Customized 'Wimpy' Polioviruses Designed: A New Path To Vaccines?
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A team of molecular biologists and computer scientists at Stony Brook University has designed and synthesized a new class of weakened polioviruses. They used their synthesizing method with computer software to systematically re-code the poliovirus genome. In doing so, the team is the first to demonstrate that a synthetic weakened virus can immunize an animal. These results show promise in the creation of new attenuated ('live virus') anti-viral vaccines and are reported in the journal Science.
New System Devised To Guide Doctors Treating Patients With Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging
18:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
What type of intervention, if any, should cardiologists offer their patients who have a heart abnormality called myocardial bridging and symptoms of heart problems? Researchers have now developed a new classification system that may help guide decision-making.
The Validity Of Epo Testing For Athletes
18:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Epo is a hormone sometimes misused by athletes to boost their endurance. Since the test to identify the drug's presence was introduced in 2000, 33 labs have been accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency to administer the procedure. A research team has examined test results at two WADA labs, and found the detection power at the labs was poor.
Researchers Study Hidden Homicide Trend
18:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Gun-related homicide among young men rose sharply in the United States in recent years even though the nation's overall homicide rate remained flat, according to a new study. Between 1999 and 2005, homicide involving firearms increased 31 percent among black men ages 25 to 44 and 12 percent among white men of the same age.
How Neural Activity Spurs Blood Flow In The Brain
18:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Neuroscientists have pinpointed exactly how neural activity boosts blood flow to the brain. The finding has important implications for our understanding of common brain imaging techniques such as fMRI, which uses blood flow in the brain as a proxy for neural activity.
New Clinical Trial For Patients With Asbestos-associated Lung Cancer
18:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
The Mesothelioma Center within the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center is now recruiting patients for a clinical research study of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos.
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