• An engineer, a dentist, a veterinarian build bone tissue
• Vaccine provides 100 percent protection against avian flu virus in animal study
• Infection-fighting protein could be key to autoimmune disease, say U-M scientists
• Academy honors 15 for major contributions to science
• CNIC commits 5 million Euros to the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• BiovaxID™ yields 89 percent survival in patients with aggressive non-Hodgkins
• 'Quiet' mach 6 wind tunnel at Purdue helps shape future aircraft
• Screening for prostate cancer may not reduce men's risk of death
• XMM-Newton scores 1000 top-class science results
• Elsevier celebrates 1,000 journals with online submission and peer review
• Researchers identify gene mutation as major cause of Parkinson's in Ashkenazi Jewish patients
• New weapon in battle against osteoporosis
• Experiments help explain mysterious 'floppy' space molecule
• John Templeton Foundation awards $2.8 million to examine origins of biological complexity
• 3,317 and counting (the number of marine species in the Gulf of Maine)
• Wisconsin scientists grow two new stem cell lines in animal cell-free culture
• Radiotherapy advance points way to noninvasive brain cancer treatment
• UCSD team creates model for genetic brain syndrome
• Cancer researchers describe gene that halts spread of aggressive childhood cancer
• NHLBI media availability: Low-fat dietary pattern and weight change
• Underutilized treatment for advanced ovarian cancer found to significantly improve survival
• Use of amino acid supplement following a heart attack provides no benefit, may be harmful
• Statins have neutral effect on risk of cancer
• Low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet not associated with weight gain in postmenopausal women
• Largest study of in-hospital cardiac arrest suggests how to improve outcomes for children and adults
• HIV vaccine takes different tack to boosting immune response
• Penn study reveals prevalence of night eating syndrome among people with psychiatric conditions
• Soy diet worsens heart disease in mice, says University of Colorado at Boulder study
• New UCSF study finds that obesity is a risk factor for kidney failure
• Imaging study links key genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease to myelin breakdown
• Taking an alternative approach to HIV vaccination
• Ethnic minority groups must be included in European health research
• Other highlights in the January 4 JNCI
• Optimal adjuvant radiation therapy associated with improved survival, meta-analysis shows
• Cholesterol-lowering drugs not associated with reduced colorectal cancer risk
• Reduced brain volume may predict dementia in healthy elderly people
• Parents' impressions of neighborhood safety linked to children's weight
• Perinatal complications linked to eating disorders
• Income level may predict response to depression treatment
• Alcohol advertising may contribute to increased drinking among young people
• Lung cancer screening encouraged for smokers with a strong family history of the disease
• Cystic fibrosis clinical study patients show less lung function decline
• Raising alcohol prices can lead to more drinking instead of less
• Females, alcohol and hormones
• Alcohol-deterrent drugs help patients achieve high rates of long-term abstinence
• Treatment for depression study sees third of subjects reach remission after first phase
• An elephant tail
• Art therapy can reduce pain and anxiety in cancer patients
• Initial results help clinicians identify patients with treatment-resistant depression
• Patients and researchers differ on perception of remission from depression
• Suicide risk does not increase when adults start using antidepressants, study finds
• Where your brain wires itself to like (name your favorite brand)
• Brain's own cannabis compound protects against inflammation
• Research tracks whales by listening to sounds
• Walking three times weekly slows decline from peripheral artery disease
• Soy diet worsens heart disease
• JCI table of contents: January 4, 2006
• Breast cancer–causing gene predicts shorter survival
• Underwater listening devices yield discoveries about endangered large whales
• Highlights from the January Journal of the American Dietetic Association
• Elderly with alcoholism receive equal heart attack care
• Internal medicine organizations survey internists on maintenance of certification
• Morning grogginess more debilitating than sleep deprivation, according to CU-Boulder study
• Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 3, 2006
• Oral contraceptive pill may prevent more than pregnancy
• Virginia Tech Student Affairs administrator shares research on millennial generation
• Virginia Tech researcher examining malignant melanoma in horses
• Chronic oil pollution takes toll on seabirds along South American coast
• Archaeologists find evidence of earliest African slaves brought to new world
• Missing steps of jumping-gene replication discovered
• UNC nutrition researchers dispute claims that obesity problem is exaggerated
• Treatment method improves survival for advanced laryngeal cancer, U-M study finds
• Turbulence yields secrets to 73-year-old experiment
• Words help deterimine what we see
• Scientists find genetic pathway that could lead to drugs for kidney disease
• Inside rocks, implications for finding life on Mars
• Global effort needed to anticipate and prevent potential misuse of advances in life sciences
• Call for nominations for 2006 National Academies Communication Awards
• Scientist named first Ruth Patrick Chair in Environmental Science
• Barrow's new technology permits global consultations during surgery in real time
• New 5 year Metvix-PDT data demonstrate long-term efficacy & reliability for NM skin cancer treatment
• NYU medical experts analyze subway injuries
• NYAS China Conference reveals latest advances in biomedical sciences
• Study using new imaging technology detects subtle brain changes in patients with Type 1 diabetes
• Enter the semantic grid
• European R&D: Gehrer promises action during Austrian Presidency
• Dow AgroSciences achieves world's first registration for plant-made vaccines
• Undergraduate researcher turns up the heat on hibernation
• Airborne and satellite radars record Frascati grape harvest
• Secrets of the sea yield stronger artificial bone
• When we say the wrong thing...repairing the message
• Rural life isn't just little house on the prairie
• Intelligence may contribute to health inequalities
• Anticholinergic drugs linked to mental impairment in elderly people
• APS Physics Tip Sheet #60
• 'Biobullets' fight harmful mussels
• Yale findings hold promise for stopping progression of bipolar disorder
• Sediment layer may forecast greatest earthquakes
• Web model of influenza-host lifecycles will aid scientists in creating anti-viral drugs
• Bones from blood: Scientists aim to break new ground on fractures
• Sediment could be a major factor in biggest subduction zone earthquakes
• Like their pregnant mates, primate dads-to-be pack on pounds
• Protein holds back growth of head and neck tumors
• Dog owners hide the truth from shelters about their pets' behavioral problems
• Baboons in mourning seek comfort among friends
• State of the Union health care proposals must include provisions for preventive care, U-M experts say
• U of M researchers unlock mystery of layer encircling the Earth's core
• Hope for arthritis stems from within
• Giving déjà vu a second look
• University of Kentucky researcher identifies key to macular degeneration progression
• Think your friends know you pretty well? Think again
• Why offer promotional bonuses? New study shows how (fake) progress can motivate customers
• New study shows that variety is overrated, especially in our choices for others
• New study reveals that ads comparing two brands are frequently ineffective
• Not all eating habits are made alike. Some routines may even be beneficial, new study says
• Love of the unknown: Revealing live television's appeal
• Identifying the source of negative emotions greatly reduces their influence on unrelated decisions
• How we view ourselves affects perception of products and brands
• 'A bias for the whole': Study proves we're more willing to part with small bills
• An early lead: New study reveals consumer inclination to bias information in favor of market leader
• UBC/CBS researcher invents device to boost world supply, quality of blood platelets
• Pollution puts fat rats at heart attack risk
• Even a mile of forest can make a difference in water quality
• SNM experts focus on advances in molecular imaging for cancer, addiction, Alzheimer's, heart disease
• Discovery of new gene for rare nerve disease may help doctors understand more common illnesses
• St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix offers special test for children with stroke risk
• Researchers take aim at the causes of heart valve disease
• Rice student earns top Texas nano honors
• Who's the liar? Brain MRI stands up to polygraph test
• Imaging changes treatment for lower back pain
• Rensselaer President calls for State of the Union focus on nation's capacity to innovate
• Australian of the Year award to Ian Frazer salutes important win in the war against cancer
• Australian biomedical scientist wins top UK award for ovary research
• NJIT to receive honor from Newark Preservation Committee
• Study finds nerve damage in previously mysterious chronic pain syndrome
• Infant transplant patients resist infections that kill adult AIDS patients
• You don't say: Patient-doctor nonverbal communication says a lot
• ESMO International Symposium on Prostate Cancer
• Simulator for fork-lift trucks
• The Alzheimer patient who sang 'Oh, what a beautiful morning!'
