Sugar beet virus mutation requires Texas touch
The only sugar beets growing in Texas are in the laboratory. But those few plants are getting to the root of problems throughout the sugar beet industry. Just the...Research suggests fitness of Florida panthers improved by limited breeding with Texas animals
The number of living Florida panthers has grown from a previously estimated 30 to a recently counted 87 as a result of a controversial breeding effort to improve the genetic health of the endangered and inbred animals, according to a new assessment. Hybrid kittens born to panthers brought into the area from Texas have "about a three times higher chance of becoming adults as do purebred one...Texas scientists discover how a hepatitis C protein promotes liver cancer
Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have identified a key biochemical connection between the hepatitis C virus and liver cancer. The molecular mechanism is similar to the one that links the human papilloma virus (HPV), the cause of genital warts, and cervical cancer, according to Dr. Stanley M. Lemon, the senior author of a paper on the discovery that w...Fire ant-attacking fly spreading rapidly in Texas
Parasitic flies introduced to control red imported fire ants have spread over four million acres in central and southeast Texas since the flies' introduction in 1999, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered using new flytraps they developed. Researchers at the Brackenridge Field Laboratory (BFL) have released multiple species of the parasitic flies, originally fro...Bovine Albumin from Bovine Serum, Texas Red conjugated/tagged from Molecular Probes (Invitrogen)
Description:albumin from bovine serum (BSA), Texas Red® conjugate...A Baffling New Drug Plan In Texas Town
Bush administration officials in Washington say that Medicare's new prescription drug programme is progressing very well, filling more than three million // prescriptions a day and cutting costs for each beneficiary by an average of 50 percent. But in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, the scenario is quite different. A lot of patients complain that they have difficulty getting the drugs...Texas Lends a Hand for “Own Your Future” Health Campain
Texas had been selected by the federal Department of Health and Human Services to participate in an extensive health campaign.//The initiative, called “Own your future” carries a potent message; to encourage the planning of care strategies among state residents. Gov Perry while announcing the details of the campaign said, “This campaign will focus on encouraging Texans age 45 to 65 to...Smoking in Public Places Banned, In Texas
Sen. Rodney Ellis, Houston state senator, announced on Thursday that he proposed to introduce a bill that would ban smoking in all public places. // The bill is better known as "Texas Smoke-Free Workplace Law." Smoking in bars, restaurants and other public places would be banned under legislation. Ellis made his announcement on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Ame...North Texas Surgeons Lead Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgeries.
North Texas surgeons lead robotically assisted laparoscopic surgeries. A robot can easily gain access to some inaccessible places in the body. Laparoscopic surgeons at// UT Southwestern Medical Center successfully performed robotically assisted laparoscopic gastric-bypass and colon-resections surgeries. Laparoscopic surgeries, are performed via several tiny holes rather than one long...Texas Requires Cancer Vaccine for Girls
Gov. Rick Perry ordered Friday that schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making Texas the first state// to require the shots. The girls will have to get Merck & Co.'s new vaccine against strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, that are responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. Merck is bankrollin...