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Life & Chemistry

Climate Change Links Cholera Vibrio to Zooplankton Habitats

The cholera Vibrio lives in zooplankton and can be found in bays, estuaries and rivers in temperate and tropical regions. “Scientists have established a…

Studies and Analyses

In-home AEDs don't improve sudden cardiac arrest survival

David Callans, MD, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, will be available to comment on the New England…

Life & Chemistry

New Infectious Disease Species Discovered in Amazon

Joseph Vinetz, M.D., professor of medicine in UC San Diego’s Division of Infectious Diseases – working in collaboration with colleagues from Universidad…

Health & Medicine

Distinguishing Non-TB Pulmonary Disease From TB Faster

The bacterium that causes TB, mycobacteria tuberculosis, comes from a larger family of mycobacteria, certain strains of which can cause lung disease. The most…

Studies and Analyses

Genomic Profiling: Tailoring Breast Cancer Treatments and Prognosis

“Our goal is to treat patients on a more individualized basis, matching the right drugs with the right patients,” said Anil Potti, M.D., an oncologist and…

Medical Engineering

New Stanford Surgery Helps Young Patients Overcome Knee Disorders

He underwent long-term steroid treatment to prevent transplant rejection, which left him with an excruciating knee disorder called osteonecrosis. Now 23 and…

Technology Offerings

Tailored Production of Polymer-Modified Nanoparticles

The invention described below consists of a process for the tailored production of nanoparticles in an inverted polymer-modified microemulsion, and for the…

Life & Chemistry

China's economic boom sparks biological invasions

The rapid growth of China’s industrial and transportation infrastructure is helping to establish non-native species throughout that country and “setting the…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Human Ancestry From Y Chromosome Research

In an article published online today in Genome Research (www.genome.org), scientists have utilized recently described genetic variations on the part of the Y…

Studies and Analyses

Link Between Insomnia and Depression in Young Adults Revealed

The study, conducted by Jules Angst, MD, of Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital in Switzerland, focused on 591 young adults, whose psychiatric, physical,…

Life & Chemistry

Tracing pollens – BAM performs a systematic analysis of pollens

As few as 50 particles per cubic metre of air are sufficient to trigger an allergic reaction.The biochemical processes in the human organism are well known,…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change Threatens Aussie Wildlife: New Report Insights

The report, Implications of Climate Change for the National Reserve System, was prepared for the Federal Government, and released today by Environment Minister…

Life & Chemistry

Lingering Bacteria Don't Indicate Chronic Lyme Disease

The scientists caution that the discovery does not suggest the presence of chronic disease, nor does it support extended use of antibiotics to treat Lyme…

Life & Chemistry

Plants’ Defense Pathway Against Pathogens Uncovered in Study

However, it has not been known what happens between the pathogen attacks and the defense activation, until now. A new MU study revealed a very complex process…

Physics & Astronomy

Newly Discovered Star Systems Mark a Historic First

In a paper published in a recent issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters, Ohio State University astronomers and their colleagues suggest that these star…

Physics & Astronomy

Discover the Universe: Insights from the Large Hadron Collider

Deep in the bowels of the earth –100 metres below ground in Geneva, Switzerland – lies a supermachine of 27 km circumference called the Large Hadron Collider…

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