• Argonne researchers contribute 1000th structure
• Study finds mass behavioral health plan is a good value
• Improved diagnostic technology for Crohn's disease
• ACP proposes solutions for America's health care system
• ACP releases annual report on 'The State of the Nation's Health Care'
• Warning to government from biotech on PBS changes
• UQ staff honoured in 2006 Australia Day awards
• Research shows brain's ability to overcome pain and thirst
• Fifth VentrAssist implant in US feasibility trial
• Australian medicine again recognised in Australian of the Year
• New survey indicates preemie parents uninformed about RSV prevention
• Using mobile phones reduces error rate in hospital care
• Procedure allows women to freeze eggs to preserve future fertility
• Guidelines for Yale physician interactions with pharmaceutical industry
• Flap over fishes: Who's the smallest of them all?
• From 2-D blueprint, material assembles into novel 3-D nanostructures
• Penn study identifies patients most at-risk for secondary strokes
• A real time look at interactions between RNA and proteins
• Fluoride varnish helps prevent tooth decay in very young children
• Significant number of emphysema patients would find lasting benefit from lung surgery
• New sonofusion experiment produces results without external neutron source
• Experts find better way to scrub milking hardware
• Ray of hope for vultures facing extinction
• NASA satellite catches a hurricane transforming itself
• NASA assesses strategies to 'turn off the heat' in New York City
• Converging satellites unlock Hurricane Lili's sudden demise
• The sweet smell of nano-success
• Hi ho silver! FSU physicist helps discover an atomic oddity
• Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research
• Free HIV tests cheaper than charging when goal is preventing AIDS
• Test identifies best candidates for implanted cardiac defibrillator, screens out those not helped
• Poor control of diabetes in a large sample of patients
• Maternal death rates in Canada are too high
• Amputation among patients with diabetes mellitus: Is height a factor?
• Yale group to study atmospheric 'tsunamis'
• Cardiovascular and immunology research alliance announced by Yale and Boehringer Ingelheim
• Study: How to make mentors matter in the sciences
• Self-knowledge can be a sweetheart of a Valentine's Day gift
• Canine cancer vaccine program shows early promise
• Researchers identify major source of muscle repair cells
• Mountain ranges rise dramatically faster than expected
• UNC scientists discover 'gatekeeper' protein in blood clotting
• Scientists spot solitary stem cells in living bone marrow
• Underdogs in the understory: Study suggests nature favors rarer trees
• Study links early friendships with high-quality sibling relationships
• Five European laboratories forms a concerted effort to understand tumor-host interactions
• UCSD study finds anthrax toxins also harmful to fruit flies
• New book helps returning veterans and families adjust to life after war
• Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land
• St. Jude conducts first large-scale bird flu genome study
• Stevens professor awarded Office of Naval Research grant
• Grants from research to prevent blindness surpass $7.9 million in 2005
• Fingerprints provide crucial clue to new nanofiber fabrication technique
• Marsupial genome reveals insights into mammalian evolution
• Sequencing our seas
• Telebriefing: NIH announces program for new scientific investigators
• Life-threatening lupus responds to stem cell transplant therapy
• Wyoming cloud seeding experiment begins this month
• Stopping antidepressants during pregnancy may lead to symptom recurrence
• Using statins to potentially treat rheumatoid arthritis
• Stem cells from muscles can repair cartilage
• Studies examine associations between provider characteristics and mortality rates in ovarian cancer
• Other highlights in the February 1 JNCI
• Mystery of metallic glass is cracked by Johns Hopkins engineers
• Women with major depression at risk of relapse during pregnancy
• Research shows promise for using stem cell transplantation to treat patients with severe lupus
• Blood safety program in South Africa associated with decline in HIV-1 in blood donations
• In Grids we trust
• BRCA1 gene found to inhibit two sex hormones, not just one
• February Geology media highlights
• Genomatix improves its coverage of Affymetrix new exon arrays
• Personalized treatments according to type of obesity
• Computer systems assisting orthopaedic surgeons
• Researchers collaborate to understand phenomena controlling PEM fuel cell performance, durability
• Wide range of topics covered by new research units
• National Academies advisory: Jan. 31 release of biosecurity report
• 'Super Bowls' lead to super appetites
• Women still secondary breadwinners in marriages
• Abortion-rights and anti-abortion groups share some values
• Stress and emotions can negatively effect heart health
• Rain gardens soak up urban storm water pollution
• AANP and UpToDate partner to improve patient care
• Yale study: Not enough metals in earth to meet global demand
• Mad-cow culprit maintains stem cells
• Satellites show Amazon parks, indigenous reserves stop forest clearing
• Human trial proves ricin vaccine safe, induces neutralizing antibodies; further tests planned
• University of Utah surgeon returns from Iraq to help start-up company fight cancer
• Penn to test new thermal energy procedure to reduce asthmatic symptoms
• Pitt professor's theory of evolution gets boost from cell research
• Carbon nanotubes that detect disease-causing mutations developed by Pitt researcher
• Research breakthrough pinpoints aim of ion beams fired at cancer tumors
• U of M hosts business planning for pandemic influenza
• Hunt for planets outside solar system uncovers a small one
• Hip hop and linguistics: You ain't heard no research like it!
• Common food preservative might provide treatment for cystic fibrosis
• Study implicates defective synapse generator in onset of Alzheimer's
• Anxious fathers make caesarean ops more painful for mothers
• Source of crucial immune cell in the skin discovered
• Two new lakes found beneath Antarctic ice sheet
• UQ Australian of the Year will continue to fight for women's health
• Online ear and hearing diagnosis to break sound barrier
• Researchers discover smallest planet outside solar system
• Even with more free time, women feel no less rushed, study finds
• Common molecular 'signature' identified in solid tumors
• NASA presents at American Meteorological Society annual meeting
• NASA news events at the AMS annual meeting
• Robot set loose to film your insides
• Dark energy enigma won't go away
• Experts to address use of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials at joint Mayo-FDA forum
• What causes chronic fatigue syndrome?
