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Compound might defeat African sleeping sickness, clinical trial beginning this month

One of the most devastating diseases in sub-Saharan Africa almost disappeared in the late 1950s. That disease, African sleeping sickness, or trypanosomiasis, largely succumbed to heroic public health efforts -- including relocating entire villages. But in the past several decades, because of post-colonial turmoil, the catastrophic illness has come back to ravage parts of Angola, the Democratic Re...

New discovery: If it weren't for this enzyme, decomposing pesticide would take millennia

CHAPEL HILL ?An enzyme inside a bacterium that grows in the soil of potato fields can -- in a split second -- break down residues of a common powerful pesticide used for killing worms on potatoes, researchers have found. That may be expensive for farmers but lucky for the environment because University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill scientists have now discovered that if that particular...

You will remember this

Scientists can now predict memory of an event before it even happens. A team at UCL (University College London) can now tell how well memory will serve us before we have seen what we will remember. Scans of brain activity, published online in the journal Nature Neuroscience, indicate that the brain can actually get into the 'right frame of mind' to store new information and that we perfor...

Wyoming cloud seeding experiment begins this month

Scientists have sequenced and compared the genomes of planktonic microbes living throughout the water column in the Pacific Ocean. The pioneering study yielded insight into the specialization of microbial communities at each depth--ranging from 40 to more than 13,000 feet. "By reading the information stored in the genomes of entire microbial communities, we can begin to measure the pulse o...

Flu not the only germ threat this time of year

The flu hasn't even hit hard yet this year, but it seems like everyone's getting sick. What's the deal? Metapneumovirus. Rhinoviruses. Coronaviruses. Parainfluenza. Respir...

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National broadband policy: Let's get it right this time

Several articles have popped up that discuss the need, but do not reflect some of the keys to making it right. One <a href="http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/...

Sonic Foundry expects break-even this year

A company statement said revenue is expected to pick up later this year and projected cashflow break-even sometime in the next three quarters. For now, losses expanded slightly...

ITEC coming to Milwaukee this year

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Kanavas thinks personal ID theft bill will pass this year

State Senator Ted Kanavas remains optimistic that his bill requiring notification of electronic data breaches will pass the legislature yet this year. Senate Bill 164, co-authored by Kanavas, R-Brookfield, and Representative Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, would require companies that keep personal data on customers and clients to notify those people when that data is obtained by unauthoriz...

This wheelchair will save lives

The help is badly needed. Spinal cord patients who are paralyzed from the neck or the waist down can...

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Return of SARS possible this fall

Unlike the outbreak earlier this year, the next time the disease could take hold in countries without adequate public health systems, //says a report by the National Intelligence Council.While the World Health Organization says all human chains of SARS transmission of were stopped, the virus could still exist in animal populations and be retransmitted to humans, the report says. "The w...

NABH Health accreditations final draft to be released by this month

Indian Hospitals would have to apply for Health care accreditation standards that will make them compile to Quality standards and strict hygienic conditions. Healthcare accreditation has become important// due to increased number of hospitals and physicians providing health care which may lead to sub-standard treatment to patients, an accreditation system will help to monitor the quality...

Bird Flu: India faces threat from China this winter

New Delhi: India this winter faces threat from China in the forms of migrating birds like wild duck and fowl spreading the deadly avian flu virus this winter.// "These wild ducks and fowls are natural reservoirs of avian flu and unlike chicken, they don't die of it. When these birds come in contact with domestic chicken, they spread the virus," said Mr.V.S. Chauhan, Director of Intern...

This MMS Educates, And Not Titillates

It is a multimedia messaging service called Forbidden Fruit. If you think it’s porn, you are wrong; it educates people on HIV/AIDS and the need for safe sex//. Gujarat medico Gaurav Chhabra's 80 second MMS (multimedia messaging service) will hit the mobiles soon, a fictional clip spreading awareness on the deadly disease and cautioning people on the disease while urging them to have sa...

Milk Thistle Not An Effective Cure For Liver Disease

The health benefits of milk thistle, an herbal remedy employed in the treatment of liver disease has been questioned with a recent study highlighting the lack of evidence for its safety and efficacy // . There has been a good market for thistle milk, with over 1 million people suffering from liver disease (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C or alcoholic liver disease) worldwide. The research te...

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Ethisorb Dura Patch

Description:Ethisorb Dura Patch is a synthetic absorbable implant for the bridging of Dura Mater encephali and. spinalis defects. Ethisorb Dura Patch is pliable, regardless of being used dry or wet. Once cut to the desired shape, care must be taken, while implanting, to ensure that the smooth, violet dyed, PDS foil covered side is oriented towards the cortex or the spinal cord surface. Size given is applicab...
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Allergen, Weed, Russian Thistle

Description:ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' clients include more than half of the nation's university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, maj...
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Rapid Flu Tests May Prove Especially Helpful This Season

On October 5, Chiron Corporation notified the CDC that none of its influenza vaccine (Fluvirin) would be available for distribution in the United States for the current influenza season. In the wake of this sudden removal of nearly half of the anticipated American vaccine supply, medical officials and the general public have grown increasingly alarmed about the scarcity of vaccine and the ris...

Antipsychotic Iloperidone Results Show Favorable Akathisia Profile

SAN DIEGO, May 22, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- According tostudy results presented today at the 2007 American PsychiatricAssociation annual meeting, iloperidone, an investigationalatypical antipsychotic, was shown to have a favorable akathisiaprofile. Akathisia -- a debilitating sensation of restlessness thatmanifests as an inability to sit still -- is a frequent side effectof antipsy...

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Highlights Significant Advances in the Company's Clinical and Preclinical Cancer Programs Presented This Week at the AACR Annual Meeting

- New Study Demonstrated the Clinical Potential of Peregrine'sUnique Selective Anti-VEGF Antibodies, Which Were as Effective asAvastin(R) in Animal Cancer Models TUSTIN, Calif., April 20, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , a clinical stagebiopharmaceutical company developing targeted monoclonal antibodiesfor the treatment of cancer and hepatitis C virus infect...

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