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Peramivir protects mice from lethal H5N1 infection

... high survival rate was treating the infected mice within 24 hours after infection with H5N1 and continuing the treatment for eight days. In contrast, a single intramuscular injection resulted in a 40 percent survival rate, while two intramuscular injections increased the rate to 60 percent. The single intr...

Amphibians in losing race with environmental change

... "Although relatively rapid evolution may occur within some amphibian populations when a novel threat arises, other threats may be too intense and too new for amphibians to cope with them," the researchers wrote in their report. "Behaviors and ecological attributes that have probably persisted, and were ...

Novel system developed to turn data into real-time, interactive 3-D images

...sity of research activity and commercial potential within the Kent State University system." Standing Rock Imaging, LLC, has committed to maintaining a presence in Northeast Ohio, and hopes to employ residents of the region in the further development and production of the technology. ...

Maggots rid patients of MRSA

...minated with MRSA and found all but one were cured within a mean period of three weeks, much quicker than the 28-week duration for the conventional treatment. Professor Boulton, who published the results in the journal Diabetes Care, has now been awarded a £98,000 grant by Diabetes UK to carry out a rand...

First clinical trial of gene therapy for childhood blindness

...tions of the results of the trial may be available within several months. However, the subjects will need to be followed-up to assess the long term effect of the treatment. It will be many months before we have the full picture. We anticipate the best outcome in younger patients, as we will be treating the ...

Traumas like Sept. 11 make brains more reactive to fear

...vents that trigger shock, fear and horror that are within a normal range -- may cause similar changes in the...versus calm faces, the scans of 11 people who were within 1.5 miles of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, were compared with those who were living more...

Brain's white matter -- More 'talkative' than once thought

... cells in the white matter that released glutamate within reach of OPCs, moreover, had something in common: no myelin insulation. Normally myelin speeds electrical impulses. Cells lacking the coating fire 20 to 90 times slower than cells coated with myelin. Myelin loss is well known to impair signaling ...

Anthrax paralyzes immune cells with lethal toxin, UF research shows

...rying to develop a test that would allow detection within two or three hours of the bugs entering the blood ...rotein and preventing the transmission of messages within the cell. As a result, immune cells never receive the green light to assemble the actin motor, South...

How to steer a moving cell

... understand the complexity of signaling mechanisms within the cell that become de-regulated and allow cells which are usually static to begin migrating. The researchers hope to fully define the protein components of the compass to gain a better understanding of what directs cell migration or, in the ca...

Newborn neurons like to hang with the 'in' crowd

...t in, newborn brain cells need to find their place within the existing network of neurons. The newcomers jum...mature brain cells that are already well connected within the established circuitry, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the onl...

Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy

... gap between the stents, where they become trapped within the nylon mesh. Blood flowing through the vessel s...d, however, to keep these encapsulated cells alive within the body, mainly because the cells often situate themselves where they do not have access to a plent...

Scientists identify prion's infectious secret

...stitute have discovered small but critical regions within prions that determine much of their behavior. ...y, these arrays are used for finding binding sites within well-behaved proteins. Here, Tessier designed the arrays so that he could observe protein folding an...

Diminishing dinosaur steps saved by laser and laptop

...arry, although some initial results were available within just 15 minutes. The quarry, which lies to the north of Barcelona, was still active until fairly recently, but there are now plans to make it a protected site of special scientific interest. Dr Manning was part of the UNESCO team who initially ...

World's leading scientists announce creation of 'Encyclopedia of Life'

...racticalities of making this encyclopedia real are within reach as never before." Ultimately, the Encyclopedia of Life will provide users the opportunity to personalize the learning experience through its "my eol" feature. The site can be made available in all major languages and will connect scientific...

Dealing deadly cancers a knockout punch

...nism Reovirus works by entering and replicating within cancer cells containing an activated ras pathway, a mutation present in about two-thirds of all human cancers. Reovirus enters a cancer cell, makes thousands of copies of itself, and then causes the cell to burst, which releases viruses that infect a...

Study offers clues to 'Broken Heart Syndrome'

...ercent, of patients had follow-up echocardiography within a few weeks. Heart function was found to be normal in 29 of 30. Dr. Regnante said that long-term follow-up will be critical to improved understanding of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. In addition, he and his colleagues are gathering information on pat...

High-dose anticlotting drug cuts heart attack, death risk in half

...ttack, both during the initial hospitalization and within 30 days of the PCI procedure, a finding that was highly statistically significant (p=0.009). There was no statistically significant increase in major or minor bleeding (p=0.55 and p=0.98, respectively). Findings remained the same when the analysis wa...

Thymus transplants gives hope to babies with fatal immune disease

...s 13 years. Markert said the 12 deaths occurred within one year of the transplant. The deaths were caused by various infections and were not a result of the surgery itself, she said. "These babies are very frail when they get here, so it is crucial that they are nourished and supported during this per...

Spreading viruses as we breathe

...Hong Kong where more than 300 people were infected within the space of a few hours. "We wanted to know how this virus was able to travel from building to building in such a short time," she said. Professor Morawska said her research had shown that one person infected with the disease could easily spre...

Research says boiling broccoli ruins its anti-cancer properties

...local store and transported them to the laboratory within 30 minutes of purchasing. The effect of cooking on... on the retention of those important glucosinolate within the vegetables. The loss of total glucosinolate content after boiling for 30 minutes was: broccoli 7...

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