Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(University of California - Los Angeles) Cell phones have already revolutionized the way people all over the world communicate and do business. Thanks to advances being made at UCLA, they are about to do the same thing for medicine. A prototype cell phone has been constructed which is capable of monitoring the condition of HIV [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(University of Michigan) Artificial bone marrow that can continuously make red and white blood cells has been created in a University of Michigan lab.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(University of Houston) The University of Houston’s Monte Pettitt has been awarded the distinction of Fellow from the AAAS. He is one of only three researchers in UH’s history to hold this distinction and is among 16 Texas honorees this year. As part of the section on chemistry, he was elected for distinguished [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) Researchers have developed a new generation of microscopic particles for molecular imaging, constituting one of the first promising nanoparticle platforms that may be readily adapted for tumor targeting and treatment in the clinic.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(University of Missouri-Columbia) In 2007, approximately 1,500 people nationwide were killed in crashes that involved a drunk driver from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day. Researchers from the University of Missouri and the University of Georgia found that the most important deterrence factors for high-risk drivers are their perceptions of the likelihood of being stopped or [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(Michigan State University) Only three percent of kids’ meals served at fast-food restaurants met federal dietary guidelines in the first study to examine the nutrient quality of such meals in a major US metropolitan market. The small percentage of meals that did meet dietary guidelines included fruit as a side dish and milk, and nearly [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory) Scientists have determined the structure of a third subtype of botulinum neurotoxin — a deadly toxin that causes the disease botulism, and is also used in cosmetic and therapeutic applications. The structure reveals a unique arrangement of the active components that may help explain why subtype E is faster-acting than others — [...]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
(University of California - Los Angeles) UCLA researchers engineer Escherichia coli bacteria to synthesize an important group of antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) — The FDA has given imatinib (Gleevec), the tyrosine kinase that is approved for treating resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), an indication for preventing its recurrence following surgical removal.
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Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Health News
Nationally distributed medications from compounding pharmacies, which typically adhere to less stringent quality-control standards than pharmaceutical manufacturers, can lead to multistate outbreaks. Emerging Infectious Diseases
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