... and one in the US, have infected ferrets and mice with pandemic H1N1 isolates from Europe, the US and Mexico and compared transmissibility, virulence and pathology with seasonal H1N1 strains ... Reports of 'swine flu parties' have British health officials warning parents of "seriously flawed thinking", even as the country shifts its policy on treating the pandemic in the face of the virus' rapid spread ... The virus is even showing signs of rebounding in Mexico ... | |
Practice, practice, practice might get you to Carnegie Hall, but for aspiring musicians, there's new evidence that genes may influence one's ability to get there, as well ... | |
... between insects and people suffering from migraines, stroke and epilepsy points the way toward new drug therapies to address these conditions ... | |
... 93 percent of 2235 so-called RCTs published in some Chinese medical journals during 1994 to 2005 was flawed, casting doubt on the ... | |
... Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone -- ... ... Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre (MSKCC) reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasise, or spread, to the brain and the bone - the ... A new study reveals the genetic underpinnings of what causes lung cancer to quickly metastasize, or spread, to the brain and the bone -- the two most prominent sites of lung cancer relapse ... | |
Edmonton, Alberta (July 3, 2009) -- The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are intimately tied to a ... colonization, globalization, migration, and loss of land, language and culture ... The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are intimately tied to a ... colonization, globalization, migration, and loss of land, language and culture ... ... poor, such as inadequate housing, unemployment, and low education levels are addressed, according to Dr Malcolm King, lead author of a ... | |
But the legacy of this little lander that sort of could keeps on living ... Phoenix has been incommunicado since the end of October, the Mars mission ending just before a shell of carbon dioxide ice would entomb the three-legged lander ... A suite of papers published today in Science rounds up the lander's greatest hits, all of which had been published as the mission went ... | |
A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified gamma-ray ... ... -- A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified gamma-ray ... ... CA--A new class of pulsars detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is solving the mystery of previously unidentified gamma-ray ... | |
... of the powerful "engines" in the centers of innumerable galaxies throughout the Universe ... ... of the powerful 'engines' in the centres of innumerable galaxies throughout the Universe ... | |
... of human brain function because it shares many genes and neurochemical signaling molecules with humans ... ... of human brain function because it shares many genes and neurochemical signalling molecules with humans ... elegans neurochemical receptors, the discovery of which could lead to new therapeutic targets for psychiatric disorders if similar receptors are found in humans ... | |
... changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall, according to climatologists at the Georgia ... But a new study, published in the 3 July issue of Science, suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes ... ... changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall ... | |
Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according to a study in the July 1 issue of the ... Prostate cancer patients who receive brachytherapy and remain free of disease for five years or greater are unlikely to have a recurrence at 10 years, according to a new study ... | |
The space agency switched on the LRO's cameras two days ago and today released the first images from the orbiter's ... which is intended to pave the way for the return of astronauts to the moon ... Today's first images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter provide a fresh perspective on the moon, just weeks before the 40th anniversary of the first ... The US space agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft sends back its first images since ... | |
... winter conditions due to global warming are causing Scotland's wild Soay sheep to get smaller despite the evolutionary benefits of having a large ... | |
... the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to me ... It's that carnival time of month and now the seventieth edition of Four Stone Hearth is up at afarensis ... ... namely great skeptical blogging, to make next week's carnival as good as this week or even better ... | |
Cancer experts at Johns Hopkins say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median of ... Cancer experts say a study tracking 774 prostate cancer patients for a median ... | |
... reveal temperature as a driving force behind the divergence of a major seafloor predator; globally, and over tens of millions of years of Earth's history ... ... results reveal temperature as a driving force behind the divergence of a major seafloor predator; globally, and over tens of millions of years of Earth's history ... | |
STIRLING, Scotland, July 1 (UPI) -- Scottish-led scientists say they've discovered the first proof that inbreeding reduces ... Declining bumblebee populations are at greater risk of inbreeding, which can trigger a downward spiral of further decline ... | |
