UCR biochemist goes to Washington with high-protein corn
Daniel Gallie's findings propose a useful approach to feed the world's growing population Because his research holds promise for efficiently fee...For one Stanford doctor, the beat goes on during open-heart surgery
In a Stanford Hospital surgery room on a recent afternoon, heart surgeon Kai Ihnken demonstrated how he repositions the beating heart while it's still inside the chest of a 78-year-old man undergoing triple bypass surgery. The surgeon reached into the chest, lifted the beating heart out, then craned his neck to the side, just so, searching for the right spot on the back of the heart to attach the...Parasites' impact goes beyond host to affect ecosystem
The good news, if you’re grazing normally on algae in the rocky intertidal zone of the North Atlantic, is that you may not be infected by a parasite. But the better news is, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire, that you might have more to eat if plenty of your neighbors are infected. The research, published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sc...Calling all computers: VoIP goes mainstream
Chances are you have already received phone calls that spent part of their time on the Internet, thanks to a technology that has finally crossed into the mainstream. And if your company isnt already making use of the Internet to carry phone calls, it will probably consider doing so sooner rather tha...Childrens Medical Hospital of Wisconsin Goes Digital
MILWAUKEE, WI Its Saturday night. Your 4 year old has stomach pains, and you drive to the emergency room. You check in and provide all sorts of personal medical information including her medical history and your billing and insurance information. Meanwhile your child is in pain, and you try to remember if you told the person at the front desk everything. Then you wait; maybe an hour or two as th...IT workforce development: A little workforce planning goes a long way
Editor's note: . - If the estimates are accurate, about 10 percent of all information technology positio...Bold prediction: Web 2.0 goes away in 2007
befor...Presto! A 94-year-old woman goes online
Such was the case this past weekend, when I installed...Iodex goes to SmithKline Beecham consumer Healthcare
Iodex is the market leader in the pain-balm segment, with a market share of 70 per cent-plus. Iodex faces challenges from local brands like Amrutanjan, Tiger Balm (locally manufactured by Elder Pharma), Zandu Balm and Sensur of Glenmark. // Glaxo SmithKline India (GSK) has decided to transfer its Iodex range of products to SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare (SKBCH), a GSK subsidia...Memory loss always goes hand with Depression
Depression, irritability and dullness are common among people who have mild memory loss, and they can gain from prompt treatment.// The Cardiovascular Health Study is the largest ever investigation into heart disease and stroke in those over 60. It involves nearly 3,000 people in the US, some of who had a MRI scan which could indicate mild cognitive problems, such as memory loss. Rese...A Common Cause Of Allergy That Goes Unnoticed
Research shows more than 6 million Americans are allergic to fish and shellfish and self-reported, physician diagnosed and/or ‘convincing allergy’ // to seafood is reported by 2.3 percent of the general population, which is about 6.5 million Americans.” In a recent study researchers found about 2.3 percent of people in the United States report that they are allergic to seafood. Research...Blood Goes Down the Drain in Bihar Hospital
Did you know that blood is the most common fluid connective tissue being transplanted everyday from one person to the other? The demand for blood and its derived products only keeps increasing day by day. Even though in high demand, donor blood literally went down the drain in a hospital after it was found unusable due to malfunction// in the refrigeration system. About 45 units of bl...New Information On Virus Goes Against The Age-Old Theory
A researcher from National Institute of Health (NIH) ad brought forward a new theory that challenges the age-old theory concerning virus and body’s immunity. NIH’s Polly Matzinger has developed the "danger model," suggesting // that the immune system is more concerned with damage detected on the basis of a biological cell’s death than with the introduction of foreign invaders, such as...