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Researchers reveal the infectious impact of salmon farms on wild salmon

A new study published in the March 30th edition of the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (a publication of the UK's national academy of science) shows that the transfer of parasitic sea lice from salmon farms to wild salmon populations is much larger and more extensive than previously believed. This quantitative analysis of parasite transfer is a scientific...

Study Models Impact Of Anthrax Vaccine

Rapidly distributing antibiotics to peopleexposed to anthrax spores during a bioterrorist attack, could byitself, prevent about 70 percent of anthrax infections from occurring,according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School ofPublic Health. To increase the prevention rate to 90 percent, theirstudy found that at least 63 percent of the population would need to beimmunized wi...

Measuring the impact of post-genomics on Mediterranean populations

A recent Genomed-Health 2005 workshop in Tunisia, supported by the European Commission, highlighted the role of the life sciences in improving health in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Delegates at the event also discussed the importance of Euro-Mediterranean partnerships in order to capitalise on post-genomic research. The life sciences ?in particular following the mapping of t...

Second messenger NAADP shows fast, dose-related impact on satiety cycle

One traditional approach to pharmaceutical design uses so-called "first messengers" ?hormones, other natural facilitators or synthetic products ?to initiate various cellular cascades for the desired physiological effect. To date, despite concerted efforts at all levels of research, this approach has failed to develop a truly successful obesity drug to address this major global health problem....

The first impact factor for PLoS Biology ?13.9

The open-access journal PLoS Biology has been assessed by Thomson ISI to have an impact factor of 13.9*, which places PLoS Biology among the most highly cited journals in the life sciences. This is an outstanding statistic for a journal less than two years old, from a new publisher promoting a new business model that supports open access to the scientific and medical literature. An impact...

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IMPACT-CN System from New England Biolabs

Description:IMPACT (Intein Mediated Purification with an Affinity Chitin-binding Tag) utilizes the inducible self-cleavage activity of engineered protein splicing elements (termed inteins) to purify recombinant proteins by a single affinity column (1-4) (Figures 1 and 2). This system distinguishes itself from other protein fusion systems by its ability to separate a recombinant protein from the affinity tag...
Company:New England Biolabs

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Proposed telecom bill would have Katrina impact

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Shades of gray: Business impacts of an aging workforce

Many of these press accounts would lead one to believe that...

Impact of e-medical records will be felt at home

- It seems like we do e-everything these days. We make phone calls over the Internet. We shop, listen to the radio, buy music, even make friends, all online. We have every piece of information about ourselves in one e-form or another. Yet our medical records - arguably the most important information we have - are still done with pen and paper,...

Java's undeniable impact on the Web

Nearly a dozen years ago, Eric Schmidt, then the CTO of Sun Microsystems, gave the DEMO audience a preview of a new development language called Java. A thoroughly modern development platform for the still relatively new World Wide Web and beyond, Java promised to ease programming headaches, the biggest of which was porting applications from one hardware platform to...

Impact of research park firms pegged at $680M

Many of the 114 companies housed in the , located three miles...

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Double impact vaccine

The virus strain which produces the measles vaccine is effective for another purpose - fighting lymphoma, a group of cancers that originate in the lymphatic system. The Scientists from Mayo clinic department of molecular medicine have found that the measles vaccine virus caused remission of lymphoma in mice injected with human cells containing the cancer.// Adele Fielding, lead...

Sex timing has no impact on risk of Birth defects

Researchers have found no bond between when a couple has sex and any subsequent risk of birth defects such as Down syndrome. Animal studies have suggested that the timing of sex might increase the risk of birth defects in offspring.// Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston told the press that they haven't yet confirmed o...

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

According to a new study, the the functionality of lungs can be well analysed based on the things we are exposed to in our early days. Scientists have long known a test called forced expiratory volume in 1 second, or FEV 1, //is an effective measure of lung function and predictor of morbidity and death. While FEV 1 tends to decline with age, investigators have speculated factors like exposure to...

Personality Impacts Arthritis

The personality of a patient can have a major impact on how susceptible they are to long-term problems from rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research. The published study explains doctors need to pay attention to factors// not related to the disease when they screen at-risk patients. There is no doubt being diagnosed with a chronic, disabling disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis...

