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Roundup®highly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher

The herbicide Roundup® is widely used to eradicate weeds. But a study published today by a University of Pittsburgh researcher finds that the chemical may be eradicating much more than that. Pitt assistant professor of biology Rick Relyea found that Roundup®, the second most commonly applied herbicide in the United States, is "extremely lethal" to amphibians. This field experiment is one o...

How Rickettsial pathogens break into cells

New research by a team of scientists in France and the United States has identified both the bacterial and host receptor proteins that enable Rickettsia conorii, the Mediterranean spotted fever pathogen, to enter cells. Understanding how this bacterium interacts with the cells of its host could lead to new therapeutic strategies for diseases caused by related pathogens, including Rocky Mountain...

Pittsburgh researchers discover that certain chemicals in the blood may indicate brain injury

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh have found that increased levels of certain proteins in the blood or spinal fluid may signal brain injury in infants with vomiting, fussiness and several other common symptoms. Infants with shaken baby syndrome (SBS) ?the most common cause of severe traumatic brain injuries in young children ?are often misdiagnosed because doctors rarely re...

What's in the water? Estrogenic activity documented in fish caught in Pittsburgh's rivers

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Center for Environmental Oncology suggests that fish caught in Pittsburgh rivers contain substances that mimic the actions of estrogen, the female hormone. Since fish are sentinels of the environment, and can concentrate chemicals from their habitat within their bodies, these results suggest that feminizing chemicals may be making t...

The sturdier sex? -- Study by Pittsburgh scientists finds female stem cells work better

Female stem cells derived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletal muscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. This f...

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Massachusetts firm to buy UW spinoff Bone Care for $600 million

Bone Care and Genzyme, a 24-year-old company with annual revenues of more than $2 billion and almost 7,000 employees w...

Massachusetts stem-cell plan reflects status quo for Wisconsin research

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has drawn a thoughtful ethical line with his decision to support one type of human embryonic stem cell research in his state and to oppose another. Although the distinction made by Romney was largely lost in news coverage of his announcement, it could define a more constructive debate over stem cell research in Wisconsin and nation...

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Rebecca Ryan Watts: When Jesus Christ died, there were 200 Christian...

Alliant to add 100 megawatts of wind power by 2005, raise gas prices

MADISON - Wisconsin Power and Light Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of , announced Friday that the Wisconsin Public Service Commission had granted its request to raise rates for fuel-based electric service by 2 percent per year on an interim basis, effective immediately. The commission is expected to hold a p...

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Fatal Case of Meningitis Detected In Massachusetts

Galilea Estevez, a bright and friendly 7-year-old at Shaughnessy Elementary School died on Tuesday due to contracting the fatal bacterial meningitis disease//. She had fever and headache and was sent home by the school. But later when her parents tried to wake her up and she did not budge she was taken to the Saints Memorial Medical Center in Lowell. There she was pronounced dead. She i...

Massachusetts Governor To Sign Health Coverage Bill

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has indicated that he will sign a bill offering health coverage for all citizens into a law. He is however expected to make a slight change to one provision, which requires employers who do not offer health insurance to pay $295 per employee. // "It's a very small feature of this bill. It's a very insignificant and unnecessary and, in some respects,...

Naomi Watts, adds power to UN Aids Campaign

A champion in her own right, Naomi Watts is all set to champion a cause that is close to her heart. She has been appointed as U.N’s special representative to increase// the awareness of AIDS/HIV worldwide. She will strive to highlight the needs of the 40 m HIV patients. Watts, who has films like Mulholland Drive, The Ring and I Heart Huckabees in her repertoire, will be directly invol...

Timeliness, a Critical Factor in Treating TTTS

It's one of the biggest controversies in fetal surgery and the cause of heated debate among surgeons and maternal-fetal medicine physicians// around the world: What's the best way to treat twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), one of the most common conditions requiring fetal surgery and the leading cause of mortality in twins? The benchmark, NIH-funded study on TTTS, conducted at 17...

Massachusetts To Offer Free Cervical Cancer Vaccine

Girls in Massachusetts between 9 and 18 will be eligible for a free cervical cancer vaccine of Governor Deval Patrick’s new proposal goes through.// The shot though would not be a mandatory one though. The plan was unveiled on Tuesday in terms of a new budget and includes funding for a new rotavirus vaccine as well which would be for infants. Another inclusion in the prop...

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Leica M501 TTS

Description:The new Leica M501 TTS offers the comfort of a surgical microscope for the wet lab and training application. The microscope offers brilliant resolution, large depth of field with outstanding stereopsis and natural color reproduction. A separate prism for optimum RedReflex, which in addition can be optimized with a special jalousie diaphragm. It offers many and diverse solutions for co-viewers, ph...
Company:Leica Microsystems

Uretts-Zavalia Depressor & Fixation Pick (For rotating globe)

Description:Permits rotation of the globe during examination. Overall length123mm....
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Rickettsia IFA IgG

Description:The Focus Diagnostics Rickettsia Indirect Immunofluorescence Antibody (IFA) IgG test is intended for the detection and semi-quantitation of human IgG class antibodies to Spotted Fever and Typhus Fever Group rickettsia, as an in vitro aid in the diagnosis of diseases caused by these organisms....
Company:Focus Diagnostics

Rickettsia IFA IgM

Description:The Focus Diagnostics Rickettsia Indirect Immunofluorescence Antibody (IFA) IgM test is intended for the detection and semi-quantitation of human IgM class antibodies to Spotted Fever and Typhus Fever Group rickettsia, as an in vitro aid in the diagnosis of diseases caused by these organisms....
Company:Focus Diagnostics

Bivona® TTS™ Adjustable Neck Flange Hyperflex™ Tracheostomy Tubes

Description:The tight-to-shaft (TTS™) cuff facilitates stomal insertion. Adult TTS™ Adjustable Neck Flange Hyperflex™ Tracheostomy Tubes include a trach tie, disconnect wedge, and obturator/introducer device. NOTE: Adjustable neck flange tracheostomy tubes are intended for temporary use until the proper length fixed neck flange tube can be obtained. Not for home care use....
Company:Portex

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Bio-Matrix Scientific's Dr. O'Neill Sees University of Pittsburgh's Published Study on Culture Blood-Forming Stem Cells from Human Fat Tissue as Supporting Near Term Benefits of Banking Adipose (Fat) Derived Stem Cells

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2007 - The University ofPittsburgh School of Health Sciences issued the following study andpress release, "Scientists Culture Blood-Forming Stem Cells fromHuman Fat Tissue," June 15, 2007, Science Daily: "Researchers atthe University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have successfullyisolated and cultured human hematopoietic stem cells from fat, oradipose...

The Sturdier Sex?: Study by Pittsburgh Scientists Finds Female Stem Cells Work Better

Stem Cells Isolated from Females Regenerate Skeletal Muscle MoreEfficiently than Male Cells PITTSBURGH, April 09, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Female stem cellsderived from muscle have a greater ability to regenerate skeletalmuscle tissue than male cells, according to a study at Children'sHospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. The study, which is being published in the April 9 issue of theJournal...

State of Diabetes in Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Business Group on Health Releases Report

Good News: Percentage of Working Age People with Diabetes, Hospitaland Professional Charges Lower Than Both PA and National Averages PITTSBURGH, April 02, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ThePittsburgh Business Group on Health (PBGH) announced today therelease of a new report on the prevalence, costs and quality ofcare for people with Type 2 diabetes. The inaugural Pittsburgh Type2 Diabetes...

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, caused by R. mooseri, is transmitted...