• Public education key to ending bureaucratic regulation that stifles medical research
• Eating more than five portions of fruit & vegetables a day can substantially reduce risk of stroke
• Breast ducts: A new site for cancer treatment?
• IEEE-USA commends senators for introducing 'Protect America's Competitive Edge (PACE) Act'
• Discovery of coolest Earth-like planet
• Study on hypertension indicates racial disparity among Hispanics
• Master genetic switch found for chronic pain
• Hot-spring bacteria flip a metabolic switch
• Hurricane Katrina: Who was hit? Who will return?
• Penguins okay with human visitors— for now
• Vaccinate infants of hepatitis B mothers, say experts
• Unplanned quit attempts more likely to succeed
• UK plans to cut street prostitution will threaten sex workers' health
• Tobacco industry promoted 'ineffective' ventilation systems
• Guiding principles for facial transplantation unveiled
• Microbiology text tells stories, offers online resources
• Contagious obesity? Identifying the human adenoviruses that may make us fat
• Congressional bills introduced to increase US research funding and competitiveness
• 'To be or, or ... um ... line!'
• AGU journal highlights - 25 January 2006
• American Chemical Society calls on President to address US innovation, competitiveness
• American College of Physicians predicts crisis in primary care
• Professor to explore global emergence of engineering
• Duck-billed dino crests not linked to sense of smell
• First two research awards from university-industry partnership
• Use your brain, halve your risk of dementia
• Breakthrough in brain injury study at University of Leicester
• Awareness under anaesthesia-findings from research by University of Leicester professor
• Fitness counteracts cognitive decline from hormone-replacement therapy
• Bird flu poses threat to international security, Illinois scholar says
• Diabetes complications rooted in faulty cell repair
• New study explores beetle species with two forms of females
• Mute swan population helps explain longstanding evolutionary question
• Patterns in genome organization may partially explain how microbial cells work
• Internet game provides breakthrough in predicting the spread of epidemics, report scientists
• A UAB research team discovers a new type of building built in Peru over 2000 years ago
• Tufts University receives federal grant to address occupational risks among immigrants
• Role of the nervous system in regulating stem cells discovered
• Progress needed on global regime for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing
• Leading hepatology textbook edited by SLU researchers
• Brain abnormality found in Alzheimer's disease related to gait impairment in older persons
• Study reveals Maori and Pacific islanders have increasing incidence of stroke
• Unhappy marriages detrimental to self-esteem and health
• Controlling neglected tropical diseases will boost fight against HIV, TB, and malaria
• A new way to help computers recognize patterns
• 2005 was the warmest year in a century
• Closer to home
• NJIT's SmartCampus project to create closer connections
• NJIT mathematician receives noted math prize
• Weight loss improves bladder control in women with prediabetes
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Common bacteria pirate natural mechanism to get inside cells
• WHSRN announces three new international sites
• Approaching a stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease
• Trauma-center care significantly lowers risk of death
• Johns Hopkins team discovers statue of Egyptian queen
• Treatment of Down syndrome in mice restores nerve growth in cerebellum
• Crop development efforts get major boost
• International breast health guidelines
• Emory study lights up the political brain
• Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
• Next generation three-dimensional photoelectric modules
• Influenza pandemic will pose tough choices for use of mechanical ventilation
• Genetic evidence shows colonialists pushed orang-utans to brink of extinction
• HIV prevention hope: Yogurt bugs that make antiviral drugs
• New pathway could present an intervention point for cancer treatment
• Regular use of selective COX-2 inhibitors decreases risk of breast cancer
• Children's peer relationships have enormous influence
• Mark Estelle of Indiana University awarded Kumho International Science Prize
• ASM Biodefense Research Meeting
• Pair of studies offer new clues to combat antibiotic resistance
• Jan/Feb Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
• New Zealand tops environmental scorecard at World Economic Forum in Davos
• Immune system response to viral DNA is unique
• Complications in plastic surgery are unrelated to duration of anesthesia
• Activation of a protein solidifies fear memory in the brain
• Common blood thinner increases risk of bone fracture
• York researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
• UW scientists unravel critical genetic puzzle for flu virus replication
• Mining for gems in the fungal genome
• Stem cell study seeks to prevent heart failure
• NFL players show more rapid recovery from concussions than high school players
• News nuggests: University of Pittsburgh health sciences research roundup
• Infections could contribute to adult brain tumours
• Breakthrough for stem cell research
• End-of-life wishes vary among racial and ethnic groups, and between genders, study finds
• Of mice, men, trees and the global carbon cycle
• Chemical warfare agent detection technology used to treat lung disease
• Public schools equal or better in math than private or charter schools
• DNA-wrapped carbon nanotubes serve as sensors in living cells
• Pleasing plant shapes explained by new computer model
• Study of tropical forests worldwide reveals that nature encourages diversity
• Ethanol can replace gasoline with big energy savings, comparable impact on greenhouse gases
• Cause of ongoing pain discovered
• Age-related memory improvement linked with consumption of apple products
• Academy awards medal to noted expert in disappearing amphibians
• Discovery at Barrow localizes visual awareness
• From Quonset huts to ballerinas
• Researchers map of genetic variations implicated in disease
• Pay cuts lead to worker insomnia, but supervisor training helps
• Clawed frog helps Fanconi anemia research make leaps
• NASA flies into tropical 'portal' to the stratosphere
• NJIT solar physicists report paradox: Less sunlight, but temps rise
• Mice studies illustrate potential of chimp/human antibodies to protect against smallpox
• Studies examine withholding of scientific data among researchers, trainees
• Trace the money
• Study suggests statins can prevent sepsis in people with cardiovascular disease
• Darkness more than triples EMS helicopter crash fatality risk
• Networking computers to help combat disease
• Study: Newer antibiotic more effective at treating elders' pneumonia
• Advancing the biomedical frontier: Experimental Biology 2006
• It's far, it's small, it's cool: It's an icy exoplanet!
• Warning of risk to breast cancer patients from vaginal oestrogen
• Predicting the weather on Titan?
• Typhoid fever led to the fall of Athens
• Livermore researchers shed light on physical properties of carbon
• RNAi and telomere length
• Equalizing the sexes
• AAAS and EurekAlert! announce winners of the 2006 Fellowships for Reporters from Developing Regions
• Marine scientists going down for the count
• Low-cost drug gaining favor for use in HIV-infected children in poor countries
• Induced labor has some benefits in cases of premature water break
• Alzheimer's drugs offer modest improvements, equal effectiveness
• ASU's Nanotech in Society Center hosts launch event
• More to learn about soybean rust in the 2006 growing season
• 2006 Ocean Sciences Meeting: Press conferences planned
• Sustainable farm practices improve Third World food production
• Compounds in licorice root may help fight tooth decay
• UQ scientist honoured for developing the world's first cancer vaccine
• Healing from research: A real possibility
• Magnetic misfits: South seeking bacteria in the Northern Hemisphere
• Researchers isolate causes of cognitive loss following coronary artery bypass surgery
• Viral, gold nanoparticles can assemble themselves to potentially find and treat disease
• From communications to biosensors, nanotech research dominates UH contest
• For orthopedic injuries, a robot that follows patients as they move
• Less than half of US healthcare workers get flu shots
• Efforts to reform security making Iraq 'less secure': UN experts
• Major new awards program honors cancer researcher
• Book by Stevens professor enthusiastically reviewed
• Hazard mitigation can save money
• Shirley Ann Jackson to lecture at NJIT on energy security and education
• Aspirin therapy may be safe for some survivors of brain hemorrhage
• Headache, sleep problems connected in children
• From mirror to mist: Cracking the secret of fracture instabilities
• Women with endometriosis undergoing IVF benefit from treatment with GnRH agonists
• Chinese, Tibetan and Indian herbal medicines may help people with irritable bowel syndrome
• Antibiotic eardrops better than pills at treating middle ear infections
• How Science Works and How Can It Inform Policy?
