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Insurance Leader Praises Senator Kennedy for Promoting Long-Term Care Aid for All Americans as Part of Health Reform

...Kennedy's plan could gain momentum. But will it find enough bipartisan support to pass? "With the right adjustments, I think so," says Gott. "With the tweaks I suggest, I believe it would be much more acceptable to Republicans and conservative Democrats." On the central point she agrees 100% with Senat...

TB treatment for the elderly likely requires a boost to immune response

...rios in an old mouse's immune response to infection with the TB pathogen. The modeling allows researchers to simulate outcomes resulting from multiple tweaks to assumptions about immune response activities. Outcomes in a young mouse model are used for comparison. The findings can be verified later in highly...

Engineering students: Headset muffles loud, unnerving MRI noises

...her extremely loud noises reaching 120 decibels. The students were only able to reduce actual MRI sounds by about four decibels, but they said further tweaks of the system and algorithm are likely to improve that result. The teams results are significant and make a difference, said Gijs Bosman, a profess...

Synthesis of natural molecule could lead to better anti-cancer drugs

... a smaller, simpler molecule that is just as effective against cancer cells but also more selective, leaving healthy cells alone. A few small chemical tweaks may be all that is needed. With the new compounds correct structure in hand, the real journey can begin, says Scheidt. He plans to work with Wright...

Big Tobacco's Latest Dirty Trick: Deceiving Oregon Voters

...n Oregon cigarette tax The Associated Press http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003900144_webcig24.htm l --Sept. 12, 2007 Reynolds tweaks ads against cigarette tax Measure 50 - After stations hold off running the spots, the tobacco maker clarifies it's paying for them The Oregonian h...

tweaks in Biological News

MicroRNA tweaks protein that controls early heart development

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how a small molecule of RNA called microRNA ?a chemical cousin of DNA ?helps fine tune the production of a key protein involved in the early development of heart muscle. The findings, available in the online edition of the journal Nat...

US-Mexico border wall could threaten wildlife species

...lower colonization in areas of disturbance or areas with less vegetation. "Some of the potential damage to pygmy owls could be mitigated with a few tweaks to the system," Epps added. "Putting in poles near the fence could allow the owls to swoop down from a perch, and planting brush to provide better cov...

In nature -- and maybe the corner office -- scientists find that generalists can thrive

... that individual members of a group gravitate to specialization to perform specific tasks toward a common goal. According to this new model, which tweaks two assumptions of the existing theory, there is a place in small groups for generalists to exist and possibly even to thrive. Because the model th...

Researchers use 'trickery' to create immune response against melanoma

...gy and hold significant promise for future cancer treatment," remarked Dr Farokhzad. "Through modification of the controlled-release polymer system or tweaks to the aptamer targeting group it may be possible to produce a diverse range of specific and selective bioconjugates. In this way, drug delivery 'vehi...

Targeted drug delivery achieved with nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates

...gy and hold significant promise for future cancer treatment," remarked Dr Farokhzad. "Through modification of the controlled-release polymer system or tweaks to the aptamer targeting group it may be possible to produce a diverse range of specific and selective bioconjugates. In this way, drug delivery 'vehi...

Deep thinking: Scientists sequence a cold-loving marine microbe

... differences unique to the cold-loving organism. Together, these analyses offer a picture of evolution in action, as C. psychrerythraea uses subtle tweaks in common bacterial biology to adapt to its chilly environs. For instance, the bacterium taps a group of four to five genes to generate polyunsaturate...

Some Brain Cells Change Channels

... Johns Hopkins researchers have identified the proteins that allow specific brain cells to "change channels," a rare ability that tweaks what can come into the cell. The findings, described in the March 24 issue of Neuron, might let researchers harness the process, perhaps one day using...

Some Brain Cells 'Change Channels' To Fine-tune The Message

... Johns Hopkins researchers have identified the proteins that allow specific brain cells to "change channels," a rare ability that tweaks what can come into the cell. The findings, described in the March 24 issue of Neuron, may let researchers harness the process, perhaps one day using i...