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W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of friendly microbes

You could say that the Human Genome Project missed 99 percent of the genes in the adult body. That's because it didn't sequence genes belonging to the vast communities of bacteria that normally live on and in us. Now a $1.45 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to researchers at the School of Medicine will help fill this gap by funding a study to develop new approaches for isolatin...

Spider Venom Could Yield Eco-Friendly Insecticides

Biochemist Glenn King is searching for an alternative to chemical pesticides. King's research on insect-specific neurotoxins focuses on one the world's most efficient insect predators -- spiders. The Blue Mountains funnel-web spider (Hadronyche versuta) -- a large Australian spider with a bite that is deadly to humans and insects -- is an ideal source of venom for King's research. The spider "coo...

Friendly bacteria in humans may protect against HIV

Scientists have identified good bacteria already living in some humans that target and trap HIV and may protect against infection. They report their findings today at the 2005 American Society for Microbiology Beneficial Microbes Conference. "I believe every life form has its natural enemy, and HIV should not be the exception," says Dr. Lin Tao, Associate Professor of the Department of Ora...

Grass makes environmentally friendly biofuel

Grow grass, not for fun but for fuel. Burning grass for energy has been a well-accepted technology in Europe for decades. But not in the United States. This alternative fuel easily could be produced and pelleted by farmers a...

FDA approves child-friendly AIDS medicine

A new website with a Global Information System will provide valuable information for assessing environmental hazards caused by Hurricane Katrina. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), one of the National Institutes of Health, created the website to provide the most up-to-date data to public health and safety workers on contaminants in flood waters, infrastructure and in...

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ALTO-8 (Integration friendly version) from ABgene

Description:Abgene's ALTO-8 is the first automated decapper/capper for Abgene Twist-Lock tubes....
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Is Wisconsin friendly to entrepreneurs?

The SBE Council is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit small business advocacy group headquartered in Washington, D.C. <br...

Efforts to avoid friendly fire spawned ancestor of todays RFID

British soldiers seeking ways to identify friendly aircraft in World War II were given a newly developed radar transponder system called IFF - Identification Friend or Foe. It was a crude system, but it was a way to tap into technology to identify something at a distance. Fast forward 65 years, and you'll find researchers working on today's version of remote identifi...
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Drug Delivery Made More Patient Friendly And Safe

A wristband designed by a London-based design graduate could see hospital patients being tagged to ensure they are given the right medication. The band has a chip, two tiny LCD screens and sensor technology. The chip stores data about the patient and their medication // requirements, including the type of medication and the correct dose. The wristband communicates with another chip on th...

Child Friendly Zidovudine Preparation for treating HIV infection Approved By The FDA

It is only small things that are difficult to handle. Even when so much has been done to effectively treat diseases like cancer, treating a viral infection has always been a problem. Viral infections are difficult to be treated with medications // because the disease-causing virus has always been potent enough to escape even the newer versions of the developed drugs. The Human Immunode...

Diabetic Friendly Egg Developed In India

Poultry egg should be avoided by patients with high cholesterol especially in diabetics, now Punjab University// scientist in India has developed a egg variety that does no harm to diabetics. The incidence of non-insulin dependent diabetes is growing especially in Indian sub-continent. 'The modified egg is a good dietary supplement for diabetics,' said S.K. Taneja, a professor in the un...

Child-friendly initiative For Lead-Based Paint Work: EPA, USA

UNITED STATES: Lead poisoning in children is a major health hazard. More-so when homes use lead-based paint. The EPA has taken a lead to reduce lead // poisonings in children, by suggesting new requirements to contractors and construction professionals. For a good many years, Lead, a highly toxic metal has been used as a component in paint. Lead is known to cause a spectrum of health proble...

Health care system “Consumer friendly” by 207

By 2007 Britons in London can have surgeries in evenings and consultations in mobile hospitals near the home or shopping places. Labour party has plans // of expanding health care and make the NHS more patient friendly, health accessibility has become the main election manifestation for the Labour party. The Labour party has plans of starting mobile hospitals and health check up facili...

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