Research Permits First-Ever Visualization of Psychological Stress in the Human Brain
Using a novel application of an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) technique, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have, for the first time, visualized the effects of everyday psychological stress in a healthy human brain. Their work, performed at Penn's Center for Functional Neuroimaging, provides a neuro-imaging marker of psychological stress -- whic...Multiple genes permit closely related fish species to mix and match their color vision
Vision, like other biological attributes, is shaped by evolution through environmental pressures and demands, and even closely-related species that are in other ways very similar might respond to their particular environments by interpreting the visual world slightly differently, using photoreceptors that are attuned to particular wavelengths of light. By studying a special group of closely-relat...Imaging techniques permit scientists to follow a day -- or four -- in the life of a cell
\The movement and growth of cells are critical for normal physiological processes, and--when perturbed--can result in negative outcomes such as tumor formation. Understanding how live cells function is therefore invaluable for molecular and cellular biologists, and advanced techniques to visualize cells in action are of great importance. The current issue of (<...BEST BioDiesel gets permits for 8M gallon plant
The facility will be called BEST BioDiesel Cashton and be a wholly owned subsidiary of BEST BioDie...Unique Histochemical Substrate Permits Dual Staining In Animal Tissue
Daniel G. Flowers and Lloyd A. Culp, Ph.D....Canada May Not Permit Bextra To Reenter Market
Health Canada has announced a ban on the anti-inflammatory drug Bextra, meant for those who suffer from arthritis. The benefits derived from the drug were outweighed by the cardiovascular risks, including the possibility of // triggering strokes and heart attacks, according to an expert safety panel. The drug is also known to cause severe skin reactions which can even prove to be fat...Euthanasia To Be Permitted In Swiss Hospital
Terminally ill patients will be assisted to commit suicide on the premises of a hospital in Switzerland, even though the conditions for euthanasia will be very strict. // This has been revealed by the University Hospital at Lausanne’s spokesman. The practice is legal in Switzerland.Until now, hospitals across Switzerland had refused to allow assisted suicide on site and patients wishing t...Conroy’s May Not Be Permitted To Resume Production Soo
Conroy's Smallgoods has been accused by John Hill, the South Australian Health Minister of indulging in media games after a deadly bacteria infected its factory. Hill called upon the company set right the problem at the // earliest. A strain of the listeria virus was found in the Bowden factory of the company by the Health Department, resulting in its corned beef unit being closed down fo...Work Permit Required For Indian Doctors in Britain
London. The overseas doctors in Britain are alarmed as new rules are being implemented that will make them require work permit before they can work// in hospitals of the National Health Service (NHS). There are currently thousands of doctors from the Indian subcontinent who could suddenly find themselves unemployed. In the event of a job vacancy if there are no local doctors avail...First Generic Version of Lexapro permitted by US
The first generic version of Forest Laboratories Inc.'s antidepressant Lexapro permitted by Food and Drug Administration, U.S.// An application from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Was allowed by FDA to sell escitalopram, a generic immitator of the oral drug as per Reuters. Complete rights on the drug are retained by the Forest Labs till March 2012 and Teva has been sued fo...