Scientists aim to thwart use of flu as bioweapon
Flu is already a big killer, responsible for more than 35,000 deaths in the United States alone each year. And wild birds infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu are gradually broadening the scope of that disease. This week in Rochester, scientists are discussing ways to better understand the flu and also how to prevent the possibility that terrorists could somehow modify flu as a biowea...Gene thwarts some pathogens, gives access to others, could save crops
A single gene apparently thwarts a disease-causing invader that creates a fuzzy gray coating on flowers, fruits and vegetables. But the same gene provides access to a different type of pathogen. A Purdue University plant molecular biologist and his collaborators in Austria and North Carolina identified the gene that helps plants recognize pathogens and also triggers a defense against disea...Avian flu modeled on supercomputer, explores vaccine and isolation options for thwarting a pandemic
Using supercomputers to respond to a potential national health emergency, scientists have developed a simulation model that makes stark predictions about the possible future course of an avian influenza pandemic, given today's environment of worldwide connectivity. The research, by a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, the University of Washington and the Fred Hu...Neural bottleneck found that thwarts multi-tasking
Many people think they can safely drive while talking on their cell phones. Vanderbilt neuroscientists Paul E. Dux and René Marois have found that when it comes to handling two things at once, your brain, while fast, isn't that fast. "Why is it that with our incredibly complex and sophisticated brain, with 100 billion neurons processing information at rates of up to a thousand times a se...Warts vaccine -- 1 of many in pipeline
A clinical trial treating the papillomaviruses responsible for genital warts was on target at the halfway mark, according to Australian of the Year 2006 Professor Ian Frazer and trial manager, sexual health specialist Dr David Jardine "The new treatmen...Schwartz leaves Merge board; will launch healthcare technology investment fund
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Depending upon the body's own ability to get rid of warts, a researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences are analysing and testing the needs. In a previous trial, they showed how a single injection got rid of warts in 70 per cent of participants.// The new treatment is a form of immunotherapy - that is, it stimulates the body to fight and destroy warts using its own de...Warts: Spanner in Lover's Works!
The Human Wart Virus is spelling disaster for the lovers, obvious fallout of the present day sex life which indicates that 70 to 80 per cent of women risk// suffering the genital infection with HPV, at some point in their lives. HPV, among most cases affects the genital tract and thankfully a very small percentage of them actually are responsible for malignant change. HPV infections ar...Supercomputers To Assist In Thwarting Bird Flu Epidemic In Future
Supercomputers can now be used during health emergencies like predicting about the development of a diseases and its course as well. // Scientists have devised a simulator, which could make stark predictions about the possible course of bird flu pandemic based on today's environment of worldwide connectivity.The research, by a team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory in New...Wartime Raises Stress, BP Rates in Military Offspring
Children with parents in the military have higher blood pressure, heart rates and general stress levels than their peers during wartime, researchers say// . Researchers looked at 121 adolescents – including 48 with civilian parents, 20 with a parent deployed to Iraq and 53 with a parent in the military but not deployed – days after Operation Iraqi Freedom was launched in March 2003 a...Schwartz Principles of Surgery PDA Edition
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