News tagged with transmission
Virus-like structure calls into question origin of diseases such as 'mad cow'
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Yale University researcher has found virus-like genetic material within samples of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and scrapie, a finding that challenges scientific consensus on the nature of these deadly ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 13, 2010 |
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S. Africa halts rollout of circumcision device
(AP) -- The South African government has halted the rollout of a controversial male circumcision device, health department spokesman Fidel Hadebe said Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Researchers unveil new approach to blocking malaria transmission
University of Illinois at Chicago researcher Dr. John Quigley will describe a promising new approach to blocking malaria transmission during the American Society of Hematology's annual meeting in Orlando, Fla.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 05, 2010 |
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Australia Outback could soon get web via TV aerial
The humble old rooftop TV aerial could bring superfast Internet to even the most remote shack in the Australian Outback and help solve the problem of how to connect isolated communities across the globe.
Dec 05, 2010 |
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Potential vaccine to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV after birth to start trial
The Medical Research Council (MRC) together with researchers from Kenya, The Gambia, United States of America, Sweden, and Spain, has opened enrolment in two infant HIV vaccine trials, known collectively as PedVacc. These ...
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Dec 03, 2010 |
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Artesunate suppositories are cost-effective intervention for severe childhood malaria
Giving emergency artesunate suppositories to children with suspected severe malaria before referring them for treatment is a cost-effective intervention that can substantially improve the management of childhood malaria in ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Scientists reveal criminal virus spreaders using evolutionary forensics
The source of HIV infection in two separate criminal cases in which men were convicted of intentionally infecting their female sexual partners was confirmed by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and Baylor ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Alcohol damages much more than the liver
Alcohol does much more harm to the body than just damaging the liver. Drinking also can weaken the immune system, slow healing, impair bone formation, increase the risk of HIV transmission and hinder recovery from burns, ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Study examines risk of heterosexual HIV transmission in China
A new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health examines the burden of HIV and sexually transmitted disease among male clients of the commercial sex industry in China's Sichuan province. ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Global map of the sickle cell gene supports 'malaria hypothesis'
At a global scale, the sickle cell gene is most commonly found in areas with historically high levels of malaria, adding geographical support to the hypothesis that the gene, whilst potentially deadly, avoids ...
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Nov 02, 2010 |
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Pivoting hooks of graphene's chemical cousin could revolutionize work of electron microscopes
The single layer material Graphene was the subject of a Nobel prize this year but research led by a team of researchers at the University of Warwick has found molecular hooks on the surface of its close chemical ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Scientists investigate atomic-scale mechanisms of nanowire growth process
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanowires can be grown in many ways, but one of the lesser-understood growth processes is vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth. In VLS, a vapor adsorbs onto a liquid droplet, and the droplet transports ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Nokia Siemens Networks achieves world record copper DSL speeds
Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully tested a technology that could drastically increase the data carrying capacity of standard copper wires. The company achieved data transmission speeds of 825 megabits per second (Mbps) ...
Oct 31, 2010 |
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Scientists examine energy trends of communications equipment
A team of scientists at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs have examined the energy consumption trends of communications equipment in use today and determined that gains in energy efficiency are not keeping pace with traffic growth. ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Malarial mosquitoes are evolving into new species, say researchers
Two strains of the type of mosquito responsible for the majority of malaria transmission in Africa have evolved such substantial genetic differences that they are becoming different species, according to researchers ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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