Swine flu: Early findings about pandemic potential reported in new study
Early findings about the emerging pandemic of a new strain of influenza A (H1N1) in Mexico are published today in Science.
May 11, 2009
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May 11, 2009
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New security and medical sensor devices made possible by metallic nanostructures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have designed tiny new sensor structures that could be used in novel security devices to detect poisons and explosives, or in highly sensitive medical sensors, according to research ...
Apr 07, 2009
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Young adults at future risk of Alzheimer's have different brain activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults with a genetic variant that raises their risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease show changes in their brain activity decades before any symptoms might arise, according to a new ...
Apr 06, 2009
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Potential new HIV drug may help patients not responding to treatment
A potential treatment for HIV may one day help people who are not responding to Anti-Retroviral Therapy, suggests new research published tomorrow in The Journal of Immunology. Scientists looking at monkeys with the simian ...
Mar 31, 2009
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Listening to pleasant music could help restore vision in stroke patients, suggests study
Patients who have lost part of their visual awareness following a stroke can show an improved ability to see when they are listening to music they like, according to a new study published today in the journal Proceedings of ...
Mar 23, 2009
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How mosquitoes could teach us a trick in the fight against malaria
(PhysOrg.com) -- The means by which most deadly malaria parasites are detected and killed by the mosquitoes that carry them is revealed for the first time in research published today in Science Express. The di ...
Mar 05, 2009
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Schizophrenia linked to signaling problems in new brain study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Schizophrenia could be caused by faulty signalling in the brain, according to new research published today in the journal Molecular Psychiatry. In the biggest study of its kind, scientists lookin ...
Mar 03, 2009
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Scientists unlock the secrets of C. difficile's protective shell
The detailed structure of a protective 'jacket' that surrounds cells of the Clostridium difficile superbug, and which helps the dangerous pathogen stick to human host cells and tissues, is revealed in par ...
Feb 27, 2009
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Meningitis bacteria dress up as human cells to evade our immune system
(PhysOrg.com) -- The way in which bacteria that cause bacterial meningitis mimic human cells to evade the body's innate immune system has been revealed by researchers at the University of Oxford and Imperial ...
Feb 18, 2009
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On-the-spot DNA analysis to test tolerance to prescription drugs gets closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A handheld device to predict whether patients will respond adversely to medication is one step closer to the market, thanks to a new partnership announced today.
Feb 16, 2009
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Village bird study highlights loss of wildlife knowledge from one
Our ability to conserve and protect wildlife is at risk because we are unable to accurately gauge how our environment is changing over time, says new research out today in Conservation Letters.
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Feb 13, 2009
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Inner workings of photosynthesis revealed by powerful new laser technique
Instant pictures showing how the sun's energy moves inside plants have been taken for the first time, according to research out tomorrow (Friday 6 February) in Physical Review Letters.
Feb 05, 2009
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Bleeding hearts revealed with new scan
Images that for the first time show bleeding inside the heart after people have suffered a heart attack have been captured by scientists, in a new study published today in the journal Radiology.
Jan 19, 2009
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Childhood obesity risk increased by newly-discovered genetic mutations
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three new genetic variations that increase the risk of obesity are revealed in a new study, published today in the journal Nature Genetics. The authors suggest that if each acted independently, these ...
Jan 18, 2009
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New genetic study sheds light on serious childhood disease
Genetic variations that can predispose children to a serious disease that damages the heart have been identified in a genome-wide association study of Kawasaki Disease, published today in PLoS Genetics.
Jan 09, 2009
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