• Spacecraft, heal thyself
• Fruit fly's beating heart helps identify human heart disease genes
• Discoveries may advance stem cell therapy for Parkinson's, cancer patients
• Study shows parental alcoholism creates risk factors for substance abuse in emerging adults
• Metabolic syndrome identified as risk factor for kidney-pancreas transplant patients
• UNC, Virginia Tech create digital library curriculum
• Toward a quantum computer, one dot at a time
• Pitt researchers develop less risky treatment for depression, seizures
• UNC Charlotte linguist restores lost language, culture for 'The New World'
• New theory explains electronic and thermal behavior of nanotubes
• Erectile dysfunction may warn of heart disease
• Two new dusty planetary disks may be astrophysical mirrors of our Kuiper Belt
• Fewer fish eggs, smaller fish result from over-fishing
• New software tool helps protect nation's drinking water
• The Curitiba Virtual Biodiversity Conference
• Nuclear medicine imaging allows prediction of breast cancer patients' response to hormonal treatment
• IEEE conference awards 'best student paper' to group from Stevens
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Purdue engineers solve chaos mystery in use of high-tech microscope
• Study reveals new player in sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome
• New study questions dark matter in galaxies and clusters of galaxies
• New compound stops brain cell degeneration in Alzheimer's disease
• Increased competition for pollen may lead to plant extinctions
• Birth defects: 8 million annually worldwide
• British blackcurrants beat Alzheimer's
• JCI table of contents, January 26, 2006
• Asian populations less likely to get relief from chest pain with nitroglycerin
• Low-level heat wrap therapy safely reduces low back pain and improves mobility in the workplace
• White blood cell count, inflammation linked to cancer deaths
• Supplemental radiation therapy beneficial for stage I endometrial cancer
• New model may help identify patients with pulmonary embolism who are at low risk of death
• Heart injury due to carbon monoxide poisoning increases long-term risk of death
• Erectile dysfunction common, linked with severity of heart disease
• Consumption of omega-3 fatty acids unlikely to significantly reduce risk of cancer
• Malaria parasites develop in lymph nodes
• Commonly used antidepressants may also affect human immune system
• Evolution study tightens human-chimp connection
• It's tough at the top for high-flying British women
• Swiss researchers develop all-in-one remote control gene expression tool
• The closest look ever at the cell's machines
• Discovering, Funding, Growing
• Dartmouth, GlycoFi researchers make leap in protein bioengineering
• Stopping the clock: Genetics of tumor latency in skin cancer
• Viagra®, unlikely tool for vision research, slows the visual response to flickering light
• Reactive oxygen species shown essential for development of inner ear's balance machinery
• Keeping biological tubes in check: New insights into tube size morphogenesis
• Carnegie Mellon develops non-invasive technique to detect transplant rejection at cellular level
• Studies confirm effectiveness of fentanyl lozenges for 'breakthrough' cancer pain
• Older drugs may be good stopgap treatment for malaria in Africa
• Massage for childbirth prep may reduce episiotomy rate
• Growing crops to cope with climate change
• The evolution of food plants: Genetic control of grass flower architecture
• Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
• Working memory retains visual details despite distractions
• 'Reverse' tanning process could revolutionize leather industry
• ACS Chemistry Enterprise 2015 report predicts strong growth, expanding markets
• Early release article from Annals of Internal Medicine
• For some, aspirin doesn't increase risk of recurring hemorrhagic stroke
• Fat overload kills mammalian cells — key culprit identified
• UW astronomer hits cosmic paydirt with Stardust
• New study examines scope of online breast cancer support groups
• Newest M.D. Anderson SPORE to fund breast cancer research
• Half of active children pursue non-traditional physical activities
• Engineers develop smallest device to control light, advance silicon technology
• Race/ethnicity predict lipids, heart-disease risk in HIV-1 patients on protease inhibitors
• First impressions of beauty may demonstrate why the pretty prosper
• New 'molecular switch' protein protects the heart from major cardiovascular damage
• Europe's largest climate change experiment launched
• Defusing a time bomb: Heart attack risk-detection technology developed at UH
• Long-term ecological research should include studies on how social science interacts with ecosystems
• Growth hormone, obesity can trigger sleep apnea in some kids
• Ahead of the game
• UCSD biologists find new evidence for one-way evolution
• Heart-healthy compound in chocolate identified
• Grant for ultrafast optical communications
• City of Hope becomes 5AM Solution's first open source client
• Mount Sinai expands cutting-edge molecular testing
• Report demonstrates safety of nuclear medicine procedures
• Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute resolve 40-year eye movement, visibility controversy
• Rutgers researchers create tiny chemical cages to enclose drug, pesticide molecules
• Public support for environmental protection on the decline
• PC report on health workforce deserves close attention
• Penn State researchers help businesses identify bad workplace trends
• New method developed for exploring frustrated systems
• Screening blood for West Nile virus
• Genetic study shows humans have pushed orangutans to the brink of extinction
• Ethnic differences in response to HIV medicines
• Astrophysics study examines galaxy rotation curve data without dark matter
• Scientists find unusual lung-cancer tumor-suppressor gene
• Divorce drops a person's wealth by 77 percent, study finds
• Ossur acquires US orthopaedics company
• Gene therapy 'turns off' mutation linked to Parkinson's disease
• One million people in medical gamble
• International HIV/AIDS trial finds continuous antiretroviral therapy superior to episodic therapy
• Genetics plays role in relapse of illicit drug-seeking behavior
• In spite of ourselves
• Global warming - the blame is not with the plants
• Rise in sudden infant death syndrome cases involving infants that sleep with parent on a sofa
• MPs should consider health for all when they vote on a smoking ban
• Funds needed to scale up global efforts to control avian influenza
• Four antivirals not suitable for routine seasonal influenza control
• Epidural injection does not reduce long-term pain for people with shingles
• GlycoFi announces the first production of antibodies with human glycosylation in yeast
• Palliative radiation actually a cure for some lung cancer patients
• Invasive skin cancer a growing problem in Hispanics
• Low cholesterol cues cataract development
• In the mind's eye: How the brain makes a whole out of parts
• Genome sequencing is for ecologists, too
• Where now for agent-based computing?
