Colombian frog believed extinct found alive
Researchers exploring a Colombian mountain range found surviving members of a species of Harlequin frog believed extinct due to a killer fungus wiping out amphibian populations in Central and South America. The discovery of what could be the last population of the painted frog (Atelopus ebenoides marinkellei) indicates the species has survived the fungus, providing hope that other species...Natural anti-viral enzyme helps keep cancer cells alive, researchers find
A molecule that cells normally use to fight viruses is also involved in keeping cancer cells alive, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered. "We got the sur...Bringing distance learning alive
That's the message of Katherine "Kit" Horton, a partner in the Denver-based "Wh...Innovation prize-winner would help firefighters get out alive
Tools for firefighters and fishermen won the day at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Innovation Days contest for engineering...How to get through tech-sector networking events alive
Remember the poor guy who got his hand stuck in a crevice and had to cut off his own arm to get free? This could happen to you, too. You find yourself at a Midwest technology networking event sometimes locked in a corner in the vice grip of a bad, b...Stem Cells Keeping Patients Alive
Acute liver failure is the loss of liver function that can cause death within days or even hours. Standard treatment consists of intensive supportive care intended to keep patients alive long enough that the liver might recover spontaneously // or a donor organ becomes available for transplantation. About 80 percent of patients will die unless they receive a liver transplant. A bioarti...Gene Can Keep Brain Cells Alive
A gene which is connected to Parkinson’s disease can serve to keep brain cells alive. This has been revealed by the University of Colorado researchers, which has been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.// The results suggest the possibility for new drugs that might regulate the gene and protect Parkinson’s patients from further cell damage. Parkinson’s disease is a disord...HIV Patient Who Turned 50, Alive and Going Strong
M. Smith was diagnosed with AIDS in the early 1990's when she was 35, healthy, and never suspected that an ex-boyfriend, who died years earlier// of AIDS related complications, had infected her. Smith also had cancer which gave her less than two years to live. One day, flipping through a magazine for HIV positive people, she saw an advertisement offering to buy her $150,000 life insura...Review Urges Restricted Use Of Devices To Keep Heart Patients Alive
An evaluation of the device's track record in the United Kingdom concluded that the UK's National Health Service should continue to restrict the technology's use at least// for now. The review was published in the latest issue of Health Technology Assessment, the international journal series of the Health Technology Assessment Programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research...Newborn Baby Declared Dead by Doctors Found Alive
A premature baby, who had been proclaimed stillborn by doctors in northern Malaysia, turned out to be alive, local press reported Monday. Azmi Masiron, 26, was preparing for the funeral of his newborn baby girl at home in Kedah state when he noticed a movement from the baby placed on the funeral shroud. The shocked father then called for an ambulance to take the baby...