Based on experiments on genetically modified axolotl salamanders, researchers show that cells from the salamander's different tissues retain the "memory" of those ... The salamander is a superhero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord -- even bits of lopped-off brain ... | |
... industrial organizations were realized as secure, quantum encrypted information was sent over an eight node, mesh network ... ... industrial organisations were realised as secure, quantum encrypted information was sent over an eight node, mesh network ... | |
scientists studying how some human DNA mutations are involved in inherited diseases say their findings may affect the way genetic counseling is offered ... A team of Penn State scientists has shed light on the processes that lead to certain human DNA mutations that are implicated in hundreds of inherited diseases such as tuberous sclerosis and neurofibromatosis type 1 ... | |
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions have found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease ... -led international team of scientists said it has found laboratory evidence that a cluster of peptides might be the toxic agent in Alzheimer's disease ... | |
... at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumors, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defenses against the ... ... at the Moores UCSD Cancer Centre are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumours, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defences against the ... Researchers are injecting a modified herpes virus into melanoma tumors, hoping to kill the cancer cells while also bolstering the body's immune defenses against the ... | |
A Medical College of Georgia researcher hopes a new nanotechnology technique will extend the fillings' ... Researchers hope a new nanotechnology technique will extend the fillings' ... | |
To compensate for this imbalance, mammals such as mice and humans shut down one entire X-chromosome through a phenomenon known as X-inactivation ... Because females carry two copies of the X chromosome to males' one X and one Y, they harbor a potentially toxic double dose of the over 1000 genes that reside on the X chromosome ... Because females carry two copies of the X chromosome to males’ one X and one Y, they harbor a potentially toxic double dose of the over 1000 genes that reside on the X chromosome ... | |
... beta amyloid deposited in excess in the brains of the Alzheimer's mice, increased the production of new neurons and promoted nerve ... ... beta amyloid deposited in excess in the brains of the Alzheimer's mice, increased the production of new neurones and promoted nerve ... scientists say a human growth factor used to stimulate blood stem cells to proliferate in bone marrow can also reverse memory impairment in ... | |
Astronomers have unveiled an unprecedented new atlas of the inner regions of the Milky Way, our home galaxy, peppered with thousands of previously undiscovered dense knots of cold cosmic dust -- the potential birthplaces of new stars ... Astronomers have unveiled a new atlas of the inner regions of the Milky Way - that's our home galaxy, if you're ... peppered with thousands of previously undiscovered dense knots of cold cosmic dust, the potential birthplaces of new stars ... ... birthplaces of new stars and the structure of the crowded galactic core ... | |
... meant that current techniques used in preimplantation genetic screening (PGS), where embryos are screened genetically in order to select the best embryo for ... At the same time they found serious chromosome abnormalities suggesting those embryos would not have resulted in successful pregnancy, delegates at the ... | |
... Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could usher in a new generation of applications because the device holds promise as a stylus for sensing very small forces or as an interface for efficient transfer of individual light particles for quantum communications ... A novel ion trap could usher in a new generation of applications, because the device holds promise as a stylus for sensing very small forces or for an interface for efficient transfer of individual light particles for quantum communications ... A novel ion trap demonstrated at NIST could usher in a new generation of applications, because the device holds promise as a stylus for sensing very small forces or for an interface for efficient transfer of individual light particles for quantum communications ... | |
Previously, only a few genes had been associated with the formation of metastases in colorectal cancer ... | |
A team of scientists identifies thousands of tiny genetic variations which raise the risk of schizophrenia ... ... - As many as 30,000 different gene variations may underlie schizophrenia and bipolar disease, meaning any kind of quick test to predict either disease is a long way off, scientists said on Wednesday ... ... or mutations in a particular can gene raise a man's risk of familial, or inherited, testicular germ-cell cancer, the most common form of this disease, according to new research by scientists at the National Institutes of Health ... | |
4 kilometers) a year, which is the average for all the years it has been moving north, then some Pacific islands near the equator – even those that currently enjoy abundant rainfall – may be drier within decades and starved of freshwater by midcentury or sooner ... The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, according to ... The rain band near the equator that determines the supply of freshwater to nearly a billion people throughout the tropics and subtropics has been creeping north for more than 300 years, probably because of ... | |