• Scientists find stronger evidence for link between cat faeces and schizophrenia
• 'Vioxx like' drugs may still be best option for arthritis, write scientists
• TIGER innovators enhance North-South collaboration
• Obesity lawsuits – lessons learned from tobacco litigation
• Magnetic spin details may lead to new devices
• By straddling twin molecules, Sandia physicist obtains unique view of their breakup
• Superplastic behavior revealed in carbon nanotubes
• Mobile climate monitoring facility to sample skies in Africa
• Tiny RNA molecules fine-tune the brain's synapses
• Hypertension data may mask racial disparities among Hispanics
• Martian snow source of tropical glaciers, research team reports
• Carl and Ruth Shapiro family donates $25 million for new science center at Brandeis University
• Nursing professor calls for steps to close the reality gap between education and practice
• Work stress leads to heart disease and diabetes
• Wine drinkers have healthier diets than beer drinkers
• Mobile phone use not linked to increased risk of glioma brain tumours
• Current interpretation of data protection law hampers medical research
• Academy Professor Kari Alitalo receives the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine 2006
• Call for entries: 2006 Acoustics Writing Awards
• Vitamin A analog is a potential lung cancer preventative with few side effects
• Powerful technique for multiplying adult stem cells may aid therapies
• Virginia Tech scientists develop process for creating biocompatible fibers
• Mice with defective memory may hold clues to schizophrenia
• Scientists link another gene to degenerative blindness
• Scientist honored with second-most cited research paper of the decade
• Nurses' research proves mother knows best when taking temp
• Utah researchers confirm chromosome may harbor autism gene
• USC scientists link variations in growth-factor gene to risk of prostate cancer
• Work on microbes earns honors for two dental researchers
• Phase change in fluids finally simulated after decades of effort
• Lots of flowers and trees, not enough birds and bees
• UNC Charlotte and Georgia Institute of Technology selected for DHS national visualization team
• Researchers find effective, cheap treatment for cystic fibrosis lung disease
• Women's silent health problem: Study finds fecal incontinence is prevalent in US women
• U of MN researchers identify ataxia gene
• Liverpool Primary project to be delivered nationwide
• UC San Diego partners with Venter Institute to build marine microbial genomics cyberinfrastructure
• Study finds evolution doesn't always favor bigger animals
• Norwegian government handles research fraud
• Stanford study of owls finds link in brain between sight and sound
• Mountain bikers are cautioned to ride with care - major injuries do happen
• Two arsenic removal papers by Stevens professor make ScienceDirect's top 25
• Visual research seeks to cut through clutter
• New program puts the brakes on depression roundabout
• The science of tickling (ourselves) is no laughing matter, Queen's psychologist says
• Researchers study energy-saving method for small office buildings
• Penn State selected for DHS National Visualization Team
• NYU's Seeman named winner of 2005 World Technology Award after Woo Suk Hwang stripped of honor
• NYU's Ledoux wins Fyssen Foundation's International Prize for work on neural basis of emotions
• NJIT engineer poised to take stem cell research a step forward
• Updated federal guide on cryptography available
• Simulation program predicts resistivity in nanodevices
• Helping small firms run large supply chains
• NHLBI media availability: Treatment shows long-term benefits for cystic fibrosis patients
• Forty-seven million Americans are victims of workplace aggression
• MIT researcher sees big impact of little cracks
• Potential treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage under study
• Manomet Conservation Center awarded major grant to Foster
• Mayo Clinic collaboration discovers protein amplifies DNA injury signals
• New possibilities to fight pests with biological means
• How nerve cells stay in shape
• Study sets new gold standard for initial antiretroviral treatment of HIV infection
• Successful medical outcomes? It's the relationship that counts
• As terrestrial telecoms dial into satellite networks
• Indigenous Amazonians display core understanding of geometry
• Monitoring system needed to prevent safety hazard of problem physicians
• First baseline data by REACH supports and extends ESC's Euroaspire findings
• Management of quality in communication services
• Image processing for applications in artificial vision
• An alternative therapy against brucellosis
• Purdue and IUSM selected for DHS national visualization team
• PNNL awards contracts to four universities for homeland security work
• Haze dynasty
• USDA and DOE to coordinate research of plant and microbial genomics
• Cardiff University experts solve manufacturing problem
• Patients want as much info as their GP in post-consultation letters
• Boston College scientists stretch carbon nanotubes
• Addressing alcohol problems in the regular health care setting, outside of specialized treatment
• New cocoa evidence on why plant foods are beneficial to cardiovascular health
• The Euroscience Open Forum 2006 announces the conference programme
• Prophylactic surgeries prevent two gynecological cancers in women with Lynch syndrome
• University of Toronto-led ethics network to help guide Grand Challenges in Global Health initiative
• Poll reveals half British public support nuclear future
• Water crises prompt governments to seek help from end-users – UN University book
• Unequal incomes in Asia a 'particular worry' when aligned with political or ethnic divisions
• Repetition reverses med students' stethoscope shortcomings
• 'Bird flu' infections in humans prompt new investigation at Saint Louis University
• Researchers use dirt to stay one step ahead of antibiotic resistance
• Autism Speaks makes major funding commitment for unprecedented national autism database
• Researchers develop portable 'vein finder' for faster, more accurate injections
• Glycoprotein hormone receptors
• Sandia researchers seek ways to make lithium-ion batteries work longer, safer
• Carnegie Mellon receives grant to study security issues
• Norwegian torpedo boat service associated with increased risk of birth defects
• Impotency drugs may be associated with increased risk of optic nerve damage
• Household insecticides associated with increased risk of childhood leukaemia
• Comedy films boost blood flow to the heart
• Study highlights distress caused by bladder problems affecting one in six people over 40
• Three neuronal growth factors may be key to understanding alcohol's effects
• Daughters of alcoholics
• Chronic drinking and smoking cause both separate and interactive brain injury
• Stardust parachutes to soft landing in Utah with dust samples from comet
• Darkness unveils vital metabolic fuel switch between sugar and fat
• Nanoscopic coloured coatings for durable interior applications
• Improved photolithography techniques for electronic circuitry of the future
• Changing thermal conductivity to improve the performance of silicon nitride components
• Bioenergy - I: From concept to commercial processes
• Fewer deaths than 2004, but earthquakes still kill nearly 90,000 in 2005
• Wisconsin professor wins top prize for research on corporate finance
• UW-Madison programmer gives weather for the palm of your hand
• Tool developed to silence genes in specific tissues using RNAi
• Point-of-care test proves more effective for recurrent bladder cancer than conventional lab test
• Flu not the only germ threat this time of year
• Fat chance of becoming manic-depressive
• Manchester oral health pioneer wins second major honour in six months
• Illinois pig to make history as source of first complete swine genome
• Absence of critical protein linked to infertility
• Full-day vs. half-day kindergarten
• Patients now surviving once-fatal immune disease
• Embedded journalist to discuss re-engineering Iraq at Stevens
• Curry and cauliflower could halt prostate cancer
• Information technologies reshaping the real estate landscape in unexpected ways
• Mutation that protects against HIV infection may raise risk of West Nile virus illness
• Exercise associated with reduced risk of dementia in older people
• Study identifies molecule essential for proper localization of blood stem cells
• Anti-adhesive layers leave no hope for insects
• Environmental exposure to cadmium associated with increased cancer risk
• Trends likely to affect us all in 2006: IEEE-USA Today's Engineer Online article
• First Galileo signals transmitted by GIOVE-A
• Aspirin reduces cardiovascular risks in men and women -- but differently
• Livermore researchers find new source of coherent light
• New cellular flaw found in some virulent breast cancers
• Risks of sulfonylurea drugs in the treatment of diabetes mellitus
• New data on trends in obesity in Canada
• Does household income affect access to medical care in developed countries?
