New Clues Add 40,000 Years to Age of Human Species
Nearly 40 years after an historic anthropology expedition to Ethiopia's Lake Turkana basin, researchers have uncovered evidence suggesting human bones found at that time are roughly 195,000 years old. The researchers believe the findings may bolster the “Out-of-Africa?hypothesis that suggests we all trace to an ancient line that first evolved in Africa and then displaced other hominids as recent...Artifical cornea lets woman blind 20 years see
A severe allergic reaction to a medication robbed Elma Phifer of her vision two decades ago when she was 39. The reaction scarred her corneas and reduced the ability of her eyes to soothe their damaged surfaces by remaining moist. She came to rely upon family and friends to help her do many of the activities people with normal vision sometimes take for granted. Now, twenty years and severa...50-year-old Mystery Solved: Protein Tags Regulate Key Ion Channel
Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that a recently discovered biological process known as sumoylation -- until now thought to be active only in the nucleus -- also occurs near the cell's surface where it regulates at least one and possibly many kinds of proteins, providing a novel target for the development of new drugs. The discovery, published in the 8 April 2005 issue o...Measles Deaths Worldwide Drop By Nearly 40% Over Five Years
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced that countries are on target to halve deaths from measles, a leading vaccine-preventable killer, by the end of this year. Global measles deaths have plummeted by 39%, from 873 000 in 1999 to an estimated 530 000 in 2003. The largest reduction occurred in Africa, the region with the highest...A New Species of Monkey is Discovered in Tanzania: The First in Africa for More Than 20 Years
Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society, working in conjunction with other partners, have discovered Africa’s first new species of monkey in over 20 years, marking the third monkey WCS...Feature Extraction Software; 2-year License for Not-For-Profit/Academic from Agilent Technologies
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Well folks, this is my last article of the year, and I have talked less about music this year than in years past, so my New Year's resolution for this column is bring back more music (hopefully something blue, rock, or folk-related). Part of the problem is that I simply have not gone to as many concerts this past year, or bought many new CDs (something else I will n...Presto! A 94-year-old woman goes online
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There should be as m...Diagnosis of Alzheimer's years before clinical signs emerge
Brain researchers are developing tests that can identify the beginnings of Alzheimers years before the first clinical signs of the disease emerge. The researchers, who presented their results on 14 // November at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in Washington DC, say the tests allowed them to single out people who went on to develop the condition. If those results ar...New Test Can Detect Breast Cancer 8 Years Earlier
There is a new test some doctors say could change the way we treat breast cancer. The new Halo Pap Test for the breast is now available to help doctors identify breast disease // up to eight years earlier than a lesion might be found on a mammogram. Breast pap patient Amy Rhoades is taking a screening test that could potentially predict her risk for breast cancer up to eight years in ad...Fraudulent Dentist Jailed For Three Years
A dentist who was accused of defrauding the NHS of more than £600,000 has been sentenced to three years in jail. 45-year-old Michael Semeniuk of Willerby, near Hull carried on// this fraud for more than six years during which he filed around 3,500 cases of false claims for payment. The Hull Crown Court was told that the claims were filed for treating dead patients or for work, which was...One IV treatment a year rather than a pill a day
One IV treatment a year may prevent osteoporosis. The research involves a drug called zoledronic acid, which is approved for use in cancer patients to treat a condition in which calcium seeps from the bones. The drug was found to slow the rate of bone less and increase bone density, and the effect persisted for at least a year after treatment, long after the medication had disappeared fro...Test tube babies, 25 years later
Considered a pioneering fertility treatment 25 years ago, IVF has now been responsible for an estimated 114,000 babies born in the United States alone, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. IVF is a procedure that involves retrieving the eggs from the mother and mixing them in the lab with sperm from the father. The resulting embryo is then placed back into the moth...