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Achilles heel of the herpes virus possibly found

It's one of the most common viruses in America, and one that causes the most guilt and shame. It can get inside almost any kind of human cell, reproduce in vast numbers, and linger for years in the body, causing everything from recurrent genital blisters to sores around the mouth. Its complications can kill, and it may increase susceptibility to many nerve and brain disorders. But until no...

Researchers develop new method to help find deadly malaria parasite's Achilles heel

The most deadly malaria parasite has protein 'wiring' that differs markedly from the cellular circuitry of other higher organisms, a finding which could lead to the development of antimalarial drugs that exploit that difference. Researchers at UCSD have discovered that the single-cell parasite responsible for an estimated 1 million deaths per year worldwide from malaria has protein "wiring" that...

Unique gene regulation gives chilly bugs survival advantage at bottom of the world

The larvae of Antarctic midges never stop producing special proteins that minimize environmental stress, allowing them to withstand a range of intense environmental conditions in one of the world's harshest environments. Scientists found that adult midges (Belgica antarctica) lose their ability to continually express these protective heat-shock proteins. Instead, like most animals, adult...

ConocoPhillips establishes $22.5M biofuels research program at Iowa State

ConocoPhillips will establish an eight-year, $22.5 million research program at Iowa State University dedicated to developing technologies that produce biorenewable fuels. The grant is part of ConocoPhillips' plan to create joint research programs with major universities to produce viable solutions to diversify America's energy sources. ConocoPhillips will make an initial $1.5 million gran...
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Phillips Plastics to help develop orthopedics with stem cells

The agreement with BioE, Inc., which develops human ste...
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Greek Study Shows Living In The Hills May Be Healthier

Recently a study done in Greece to show the relationship of the place of residence to the health of people showed up some interesting results.// The study took into consideration of health of the people living in the plains and those living in the hills, data taken initially in 1996 and reviewed after 15 years, especially concerned with coronary disease. The study took into account th...

AIDS Stats From Hilly State Of Uttaranchal

Health Minister of Uttaranchal Tilakraj Behad has revealed for the first time the AID statistics from the newly formed state.// There were 48 AIDS patients and 343 HIV positive cases in the state. Uttaranchal is a state whose economy thrives on tourism as it is in the lower Himalayan area with famous Hindu shrines such as Badrinath, Kedarnath and Rishikesh. The health Minister said:'AID...

Exposure to Chill can result in common cold symptoms

London:Exposure to chill Chilling can result in bring on common cold symptoms, says a new scientific research study which that also approves ratifies the conventional wisdom of mothers about cold. // Mothers often advice not going out in the winter without a hat or with wet hair. Since the early 1960s, doctors generally doubted this wisdom, says a report in the online edition of ABC News...

Crohn's Patient Robert Hill’s greatest achievemen

Robert Hill, a Crohn’s patient has successfully reached the Vinson Massif summit, one of Antarctica's tallest mountains. The climb began // on January 12th and was successfully completed on January 19th after eight days of unpredictable and sub-freezing temperatures. He was a strong, healthy athlete who was later diagnosed with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. During the course o...

'Cocoa'phillic: so go and indulge as it is beneficial in heart disease.

Findings of a study of aging Dutch men have shown that cocoa consumers were half as likely to die from disease as those who did not eat it. // The lead researcher is Brian Bujisse of the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, who along with his colleagues measured the cocoa intake of 470 men between 1985 and 2000 in the Zutphen Elderly Study, a longitudina...

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Achillion Presents Positive Data on Novel Mechanism for Treating HCV at EASL Annual Meeting

-NS4A Antagonist Demonstrates Clinical Activity, a Novel Mechanismof Action and In Vitro Compatibility with other HCV Inhibitors- NEW HAVEN, Conn., April 16, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced the presentation ofdata validating the clinical antiviral activity of one ofAchillion's NS4A antagonists, ACH-806, for the treatment ofhepatitis C virus (H...
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