• Antidepressant therapy for major depression in children and adolescents
• Smoking during pregnancy may affect baby's fingers and toes
• Medicaid matters to children: How Medicaid can help drive quality improvement in pediatrics
• Avian influenza virus in mammals spreads beyond the site of infection to other organ systems
• ACP predicts looming crisis in primary care
• Thiamin deficiency common in hospitalized heart failure patients
• People who restrict calories have 'younger' hearts
• Hospital volume doesn't explain racial disparity in cardiovascular procedure deaths
• Caffeine limits blood flow to heart muscle during exercise
• Caloric restriction appears to prevent primary aging in the heart
• Researchers identify target for therapeutic drugs to fight most common adult brain cancer
• Crater drilling declared major success
• Author explores CIA connections to torture tactics from Cold War to present
• AstraZeneca and M. D. Anderson Cancer Center form umbrella scientific collaboration agreements
• Donner Party cannibalism legends remain unproven
• Emergency angioplasty patients do best at hospitals where it's the 'default' treatment
• Delaying surgery for hernia repair a safe option
• Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say
• Cracking the genetic code for control of gene expression
• Increased sexual competition among flowering plants in biodiversity hotspots may lead to extinctions
• Gene-specific Ebola therapies protect non-human primates from lethal disease
• Oh, rats! Designer animals reveal possible heart disease genes
• Society of Nuclear Medicine commends FDA for release of new guidance documents
• Journalists to discuss scientific challenges in Stevens lecture
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Post-Katrina wave of Mexican migrant workers reflects changing immigration trends from 1990
• Siblings' bad habits brush off
• OHSU researchers discover protein fragment that helps predict breast cancer outcome
• Author of new book on evolution that solves Darwin's dilemma to speak at NY Academy of Sciences
• Cosmic battle creates Milky-Way sized tunnel
• Astronomers weigh 'recycled' millisecond pulsar
• Study links Alzheimer's disease to abnormal cell division
• Statement on NIH research on obesity and type 2 diabetes
• Urine test helps detect 99 percent of recurring bladder cancers
• Other highlights in the January 18 JNCI
• HPV testing a cost-effective strategy for women with equivocal cervical screening results
• Vitamin D signals to prevent bone loss during osteoporosis
• JCI table of contents: January 19, 2006
• Quality of life associated with long-term survival in patients with head and neck cancer
• Patients prescribed long-term corticosteroids often do not receive therapy to prevent osteoporosis
• Measurement of urinary protein can help detect recurrent bladder cancer
• Delaying surgery is a safe, acceptable option for some men with hernia
• Aspirin reduces the risk of cardiovascular events, though effects differ between men and women
• Anesthesia duration not an indicator of adverse outcomes for patients having plastic surgery
• Putting pedestrian safety in the driving seat
• Former NSF Deputy Director to receive IEEE-USA Distinguished Public Service Award
• Key heart and Alzheimer's disease protein imaged for first time in native state
• Satellites see largest jet of particles created between Sun and Earth
• Expanding co-operation: German ground station tracks ESA moon mission
• Comet dust brought back to Earth: Paving the way for Rosetta
• Early drinking in teens linked to alcohol use in movies
• Berkeley scientists get first detailed look at Dicer
• Journal of Alzheimer's Disease is devoted to metal ions and neurodegenerative diseases
• New key brain target of fat hormone
• How taste response is hard-wired into the brain
• Armpit odour can exude women's fertility
• Robust monitoring is crucial to patient choice
• New scheme will help London's most vulnerable people
• Cancer patients put at risk by shortage of radiotherapy staff
• AACR supports new FDA clinical research guidelines
• Study: Competition for sex is a 'jungle out there'
• MRIs better at diagnosing needs for 'bionic ear' implants
• USP releases national report
• Advanced genomics and proteomics improve the diagnosis and treatment of a deadly lung disease
• Health seriously declines, disparities increase as youths become adults
• Protein finding could lead to treatment for inflammatory diseases
• Planet finders use much faster instrument to discover distant planet
• How elasticity affects the market for illegal goods
• UCLA scientists uncover mechanism of response to targeted therapy
• UC Riverside releases analysis of tribal government gaming in California
• Deep-rooted plants have much greater impact on climate than experts thought
• Landslides: Experts seek ways to mitigate losses, danger said growing due to climate change
• Norman R. Augustine to receive 2006 Public Welfare Medal, Academy's highest honor
• St. Jude projects 90 percent cure rate for ALL
• Rockefeller researchers discover a biological clock within a clock
• Engineers create mathematical method to design better robots, structures
• Optical wireless and broadband over power lines: High speed, secure Wi-Fi alternative
• 'Play' model of information system design makes teammates of users and designers
• Older women have worse survival from breast cancer
• Climate change drives widespread amphibian extinctions
• NASA gambles all for a shot at the moon
• Most behaviors preceding major causes of preventable death have begun by young adulthood
• 7th International Neuro-Psychoanalytical Congress
• 2006! Year of Sigmund Freud
• Manomet report studies impact of massive turnover of timberland in New England's Northern Forest
• Vertebroplasty heals fractures but may cause others, Mayo Clinic study finds
• Researchers identify early warning signs for meningococcal disease in children
• New cervical screening technique no better than conventional smear test
• Global guidelines for iron and folic acid supplementation in children should be revised
• Antidepressants and electroconvulsive therapy are the best treatment options for depression
• Memory design breakthrough can lead to faster computers
• Molecule does more than slice and dice RNA
• Practice makes deadly perfection, FSU suicide researcher says
• 5th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC)
• ESA and ANU make space propulsion breakthrough
• Hubble panoramic view of Orion Nebula reveals thousands of stars
• Elsevier announces a new publishing partnership with the American Association of Endodontists
• PNNL unveils GridWise(TM) initiative to test new electric grid technologies
• Sandia researchers aim to keep points-of-entry safe through systems-level modeling of operations
• Severe periodontal disease is more frequent among socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals
• Clemson University research leads to improved airport runways
• Clemson research collaboration reveals star forming activity
• Why the brain has 'gray matter'
• Research details how a virus hijacks cell signals to cause infection
• One in five patients on commonly prescribed diuretics have abnormal sodium and potassium levels
• 'Darwinian debt' may explain why fish stocks don't recover
• Sun protection for plants
• APS Physics Tip Sheet #59
• Sir Roger Penrose receives 2006 JPBM Communications Award
• Study by Einstein researchers could lead to a novel strategy for treating obesity
• Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 17, 2006
• Weizmann Institute suggests that immune cells help to maintain cognition and brain cell renewal
• Yale study explains complex infection fighting mechanism
• Region of DNA strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease
• Cloned stem cells prove identical to fertilized stem cells
• Researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center uncover clue to explain invasive brain tumors
• Viral 'fitness' explains different resistance patterns to aids drugs
• New insights into massive black hole: UCLA astronomy
• Astronomers report mysterious giant star clusters
• First demonstration of 'teaching' in non-human animals
• New insights into neural tube defects
• Stanford/Packard scientist's data-mining technique strikes genetic gold
• Magnetism flicks switch on 'dark excitons'
