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Health & Medicine

Cutting Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Risk: New Findings

The results appeared in the second issue for June 2006 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic…

Studies and Analyses

HIV Pregnancy Study Reveals Anaemia and Blood Pressure Issues

A team from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa compared 212 HIV positive mothers-to-be with 101 women who had tested negative.“Latest statistics…

Health & Medicine

New Egg Freezing Technique Offers Hope for Women’s Fertility

The research, presented today (Monday 19 June) at the 22nd annual meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, gives hope to hundreds…

Health & Medicine

IVF’s Impact on Embryo Genetics: New Research Insights

Researchers told the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology today (Monday) that preliminary work investigating…

Health & Medicine

Teenage and Mature Mums: Insights From Evolutionary Science

Dr Laurence Shaw will tell the 22nd annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, that it is only in the past 150 years or so…

Medical Engineering

Lowering Blood Pressure with Cannabinoid Innovations

For his work on the cardiovascular activity of cannabinoids (chemical compounds derived from cannabis), Yehoshua Maor was one of the winners of this year’s…

Life & Chemistry

Vampire bats recognise their prey’s breathing

In a study published today in the open access journal BMC Biology, vampire bats of the species Desmodus rotondus could recognise recorded human breathing…

Information Technology

VBI and EML Research launch COPASI simulation software for modeling biochemical and systems biology networks

The software may be freely downloaded at www.copasi.org for non-commercial purposes.Pedro Mendes, Associate Professor at VBI, remarked: “The first official…

Social Sciences

Infants’ Insight: How Babies Predict Others’ Actions

When and how do infants come to understand other people's actions? Understanding others is crucial for social development because it allows the young child to…

Life & Chemistry

“Land of the ever-young” gene reprogrammes cells

The team of scientists, lead by Professor Austin Smith at the Institute for Stem Cell Research, investigated the switching of adult cell types into embryonic…

Life & Chemistry

When it comes to gene transcription, random pauses aren’t quite so random

Now scientists from Stanford University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have solved part of puzzle. Writing in the June 16 edition of the journal Cell,…

Life & Chemistry

HIV-1's high virulence might be an accident of evolution

AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, according to The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS. In 2005, an…

Social Sciences

Engaging Faith Groups: Effective Strategies for Politicians

Moves by politicians and officials to encourage greater participation can backfire if, for instance, they are seen as claiming 'grass roots legitimacy' on the…

Life & Chemistry

Early Bird Discovery: Meet Gansus Yumenensis from 110 Million Years Ago

If it flapped its wings, dove like a duck, and lived in China about 110 million years ago, it must be Gansus yumenensis, one of the oldest members of the…

Environmental Conservation

New Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration Amid Global Warming

Researchers, in a recent article published in Restoration Ecology, argue that restoration methods of the past may not always be applicable in the future They…

Business and Finance

Global Investment Strategies to Fix Infrastructure Challenges

Natural disasters can take a tremendous toll on life when infrastructure fails, particularly in developing countries. Ryan Orr, executive director of the…

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