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Sexual cooperation: Mating increases longevity in ant queens

The phenomenon of sexual conflict is a powerful driving force in the evolution of reproductive biology for many animal species. Males often try to manipulate their female mates during copulation--for example, by traumatic inseminations (as in the case of bed bugs) or by the transfer of toxic seminal fluids (as in the case of the fruitfly Drosophila). These manipulations are beneficial to males be...

Morphine for Chest Pain Increases Death Risk

While patients hospitalized for a heart attack have long been treated with morphine to relieve chest pain, an analysis by researchers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute has shown that these patients have almost a 50 percent higher risk of dying. The researchers call for a randomized clinical trial to confirm their analysis. Meanwhile, they advise cardiologists to begin treatment wi...

Global warming increases oyster sensitivity to pollution

Do you enjoy eating oysters on a hot sunny afternoon? Make the most of it ?it may not last forever. Research has shown that global warming increases the sensitivity of oysters to metal pollution, causing a deadly threat to populations in polluted areas. Dr. Gisela Lannig from the University of North Carolina, USA, will present her work on cadmium poisoning in eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginic...

Prenatal exposure to famine increases risk of schizophrenia

People born during a famine in China have an increased risk of schizophrenia, consistent with previous research suggesting a link between fetal nutritional deficiency and schizophrenia, according to a study in the August 3 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights. Schizophrenia is a common form of severe mental illness characterized by thought disorder, hallucinations, and...

Gene increases risk of tuberculosis

A study in the December 19 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine identifies a small genetic change that increases the odds of developing active tuberculosis (TB). Pedro Flores-Villanueva and his colleagues at the University of Texas Health Center (Tyler, TX) studied groups of patients in Mexico and Korea and found that individuals who carry this genetic change were more likely to develop...

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Renaissance Learning increases net, still plans merger

The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend of $.05 per share, payable June 1, 200...

Johnson Controls weathers auto market and increases sales

That's up from $158 million net on $6.3 billion in sales for the same quarter a year ago. "We have faced unprecedented challenges in recent months in the automotive industry and as a result, have...

Alfalight increases laser efficiency for DOD program

MADISON, Wis. , a Wisconsin-based diode laser manufacturer, recently demonstrated 65 percent total power conversion efficiency in its 970 nm laser material at a conference in Albuquerque, N.M. This step toward the eventual goal of 80 percent efficiency is suppor...

Business Plan Bounty Increases to $105,000

Madison, Wis. - The first-prize winner in the Governor's Business Plan Contest will receive $50,000 from the Department of Commerce, according to a recent announcement by The departments pledge brings to $105,000 the amount already raised for prizes in the statewide business p...
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Human gene number increases

A new estimate puts the paltry number of human genes more than 30 per cent higher. At around 30,000, the gene number estimated from the human genome sequence seemed scanty compared with the mustard weeds' (25,000) and the fruitfly's (13,000). Michael Cooke and colleagues at the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in San Diego, California compared the two gene sets and found tha...

Stress response increases suicide risk

Psychological responses to stress may cause significant problems including suicidal impulses. It is well-known that some people respond to major stressors - like war and natural calamities with a full-blown crisis known as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) where there is emotional numbness, panic and anxiety. And even lesser stressful events, like having an operation, can precipitate PTSD in...

Sleep apnoea increases post-operative risks

People with sleep apnoea (shortness of breath) experience a greater risk of complications after elective knee or hip replacement. In sleep apnoea - which is most common in obese people - the muscles of the back of the throat relax during sleep and so obstruct the airways. The person stops breathing, momentarily, many times during the night and levels of oxygen in the blood fall.// Res...

Vaginosis increases risk of miscarriage

Pregnant women who contract a common bacterial infection of the vagina are more likely to miscarry in the early stages of pregnancy, researchers have found.// Bacterial vaginosis, a form of inflammation of the vagina, is the most common cause of abnormal discharge among women of childbearing age. It affects 24% of pregnant women. The researchers studied 850 women undergoing in vitro fe...

Step Aerobics Increases good cholesterol

According to researchers in France, doing regular exercise can improve a person's cholesterol levels, step aerobics may give a particular boost to the "good" HDL cholesterol that protects against heart diseases,their small study showed that although both step aerobics and traditional,// step-less aerobics classes improved women's overall cholesterol, only the steppers saw their HDL rise....

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Rapid HIV Testing Increases Possibility of Treatment

According to a November, 2005 joint press release from UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) and the World Health Organization, the number of people living with HIV globally reached an estimated high of 40.3 million people in 2005, with over 3 million deaths caused by AIDS. The latest data from...

ProtoKinetix's AAGP Dramatically Increases Recovery Rate of Cryopreserved Stem Cells

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2007 -ProtoKinetix Inc. (OTCBB:PKTX) has just received the results ofstudies conducted by ITTEC Stem, Inc. at the University of Finland.These outstanding results using AAGP(TM) in the cryopreservationprocess for stem cells demonstrate the vital importance of thismolecule in the rapidly expanding stem cell industry. This is thefirst serie...

Acceleron Pharma's ACE-031 Increases Muscle Mass and Strength in Preclinical Studies

LUCCA, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2007 - Acceleron Pharma,Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for thetreatment of musculoskeletal, metabolic and cancer-relateddiseases, today announced results of a preclinical study withACE-031 that demonstrated the ability of the compound to increasemuscle mass and strength in normal mice and in murine models ofmuscular dystrophy...

MabThera Significantly Increases Survival of Lymphoma Patients Regardless of Chemotherapy Regimen

Data published today in the Journal of the National CancerInstitute BASEL, Switzerland, 2 May 2007 - In a study published today inthe Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the innovative cancerdrug MabThera was shown to improve overall survival in patientswith lymphoma regardless of the chemotherapy regimen used.1 Thereview further s...

Researchers Discover a Common Variation in a Gene Segment that Increases the Risk for Prostate Cancer

BETHESDA, Md., April 1, 2007--Researchers report that avariation in a portion of DNA strongly predicts prostate cancerrisk and that this common variation may be responsible for up to 20percent of prostate cancer cases in white men in the United States.The research was conducted by investigators from the NationalCancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health,and their p...
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