• Supersized 'island' of resistance genes discovered in an infectious bacterium
• New technique for detecting ability of flu viruses to infect humans
• Component in soy products causes reproductive problems in laboratory mice
• NIAID media availability: Understanding influenza infection
• Scientists find black hole's 'point of no return'
• MIT: Spinning black hole leaves dent in space-time
• The forgotten methane source
• Scientists 'RAVE-ing' about most ambitious star survey ever
• Taking a taxi could increase your exposure to pollution
• Common enzyme is a key player in DNA repair
• Exercise is linked to later onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
• Protein 'nanosprings' most resilient found in nature
• Report highlights DOE Joint Genome Institute achievements
• Oncogenic role for Bcl-3
• Any way you splice it: FGF8 in development
• Carnegie Mellon U. scientist receives NSF funding to build innovative mass spectrometer
• U of S researchers develop new vaccine candidate against hepatitis C
• Report shows deforestation threatens Brazil's Pantanal
• Mental stress may lead to heart disease
• Epsilon4 allele carriers show altered brain activity before onset of Alzheimer's symptoms
• El Nino events affect whale breeding
• The secret life of algae
• Hispanic asthma rates highest among Puerto Ricans
• Drug cuts sleep apnea in heart failure patients
• Regular exercise reduces risk for dementia and Alzheimer's disease by 30 to 40 percent, new study finds
• A closer look at oral controlled release
• ICS most effective for persistent asthma in children
• Anthroposophic lifestyle reduces risk of allergic disease in children
• Variation in bitter-taste receptor gene increases risk for alcoholism
• Tumor cells that border normal tissue are told to leave
• Soy phytoestrogens may block estrogen effects
• Study shows increasing nursing staff improves safety and quality in hospitals
• Administering stem cells to patients with myocardial infarction leads to a reduction of the infarct
• VCU researchers find risk factors for depression may be largely the same in men and women
• Profit-driven corporations can make management blind to ethics, study says
• Newer football helmet design may reduce incidence of concussions in high school players
• Study shows inhaled medicine improves survival for lung transplant patients
• Multi-wavelength images help astronomers study star birth, death
• Virtual microscope allows public to search for dust grains in Stardust detectors
• UC Berkeley astronomers find magnetic Slinky in constellation of Orion
• Milky Way galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum
• Psychologists make better shareholders
• AIDS drug from sunflowers
• Rewriting glacial history in Pacific North America
• Global warming drives epidemic disease wiping out amphibian populations
• 15 percent of US employees work under influence of alcohol
• Trusted head injury prevention technique debunked
• Researchers confirm role of massive flood in climate change
• Barrow researcher receives $965,000 grant to study nicotine and smoking cessation
• New book edited by Stevens professor favorably reviewed
• BiovaxID™ produces long term clinical remission and 95 percent overall survival
• Zebra finches remember songs dad sang
• Scientists probe black hole's inner sanctum
• Massive star cluster found in Milky Way
• GroPep starts Phase 1 infertility trial
• Caring for cancer carers: Are women's needs different from men's?
• Chinese pre-schoolers show better self control than North Americans, says Queen's psychologist
• Preparing for flu pandemic: Pall breathing filters can help protect patients, healthcare workers
• Extinctions linked to climate change
• Car make, age and fuel economy all affect how much vehicles pollute, study finds
• MCG gets technology to help optimize medicine dosage
• Mayo collaboration identifies gene in childhood kidney disease
• Mayo Clinic finds aggressive surgery best option for advanced-stage ovarian cancer patients
• Education needed to reduce snowmobile injuries in children
• MBL leads effort to update E. coli genome
• New data show Ferriprox is more efficacious than deferoxamine
• Fossil galaxy reveals clues to early universe
• Patient safety monitoring at Hopkins Hospital finds law of unintended consequences at work
• New drug lets thyroid cancer patients avoid nasty side effects during treatment
• Scientists make first step towards 'holy grail' of crystallography
• Long-term memory controlled by molecular pathway at synapses
• Florida Tech, FSRI receive $1.3 million federal grant for space research
• The giant protein titin helps build muscles
• Retinol for combating leukemia cells
• Distribution model for digital content on the Internet
• Publishing strategies in transformation
• NASA'S Chandra finds black holes stirring up galaxies
• 'Pregnant' protein-coding genes carry RNA 'babies'
• Mouse model reveals that oncoprotein induces abnormal preleukemic blood cell progenitors
• 89 percent of men with penile implants are able to have sex says new study
• Plant-derived vaccines safeguard against deadly plague
• Monster black holes grow after galactic mergers
• Experts debate whether certain research should be restricted
• Removing gaps depends on overall health
• Medications and cough syrups may cause cavities
• American Academy of Neurology names Advocate of the Year at leadership forum
• Polymer materials suited for use as high temperature insulation
• Review highlights need for improved treatment of depression in elderly stroke patients
• Neuropsychologist Oliver Trumbull to present new research on problem solving and intuition
• New protected areas keep Madagascar's conservation vision on track
• Mapping Orion's winds
• Blood flow in brain takes a twist, affecting views of Alzheimer's
• Two pathways found that lead to Alzheimer's disease
• No stars in the clouds
• Newly located Greek temple to be discussed at AIA Annual Meeting
• UCSD team unmasks family of immune system invaders
• UCLA develops new method to track neuron cell death leading to Alzheimer's disease
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Role models influence ethical behavior
• Astronomers shed surprising light on our galaxy's black hole
• 10 million 'missing' female births in India due to selective abortion
• Treating glaucoma early lowers economic burden
• New insight into machinery of immune cells' 'tentacles'
• Sandia to conduct regional energy/water workshop in Salt Lake City
• Research to prevent blindness awards $110,000 grant to Department of Ophthalmology at Case
• Case Professor Eric Pearlman, Ph.D., receives prestigious vision research grant
• Protein tests to diagnose pet food-poisoned dogs
• Dogs keep dying: Many owners unaware of toxic dog food
• Learned motor programs directly influence the visual perception of movements
• Face perception is modulated by sexual orientation
• Evolutionary shifts in olfactory sensitivities in fruit flies
• A clue from macaques yields evidence for impaired retroviral defense genes in humans
• Three-week diet/exercise study shows 50 percent reversal in metabolic syndrome, Type 2 diabetes
• American Mathematical Society awards 2006 prizes
• Screening test for prostate cancer does not improve survival
• Losing weight by controlling flavor variety
• Mysterious condition still more prevalent among Persian Gulf vets
• Genes' influence on common drugs may affect health-care quality, cost
• Redating of the latest Neandertals in Europe
• VCU study suggests that heritability of major depression is higher in women than in men
• UT Southwestern scientist honored among best in Texas research
• Hedgehog protein blocks fat production, produces more bone
• Penn researchers call for new paradigm in clinical trials
• Fox Foundation grant funds major gene therapy advance for treatment of Parkinson's disease
• Electronic nose could spell the end of landfill pongs
• New research to help guarantee future of oil supplies
• Polymer aids in blood clotting, pointing way to new treatment
• UCLA paper examines how one disease may prevent another
• Study highlights role of hit-and-run collisions in planet formation
• Large survey of galaxies yields new findings on star formation
• The Wistar Institute licenses rubella vaccine seed stock to Microgen of Russia
• Jefferson researchers building a better rabies vaccine
• Can dogs smell cancer?
