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Life detection instrument passes key test on road to Mars

The dry, dusty, treeless expanse of Chile's Atacama Desert is the most lifeless spot on the face of the Earth, and that's why Alison Skelley and Richard Mathies joined a team of NASA scientists there earlier this month. The University of California, Berkeley, scientists knew that if the Mars Organic Analyzer (MOA) they'd built could detect life in that crusty, arid land, then it would hav...

Spinal cord bridge bypasses injury to restore mobility

The body's spinal cord is like a super highway of nerves. When an injury occurs, the body's policing defenses put up a roadblock in the form of a scar to prevent further injury, but it stops all neural traffic from moving forward. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Drexel University and the University of Arkansas bypassed this roadblock in the spinal cord. First, the re...
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House passes bill to lift stem cell funding restrictions

But the vote of 253 to 174 is not enough to override a promised pr...

QBI's PreserveX product passes initial test

Kauten, CEO of , recently received good news from an initial screening of its PreserveX Polymeric Micelles, a core product. The screening, which employed UGT1A1, an enzyme that metab...

EraGen diagnostic passes UW tests, could quickly detect bird flu

The MultiCode panel technology, which is being developed by , a Madison...

Cloning ban passes Assembly, Doyle pledges veto

The state Assembly on Thursday passed AB 499, a proposed ban on all forms of human cloning in Wisconsin. The bill would outlaw the cloning of embryos both for reproductive purposes and for what practitioners have called research or therapeutic cloning, the making of a cloned embryo for the purpose of extracting stem cells. Penalties for violating the bill if it were to become law would g...

As HIPAA deadline passes even the unprepared are safe for now

Unlike the This makes sense to many in the field; the HIPAA rule involves too many software protocols throughout the healthcare...

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A new study surpasses Gene Therapy Hurdle

According to researchers at Hopkins University, they have found a way to use blood stem cells to make genetic changes in the immune system, surpassing an obstacle to certain forms of gene therapy. The implications, biologist Lingho Chengh range from improving the body's immune response to developing cancer vaccines to reducing the danger of rejecting transplanted organs. Blood stem cells...

Older Men Surviving Coronary Bypasses

The survival rate for older men undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery is rising, even though more patients than ever are undergoing the procedure.// Coronary artery bypass surgery uses a blood vessel from another part of the body to reroute blood around narrowed or clogged arteries in the heart. A buildup of substances such as fats or plaque causes this narrowing, known as atheroscler...

Tiotropium surpasses Ipratropium

Tiotropium significantly improves lung function, dyspnoea and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to alternative therapy.// Previous studies have suggested that tiotropium may be the only treatment other than smoking cessation capable of reversing the symptoms of COPD. These latest findings are further evidence of the drug’s potential for...

Aspirin surpasses Modern Anti-clotting Drugs

Aspirin has been a pain-reliever for more than 100 years. And while most of the popular remedies used in the 19th century have been abandoned, the use of aspirin has increased. This powerful pill will //reduce pain, fever, inflammation, prevent blood clots, and even reduce the risk of heart attacks and stroke. In the more than 35 years since aspirin's potent anti-clotting effects were...

Carbon monoxide passes down

Legislation pointed at reducing carbon monoxide emissions has resulted in a drop in poisoning deaths. Carbon monoxide can be fatal if inhaled and is involved in a number of accidental deaths and suicides each year. //The main sources of carbon monoxide are vehicle emissions and malfunctioning domestic heating equipment. In 1980, the Clean Air Act was passed in the US to reduce carbon mono...

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Senate Passes Drug-Safety Reforms to Prevent Future Vioxx-type Disasters; House Urged to Act on Strong Drug Safety Bill

First significant drug safety measure in 45 years; focus moves toHouse WASHINGTON, May 09, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senatetoday overwhelmingly passed significant prescription drug safetyreforms to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to dealwith unsafe medicines on the market, moving the issue of drugsafety to the House, where a strong bill has been introduced buth...

SIGA Passes First Hurdle with Lassa Fever Antiviral ST-193

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2007 - SIGA Technologies, Inc.(NASDAQ: SIGA) announced today the successful results of a proof ofconcept guinea pig trial of its lead Lassa fever virus drug,ST-193. This study was conducted under Biosafety Level 4 conditions atthe U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases(USAMRIID) by Dr. Kathleen Cashman under the supervision of Dr.Ma...
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