Archive: 04/22/2008
How much progress has there been in vaccinating against Hib in the Americas?
The bacterium Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) causes at least 3 million cases of severe disease each year, and about 400,000 children die annually due to pneumonia or meningitis caused by Hib.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Researchers id new class of photoreceptors
The identification of a new class of photoreceptors in the retina of fruit flies sheds light on the regulation of the pigments of the eye that confer color vision, researchers at New York University’s Center for Developmental ...
Biology /
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Synchrotron light unveils oil in ancient Buddhist paintings from Bamiyan
The world was in shock when in 2001 the Talibans destroyed two ancient colossal Buddha statues in the Afghan region of Bamiyan. Behind those statues, there are caves decorated with precious paintings from ...
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Chemotherapy causes delayed severe neural damage
A commonly used chemotherapy drug causes healthy brain cells to die off long after treatment has ended and may be one of the underlying biological causes of the cognitive side effects – or “chemo brain” – that many cancer ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 22, 2008 |
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How stereotypes can lead to success
Stereotypes can boost as well as hinder our chances of success, according to psychologists from the University of Exeter and St Andrews University. Writing in the new edition of Scientific American Mind (out in the UK 22 ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 22, 2008 |
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