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New Study Links Vancomycin to Low Platelet Count Risks

The study led by Annette Von Drygalski, M.D., third year internal medicine resident, and Richard H. Aster M.D., professor of medicine at the Medical College,…

Life & Chemistry

Biodegradable Microspheres: A New Approach to Vaccine Delivery

“The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was responsible for at least 40 million deaths worldwide. Recent experiments in mouse and nonhuman primates have suggested a…

Life & Chemistry

Biodegradable Microspheres: Innovative Time-Release Vaccines

“Current vaccines are good at producing antibodies that block entry into the cell. In the case of some diseases, such as malaria or tuberculosis, antibody…

Life & Chemistry

Fast and slow — How the spinal cord controls the speed of movement

Using a state-of-the-art technique to map neurons in the spinal cord of a larval zebrafish, Cornell University scientists have found a surprising pattern of…

Physics & Astronomy

Manchester Physicists Develop Groundbreaking Atom-Thin Membrane

Physicists at The University of Manchester and The Max-Planck Institute in Germany have created a new kind of a membrane that is only one atom thick.It's…

Life & Chemistry

Nerve Regeneration: Evicting the Cleanup Crew for Progress

While researchers know a great deal about the molecular machinery that launches this cellular cleanup crew into action, little has been known about the…

Health & Medicine

Forsyth Scientists Advance Regenerative Medicine with New Discovery

Scientists at Forsyth may have moved one step closer to regenerating human spinal cord tissue by artificially inducing a frog tadpole to re-grow its tail at a…

Life & Chemistry

Common Cold Virus Shows Promise Against Breast Cancer Cells

“In theory, the virus is able to selectively target and destroy many different types of cancer cells, including breast cancers, whilst leaving normal cells…

Health & Medicine

Asia-Pacific: Tackling the Diabetes Crisis Head-On

In Australia alone, diabetes is responsible for 4,000 fatal heart attacks and strokes each year. In India, which has the largest number of individuals with…

Life & Chemistry

New Procedure for Differentiating Human Embryonic Stem Cells

The process, created in the laboratory of Rick A. Wetsel, Ph.D., a professor of molecular medicine at the IMM, is described in this week’s edition of the…

Life & Chemistry

LLNL Researchers Review Latest Bio Detection Technologies

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory review several of the latest technologies in the most recent issue (Issue 3, 2007), of the British…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Blue Whales: Scripps Oceanography Research

Using a variety of new approaches, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego are forging a new understanding of the largest mammals on…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Redefines Narcissism: A Fresh Perspective

However, new research from Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, Jennifer Bosson at the University of South Florida and colleagues suggests that…

Health & Medicine

Botox and Surgery: New Treatment for Migraine Relief

Now, thanks to an innovative surgical technique performed by a UT Southwestern Medical Center plastic surgeon who helped pioneer the procedure, the frequency…

Studies and Analyses

More 4-Way Intersections Boost Walking in Neighborhoods

A greater density of housing also may encourage walking, but only once density reaches a relatively high level, according to the RAND Health study that is one…

Health & Medicine

New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water

UD's patented technology, developed jointly by researchers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering, incorporates…

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