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(American Institute of Biological Sciences) The National Science Foundation has awarded a $398,020 Research Coordination Network grant to the University of Oklahoma to help university and college faculty members improve instruction in introductory biology courses. The American Institute of Biological Sciences will receive a sub-award from the University of Oklahoma to coordinate meetings, and [...]
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(Brown University) A Brown research team led by neuroscience professor Justin Fallon has discovered a structure in the brain called the Fragile X granule, which offers a potential target for treating autism and mental retardation. Details were published Feb. 4, 2009, in the Journal of Neuroscience.
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(University of Delaware) Children with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can’t explore the world like other infants, so University of Delaware researchers built them robot-enhanced mini wheelchairs. And that could substantially improve the infants’ brain development.
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BEIJING (MedPage Today) — Almost all of the children screened for urinary stones related to the melamine-contaminated Chinese infant formula had no symptoms of urolithiasis, researchers here found.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (MedPage Today) — The FDA said its ongoing safety review of drotrecogin alfa (Xigris) will consider the findings from a recently published retrospective study that linked use of the sepsis drug with increased risk of bleeding.
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(Wiley-Blackwell) Though treatment of pain and attention to end-of-life care for pediatric cancer patients has improved over the last few decades, there is still work to be done. Additionally, opioid prescriptions for pediatric cancer patients while hospitalized during the last week of life vary greatly among hospitals.
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(Lifespan) Researchers from Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children’s Hospital have published the results of their findings on parents’ needs for information about the neurocognitive late effects of treatment for childhood cancer. The findings indicate that although parents report feeling knowledgeable about NCLE, they continue to need further information.
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(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have discovered a gene that when mutated causes obesity by dampening the body’s ability to burn energy while leaving appetite unaffected.
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(American Urological Association) The American Urological Association (AUA) will hold its Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Ill., on April 25-30, 2009. The AUA Annual Scientific Meeting is the largest meeting of urologic professionals in the world, and is attended by more than 10,000 urologists and healthcare professionals from around the world. This year, more than [...]
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(Texas A&M AgriLife Communications) A Texas AgriLife Research scientist and fellow researchers have discovered that arginine, an amino acid, reduces fat mass in diet-induced obese rats and could help fight human obesity.
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