Reservoirs may accelerate the spread of invasive aquatic species, researchers say
Just as disturbance makes a landscape susceptible to invasion by alien plant species, the construction of reservoirs around the globe could be contributing to the accelerating spread of exotic aquatic species, according to a Forum article in the June 2005 issue of BioScience. John A. Havel of Southwest Missouri State University and Carol Eunmi Lee and M. Jake Vander Zanden of the University of Wi...TGen awarded $7.1 million to accelerate brain disease research
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced the receipt of a $7.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue a project designed to uncover the genetic causes of neurological and mental health disorders using sophisticated genetic scanning technologies. This award is part of a greater $25 million grant that TGen will share with three other micro...Redesigned protein accelerates blood clotting
Study holds hope for next generation hemophilia treatment Researchers have doubled the potency of a protein that drives blood to clot, according to research to be published in the July 26 edition of Biochemistry. The study results may have profound implications for the treatment of hemophilia, the inherited blood disorder that causes easy or excessive bleeding in 30,000 Americans. In...Accelerate Madison to merge with Telecommunications Professionals
The organization said the partnership "reflects the increasingly blurred line between the telecommun...New venture funds should accelerate Virent's work
The company, which is developing technology t...Fiserv accelerates clearing of checks
, a division of the Brookfield-based information management firm Fiserv, announced on Thursday that it has completed enhancement of its ExchangeGuard suite of applications. The augmentations are geared specifically toward improving the se...Air Pollution Found To Accelerate Heart Disease
Air pollution may cause and accelerate the narrowing of carotid arteries, according to a recent study. Researchers have found // an association between long-term air pollution and the early stages of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). They say that air pollution, similar to smoking, may contribute to cardiovascular problems at a very early stage of the disease. Researchers revi...Malaria infection can accelerate HIV infection and disease progression
Malaria and HIV infections are both of great public health importance in tropical countries. James Kublin and his colleagues have found that acute malaria episodes are associated with transient increases of HIV-1 viral load in the blood,// and they speculate that malaria episodes might accelerate HIV-1 disease progression and facilitate transmission. Evidence is now emerging of the de...Biocon To Shift Focus On Innovation To Accelerate Growth
Biocon Ltd, India's largest biotechnology firm, has made a paradigm shift from being a generic drug manufacturer to innovation to drive its future growth aggressively. // "We are rapidly transforming from a generics API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) manufacturer into an innovator for developing a robust pipeline of new molecules. "We believe this strategy will deliver st...Wound Healing Accelerated By Mutation In Deafness Gene
Dr. Stella Man, from the Institute of Cell and Molecular Sciences, Queen Mary's University, London, UK, says that a mutation in a gene that is linked to deafness// could have a major part to play in wound healing. Dr Man is to present these findings at the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics in Amsterdam, The Netherlands today. This discovery has the potenti...Stringent Bird Flu Monitoring Accelerated In China
Stringent bird flu monitoring on a daily basis has been stepped up in China, the official Xinhua news agency has reported.// Following two out breaks of the much dreaded Avian influenza or “bird flu” caused by H5N1 strain virus, reported in China’s north-west regions two weeks ago. China has accelerated efforts to monitor bird flu status on a daily basis. At 86 monitoring stations. T...Exogen 2000+, or Sonic Accelerated Fracture Healing System (SAFHS)
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