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Plants defy Mendel's inheritance laws, may prompt textbook changes

Contrary to inheritance laws the scientific world has accepted for more than 100 years, some plants revert to normal traits carried by their grandparents, bypassing genetic abnormalities carried by both parents. These mutant parent plants apparently have hidden templates containing genetic information from the preceding generation that can be transferred to their offspring, even though the...

How fish mend a broken heart

New evidence to explain how a common tropical fish mends a broken heart may suggest methods for coaxing the damaged hearts of mammals to better heal, researchers report in the November 3, 2006 issue of Cell, published by Cell Press. The researchers found that the hearts of zebrafish harbor progenitor cells that spring into action to restore wounded heart muscle. Cells from a membrane layer...

New recommendations against a major opportunistic infection -- cryptococcosis

CRNS and the Institut Pasteur conducted research in France on patients diagnosed with cryptococcosis which ranks second among fatal opportunistic infections in patients infected by HIV and who are profoundly immunosuppressed. A multicentric prospective study, published on February 5 2007 in PLoS Medicine, uncovers parameters associated with more severe infections, such as the patient’s sex and t...
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Recommendations for Successful siRNA Library Screens

By performing several RNAi screens with siRNA libraries, Ambion scientists identified five procedures that significantly improved siRNA library screen results. Use indiv...

State technology chief endorses IT audit recommendations

Oskar Anderson, administrator of the DET since late February, said he concurs with all the recommendations conta...

Wisconsin state agencies commended for digital innovations

The , based in Folsom, Cal., is a natio...

Amendment on cloning ban rejected; vote on bill set for Wednesday

The Senate will take up the proposed ban, known as AB 499, on Wednesday. It would outlaw not only cloning for reproductive purposes but, also, what proponents call therapeutic or research cloning,...
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Recommendations for Treatment of Blood Pressue

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP),USA, have come out with recommendations to treat Hypertension.Control of systolic blood pressure is as important as control of Diastolic blood pressure. This is a crucial message for health care providers, patients, and their families. For many years, the importance of low...

Exclusive breast-feeding advised for six months in infants recommends World Health Organization

A resolution put forward by Brazil, at the annual assembly of the world health organization is to be accepted advising exclusive breast-feeding for the first six months in all infants. The resolution was passed at the committee stage on Wednesday after 2 hours of debate where many national delegates and members of charitable organizations argued vehemently for breast-feeding. Nestle, a...

Health Officials Recommend Flu Vaccine

In the past, they could be signs of flu. These days, people fear the symptoms could mean anthrax. That is one reason they are willing to wait in hours-long lines to get a shot of influenza vaccine this year: They want to avoid both the flu and anthrax panic. "We're getting a tremendous amount of calls and a tremendous response'' to flu vaccination clinics, said Cindy Schulte of the Schene...

New Vitamin K Recommendations

Vitamin K plays a critical role in helping your blood clot properly.It is so important that all newborns receive an injection immediately after birth to prevent bleeding. The vitamin is found most commonly in leafy green vegetables and is made by bacteria //in the intestine.Since newborns do not have bacteria established, they need supplemental vitamin K. An Adequate Intake level of...

H.Pylori testing recommended in patients with peptic ulcer

Researchers in the United States have found that the practice of testing and treating H.Pylori has steadily increased over the past 14 years. However, they suggested that patients with confirmed peptic ulcer disease should be tested for Helicobacter Pylori(H.Pylori) infection rather than receiving treatment for the infection as a matter of course. Testing was a more appropriate option// t...

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International ENDORSE Study Shows That the Majority of Hospitalized Patients Surveyed are at Risk for VTE and Many do not Receive Recommended VTE prophylaxis

- ENDORSE Global Findings Highlight the Need to UrgentlyImplement Hospital-Wide Strategies to Optimize VTE Management:Systematically Assess Patient Risk for VTE and Provide Appropriateprophylaxis to Prevent VTE Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk is high among hospitalpatients and most of these at-risk patients are not pro...

Medicure's MEND-CABG Trial Results Published in Peer Reviewed Journal

WINNIPEG, Manitoba - (May 31, 2007) Medicure Inc. (TSX:MPH;Amex:MCU), a cardiovascular focused biopharmaceutical company,today announced that the results from its Phase 2 MEND-CABG trialare featured in a peer reviewed article in the June edition of TheJournal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, published by theAmerican Association of Thoracic Surgery. The article, titled, "Effects of...

Actilyse (alteplase) Recommended by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke

NICE Appraisal Committee concludes that alteplase is clinicallyand cost effective INGELHEIM/Germany, 14 May 2007 – A new clinical appraisalpublished by the National Institute for Health and ClinicalExcellence (NICE) in the UK has recommended the use of alteplasefor the treatment of patients with acute ischaemic stroke, based onits clinical and cost effectiveness...
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