Plants' role in global warming re-examined
Estimates of increased plant respiration in response to higher global temperatures may be somewhat overstated as they have not taken into account plants' ability to adjust to changing conditions, according to researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In a Perspectives paper published April 28 by Science, a team led by Tony King cites ORNL findings suggesting that about 9 percent more...WARF stem cell patents to be re-examined
The challenges, brought by the <a href="http...Serevent, to be examined by experts due to deaths associated with its use
Serevent, a powdered medication inhaled by asthma patients to keep their airways// open, will be a focus of an FDA Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee meeting today as it has been linked to 13 deaths related to asthmatic symptoms in patients who took the drug to avoid asthma attacks. FDA documents released yesterday indicate that about a year ago, the agency asked Glaxo to strengt...Tamiflu to be examined on clinical efficacy for WHO
Roche’s flu drug Tamiflu, for bird flu, has to be examined for effectiveness in the fight against bird flu in humans. This has been called on by World Health Organization. // WHO, in a statement from Geneva, said that no clinical evidence of the anti-viral drug's efficacy against the deadly H5N1 virus is there. Therefore urgent studies need to be undertaken. Still, WHO also...Palmerston Nth students to be examined for Tuberculosis
Of the 1800 pupils at a Palmerston North high school, 500 will undergo testing this week following a case of tuberculosis in the school.// The remaining students will be tested in the coming weeks. A 13-year-old student was admitted to hospital on August 16 and laboratory tests have now confirmed the boy has tuberculosis. . The skin testing of other students, teachers an...Efficacy of Lyme Disease Vaccination Examined
A new study has examined whether a vaccine that offers only partial protection can backfire by increasing risky behaviour , as a false sense of security could make recipients less careful than they otherwise would be. While the study looks at the response to Lyme disease vaccination, its authors suggest the research also sheds light on the controversy over whether girls should rece...