Their recently reported findings may add new scientific challenges to the design and manufacture of future ultra-high density data storage devices ... | |
... for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important stem cell regulatory pathway, say researchers at the ... | |
... the extent of ice in the sea between Greenland and Svalbard from the 13th century to the present indicates that there has never been so little sea ice as there is now ... | |
An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals and the researchers are awaiting approval to begin human trials in the ... Phase 1 human trials will check the safety of the vaccine on HIV positive volunteers ... ... vaccine, dubbed SAV001-H, have already been completed on animals ... | |
... which operated for more than 18 years, charted the unexplored regions of space above the poles of the sun ... 85 billion km) and nearly three complete orbits around the sun, NASA said ... , July 1 (UPI) -- The Ulysses spacecraft, a joint NASA-European Space Agency mission, has officially ceased operations, officials said ... | |
... that food consumption in birds and mammals was limited by resource levels, that is, animals would eat as much as they could while food was plentiful and produce as ... ... research has shown that, even when food is abundant, energy intake reaches a limit, even in animals with high nutrient demands, such as lactating females ... | |
There is hope that MGF can also help sufferers of diseases such as muscular dystrophy, ALS, renal disease or cancer, for whom intensive exercise is not an option ... Dr Geoff Goldspink (Royal Free and University College Medical School, UK) says: 'This raises the question: Can age-related loss of muscle strength and increased fragility be ameliorated by the therapeutic application of mechano growth factor (MGF)?' ... Scientists in the UK and Denmark have shown that if elderly men were given growth hormone and exercised their legs showed an appreciable muscle mass ... | |
The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft ... The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft ... | |
... atherosclerosis -- arterial thickening that precedes a heart attack or stroke -- may be the stress of police work ... It is well documented that police officers have a higher risk of developing heart disease: The question is why ... | |
... insurance reimbursement and public misperceptions impede emergency medical services (EMS) workers from using best resuscitation ... | |
Scientists say they have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the ... extinct moa bird using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand ... Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the giant extinct moa bird, using prehistoric feathers recovered from caves and rock shelters in New Zealand ... | |
... anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic ... ... with anti-tumor necrosis factor agents is recognized as a risk factor for tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic ... ... necrosis factor (TNF) agents is recognised as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis ... | |
Lyme disease in the US is caused by the tick-borne bacteria Borrelia ... spread throughout the body to the nervous system, heart or joints ... ... spread throughout the body to the nervous system, heart or joints ... | |
This type of resistance is known as drug-induced resistance, as opposed to naturally occurring resistance, in which a strain itself mutates to become unresponsive to a ... He was probably already infected with the virus, and resistance to the drug emerged because he was given the lower preventative dose ... In the first confirmed case of drug-resistant swine flu worldwide, a Danish patient developed resistance to Tamiflu, the antiviral treatment used for flu prevention and ... | |
There are commentaries and articles on blogs and twitter, on the future of science ... ... Journalism, accompanying the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists from 30 June-2 July 2009 in London, and to "shine a ... To mark the 6th World Conference of Science Journalists from 30 June-2 July 2009 in London, Nature is shining a ... | |
In a 219-212 vote, the House of Representatives passed on Friday a climate bill designed to decrease U ... The House of Representatives today passed the first comprehensive climate and energy bill, the "American Clean Energy and Security Act," by a 219 to 212 vote ... Even the most optimistic elements of the environmental community know that Friday's passage of the ... | |
, and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely ... will die before age 35, and this belief predicted that the adolescents' would engage in risky behaviours ... , and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely ... this belief corresponded to more adolescents engaging in risky behaviors ... ... antihypertensive, medication commonly prescribed to treat high blood pressure, Mauer and colleagues were able to slow progression of diabetic eye damage in more than 65 ... | |
-led team of physicists says it has created the first rudimentary, solid-state quantum ... A team led by Yale University researchers has created the first rudimentary solid-state quantum ... "Working with a group of theoretical physicists led by Steven Girvin, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics & Applied Physics, the team manufactured two artificial atoms, or qubits ('quantum bits') ... | |
