Building a better mouse model of lung cancer: FHIT counts
Scientists have identified some of the very earliest genetic changes involved in the development of lung cancer and have incorporated them into a new strain of mouse that develops the disease in much the same way that humans do. The discoveries, reported in the August 1 issue of Cancer Research, open the door to the possibility of new, targeted treatments that could be offered at the very...Hepatitis B accounts for 40 percent of 'missing' Asian women
In a groundbreaking, sure-to-be-controversial new study, Emily Oster (a graduate student in economics at Harvard University) argues that excess female mortality, such as infanticide, may not be the only cause of uncommonly high male to female ratios in many Asian countries. It has long been observed that the relative number of males is higher in certain Asian countries than in the West, where it...When mice choose mates, experience counts
Choosing a mate is a big decision. And, at least for mice, it's one that is best made with input from one's peers. In a series of experiments designed help scientists understand the brain chemicals that guide mate selection, Pfaff and his colleagues exposed female mice to odors of either a male mouse alone or a male mouse with a female. The females consistently preferred the scent of males...One fish, two fish: New MIT sensor improves fish counts
Researchers at MIT have found a new way of looking beneath the ocean surface that could help definitively determine whether fish populations are shrinking. A remote sensor system developed by Associate Professor Nicholas Makris of mechanical engineering, along with others at MIT, Northeastern University and the Naval Research Laboratory, allows scientists to track enormous fish populations...Sonic Foundry discounts Mediasite for classrooms
The E-rate program is designed to provide discounts between 20 and 90 percent to schools and libraries for the...Fiserv enters health-care savings accounts business
Spurred on by HSA authorization by Congress in 2004, healthcare banking is a set of services which includes managing tax-advantaged healthcare accounts for consumers and moving payments between pa...Bird Flu Survivor Recounts her ‘hell
A woman from Thailand who was infected by H5N1 bird flu virus and managed to survive recounts her story of being 'in hell'.// 27 years old Pranom Thongchan, of Srisomboon, central Thailand, tells her horrific story on how she watched first her chickens dying... Then it was her niece who coughed blood as she passed away in her mother's arms. And just after a few days the virus attacked he...Gynaecologist Faces Stiff Prison Sentence On Counts Of Sexual Abuse
Following a four-week trial by a King County Superior Court jury in Seattle, Dr. Charles Momah, an obstetrician and gynaecologist was convicted on Wednesday of two counts // of rape and two counts of indecent liberties against four women who came to his clinics for treatment. Momah could face 16 years in prison if convicted on all counts. A sentencing date was not set. Momah ple...Africa Accounts For 50% Of HIV Patients
Senegalese schoolchildren took a pledge to abstain from promiscuous sex on 1 December 2005, the World AIDS Day. The prevailing taboos in the developing nations // and ignorance with regard to AIDS are contributing towards the disease spreading rapidly. The Special Envoy of the U.N Stephen Lewis, has called upon the world’s rich nations to contribute more towards combating the disease....Inaccurate Counts with Cheap Pedometers – Researcher Find
A study by Belgians finds that pedometers, which are not upto the standard and cheaper does not measure every steps in an accurate manner//. Ghent university researchers have analysed nearly 1,000 pedometers involving 35 adults volunteers using 5 per day for 6 days. Automated step-count log precisely logged their steps were also followed by the volunteers. Finally both (pedometers and t...Delhi Accounts for 23,000 Female Fetus Abortions Last Year
Around 23,000 female foetuses were aborted in the capital last year with, experts said Wednesday. // "Whereas Denmark had 23,000 births in 2005, the same number of female foetuses were aborted in Delhi alone," said Puneet Bedi, a leading medicine expert, quoting records of the Delhi government. "In a recent audit on ultrasound clinics based on three months data, we found t...Lymphocyte Subset CD4 & CD8-Absolute Counts Only
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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...