposed to the elements,...ile environment and the sensitivity of the site we were not permitted direct contact and therefore all measurements had to taken remotely. Dr Manning add...

Double the death rate from cirrhosis for 'blue collar' men

...r cirrhosis between 1981 and 2002. Their results were published in the May 2007 edition of the prestigious journal, Drug and Alcohol Review. The men were categorised according to whether they were manual or non-manual workers. Manual worker status is a m...

Survival of the rarest: Fruit flies shed light on the evolution of behavior

...e researchers found that when the fruit fly larvae were competing for food, those that did best had a vers...ulation. For example, rovers did better when there were lots of sitters, and sitters did better when there were more rovers. "If you're a rover surrounde...

LIAI scientists make important finding on cytomegalovirus transmission

... the virus that causes AIDS. The team’s findings were published online this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine in a paper entitled, "Cytomegalovirus exploits IL-10-mediated immune regulation in the salivary glands." LIAI scientists Ian Humphreys, Ph.D., Carl Ware, Ph.D., and Michael Croft, Ph...

Toxoplasmosis infection trick revealed by scientists

... Using a novel carbohydrate microarray the team were able to identify the precise sugars to which the parasite protein binds. Following this the team used a combination of NMR spectroscopy and cellular studies to characterise the behaviour and interactions of the parasite protein and host cell sugars. ...

Percutaneous aortic valve replacement safe, successful in high-risk patients

...SCAI), May 9?2, 2007, in Orlando, FL, patients who were treated with the CoreValve Revalving System (CoreV...e leaflets. During the procedure, the patients were placed on a bypass pump for an average of 30?0 minutes to minimize blood flow through the aorta and ...

The longest carbon nanotubes you've ever seen

...EasyTube 3000. With the equipment, the researchers were able to break apart hydrocarbons to create a vapor...door for scaling-up the process. The inventions were presented in April 2007 at the Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Nucleation and Growth Mechanisms workshop...

'Short-circuit' found in ocean circulation

...glia’s School of Environmental Sciences, said they were fundamental findings. “The Southern Ocean is t...tion. Measurements of this spreading of the helium were used to deduce the ‘short-circuit? ...

Researchers publish first marsupial genome sequence

...ein-coding genes, but in areas that until recently were referred to as "junk" DNA. The effort to generat...mparing the opossum and human genomes, researchers were able to pinpoint genetic elements that are present in placental mammals, but missing from marsupials...

Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer

... see if we could prevent precancerous cases and we were 98 percent effective. Everyone who gets cancer goes through a pre-cancerous stage," says Ault. "There are about 50 to 60 million pap smears performed each year in the US, and about seven percent are abnormal. We spend about 3 billion dollars each ...

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