SARS impact could be devastating

With a severe blow by SARS, the economies of several countries are forecast to shrink in the second quarter. More than five million foreign workers, from Filipina maids to Indonesian laborers and Vietnamese plantation workers, oil the wheels of commerce in the region, sending home in excess of $20 billion each year to their families. Studies show most of those families used the remittances for co...

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Tangent Posterior Impacted Instrument Set

Description:The Tangent Posterior Impacted Instrument Set offers maximum distraction with minimal neural retraction. Some of the advantages offered by the Tangent Posterior Impacted Instrument Set are precise endplate preparation and the ability to reproduce the technique. Set offers 9 different distractor heights to ensure proper vertebral body distraction. A variety of sizes of round scrapers, rotate cutte...
Company:Medtronic Neurological and Spinal

TANGENT Posterior Impacted Instrument Set

Description:The TANGENT Posterior Impacted Instrument Set offers maximum distraction with minimal neural retraction. Some of the advantages offered by the TANGENT Posterior Impacted Instrument Set are precise endplate preparation and the ability to reproduce the technique....
Company:Medtronic Neurological and Spinal

Palm Style Impactor Bone Awl

Description:Palm Style Impactor Bone Awl with Ortho-Grip® silicone rubber handles andstainless steel impactor caps....
Company:Beere Precision Medical Instruments, Inc.

Soft Impact Mallet

Description:Designed to have a shock-absorbing force, providing less bounce or wasted force....
Company:Innomed, Inc.

The Impact Walker

Description:The Impact is the most significant advance in walker design in years. A real step forward! It has a unique design where the weight bearing surfaces of the foot rest on adaptive areas of the sole. The impact is absorbed at the heel strike. The footbed in the sole conforms to the natural shape of the foot for added comfort and stability. No leg length discrepancy; Heel height is preserved...
Company:ORTHO-CARE, Inc.

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Orexigen Therapeutics to Present Data on Contrave Impact on Visceral Fat and Insulin Resistance at American Diabetes Association 67th Scientific Sessions in Chicago June 23

SAN DIEGO, June 21, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Orexigen(TM)Therapeutics, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company focused on thetreatment of central nervous system disorders with an initial focuson obesity, today announced that the Company will present dataabout its lead obesity product candidate Contrave(TM) and itseffect on markers of cardiovascular disease (visceral fat, serumcholestero...

Research Documents Scalable Production, Survival Following Engraftment and Positive Impact on Cardiac Function in Infarcted Rats for Geron's Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic for Heart Failure

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2007 - GeronCorporation (Nasdaq: GERN) today reported that research documentingthe scalable production, survival following engraftment andpositive impact on cardiac function in infarcted rats was presentedtoday for GRNCM1, the company's human embryonic stem cell(hESC)-based therapeutic for heart failure, at the InternationalSociety for Stem Cell...

Prexige Study Shows Significantly Less Impact on Blood Pressure Than Ibuprofen in Osteoarthritis Patients with Controlled Hypertension

* New data from 741-patient trial show those treated withPrexige experienced significantly smaller impact on blood pressurecompared to ibuprofen[1] * Many patients with osteoarthritis also have high bloodpressure; even small changes in blood pressure can impactcardiovascular risk[2],[3] * Prexige approved in more than 50 countries and currently underreview in US for use in o...

Lumiracoxib Study Showed Significantly Less Impact on Blood Pressure Than Ibuprofen in Osteoarthritis Patients with Controlled Hypertension

New data From 741-patient Trial Show Those Treated with LumiracoxibExperienced Significantly Smaller Impact on Blood Pressure Comparedto Ibuprofen EAST HANOVER, N.J., June 15, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients withosteoarthritis who also have controlled hypertension experienced aslight decrease in average daily blood pressure when treated withthe investigational selective COX-2 inhibitor lumi...

Long-Term Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Therapy in Stage III Melanoma Demonstrated Significant and Sustained Impact on Relapse-Free Survival

CHICAGO – June 2, 2007 – Long-term treatment withpegylated interferon alfa-2b in stage III melanoma had asignificant and sustained impact on relapse-free survival (RFS),according to the results of the largest adjuvant trial everconducted in patients with stage III melanoma. Results of the PhaseIII study, led by...

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Impacted tooth

remains embedded in soft <a hr...

Fecal impaction

A . This mass may be so hard that it cannot be...