• Loss of caspase-8 makes neuroblastoma more aggressive
• Scientists, linking gene with serotonin and depression, offer insights to new treatments
• Pharmaceutical companies the world's most ethical, says Swiss study
• Sequence-based early warning system for the detection of MRSA outbreaks in hospitals
• Immune substances may help antibody-based drugs fight cancer
• Follow-up study shows drug slows severe Alzheimer's symptoms for one year
• NYU Child Study Center expert co-authors 'Who Invented Lemonade?'
• Risky sex in Miami, racial influence on children's care in latest Journal of Urban Health
• New book reveals how engineers saved Hughes satellite from disaster on Christmas Day 1997
• Global warming can trigger extreme ocean, climate changes
• National statistics for 18 major birth defects released
• New generation clinical trials could save time and money, improve patient care
• Stressed-out moms think their children are more difficult
• Understanding fatigue in chronic liver disease
• Difficulty in treating older hepatitis C patients with combination therapy
• Cyclosporine inhibits hepatitis C virus in vitro
• JCI table of contents: January 12, 2006
• Blockade of fat hormone helps halt and heal multiple sclerosis
• Hopkins researcher links gene mutation with poor outcomes in people with most common thyroid cancer
• Obesity in middle age linked to higher risk of hospitalization and death in older age
• Motor symptoms associated with increased risk for future Parkinson's disease
• Medication plus beta-blocker helps prevent shocks from implantable cardioverter defibrillator
• Memantine appears effective and safe in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease
• Higher intake of vegetable protein associated with lower blood pressure levels
• Glaucoma treatment time and costs increase as disease progresses
• Atherothrombosis patients world-wide often have undertreated, undercontrolled risk factors
• Avian flu transmission to humans may be higher than thought
• Semantic web travel services on a voyage of discovery
• Drug-resistant bacteria patterns in intensive care units changing nationally
• New Hurricane Katrina survivor initiative to guide policy
• HealthGrades identifies hospitals with highest-rated specialty practices
• Jan. GEOLOGY and GSA TODAY media highlights
• Something in the air? ESA service warns asthma sufferers by mobile phone
• Integral identifies supernova rate for Milky Way
• Elsevier partners with ASENT to publish NeuroRx®
• Use of proven heart medicines improves, but not enough
• Mexicans settling in upstate New York are marginalized
• Abstinence is healthy goal for teenagers but research critiques abstinence-only educational policies
• Smoking while pregnant causes finger, toe deformities
• Conference explores use of microbes in nanotechnology
• ASM launches video podcast
• Tomato juice keeps emphysema from developing in new model; Lycopene cited
• Losing sleep undoes the rejuvenating effects new learning has on the brain
• Antibiotics do not prevent recurrent myocardial infarcts in subjects with periodontitis
• International research reveals proven ways to reduce drug costs
• Measuring Charon
• Study reveals classic symbiotic relationship between ants, bacteria
• University of Texas physicists put the squeeze on atoms
• How marine reserves are giving coral reefs a helping hand
• University of Alberta researcher unveils world's largest drug database
• Bringing hearts back to life
• Intraperitoneal chemotherapy administration prolongs survival for women with advanced ovarian cancer
• New technology developed at Barrow Neurological Institute enhances MRI capabilities
• PlasmaSol, Stevens spin-out, acquired for $17.5 million
• News tips from the Journal of Neuroscience
• Loosen leash on cancer protein 'watchdog,' researchers say
• World Trade Center identifications pushed forensic DNA technology
• Logging may hinder forest regeneration, increase fire risk
• Structure of viral harpoon protein reveals how viruses enter cells
• NCI issues clinical announcement for preferred method of treatment for advanced ovarian cancer
• Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy could reduce osteoporosis in children
• Screening combination for PTs with colorectal cancer could reduce need for more invasive procedures
• Role for medical journals and general news media to raise awareness of child survival
• Increase in death rates from liver cirrhosis in Britain largest in western Europe
• Congo conflict — 'The world's deadliest humanitarian crisis'
• Family influences breast cancer treatment among older Hispanics
• Fatigue and breast cancer survivors
• Semantic descriptors to help the hunt for music
• Treating gum disease may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease
• Biomarker for age-related macular degeneration found
• Genes in Uniform: Don't Test, Don't Tell
• Recycling of aeronautics components
• In bacterial diversity, Amazon is a 'desert'; Desert is an 'Amazon'
• Gold 'glitters' in new ways at the nanoscale
• Brookhaven lab chemists probe combustion process
• Ames lab alloy could boost next generation jet fighter
• Tiny crystals promise big benefits for solar technologies
• GlaxoSmithKline's rotavirus vaccine candidate shown effective
• WT1, male fertility and tumorigenesis
• Where 'jumping genes' fear to tread
• Tandem transcripts team together
• Translational control by RINGO/Spy
• Insects and mammals share common fat-building pathway, study suggests
• Brain plays key role in diabetes therapy
• SUVs no safer than passenger cars for children, new study finds
• Not so different after all: Mysterious eye cells adapt to light
• Research adds to concerns about surgeons performing occasional breast cancer operations
• Viral infection at birth linked to cerebral palsy
• Questions over 'healing effect' of magnets
• Predicting the future of primary care in England
• Researchers discover new way to stimulate brain to release antioxidants
• AGU journal highlights - 4 January 2006
• Genetics plays a role in the side effects experienced by people taking painkillers
• Gold nanoparticles, radiation combo may slow Alzheimer's
• News Briefs from the January issue of CHEST
• Clinical performance measures raise bar in heart attack care
• Link between esophageal cancer and soft drinks debunked by researchers at Yale
• Stardust nears end of epic journey; Researchers await its treasure
• Doctors at UVA health system search for new treatments for diabetic kidney disease
• Little known DNA repair enzyme may be a tumor suppressor gene
• UI researchers discover star orbiting a 'medium-sized' black hole
• Black baby girls more likely to live when born very premature
• The first baby boom
• New study links reputation to media bias
• Chemical signaling helps regulate sensory map formation in the brain
• UCSD laser technique sheds light on strokes
• Tiny marine organisms reflect ocean warming
• Global warming can trigger extreme ocean, climate changes, Scripps-led study reveals
• Hebrew University scientists develop prototype drug to prevent osteoporosis
• Man's best friend: Study shows lonely seniors prefer playtime with pooch over human interaction
• FDA approves first medical device using Rutgers biomaterial
• Turn down that radio! Years of loud noise may lead to tumor
• Study: Exercise helps speed wound healing in older adults
• On the loose: Urban coyotes thrive in North American cities
• Chemists calculate structure of puzzling 'scrambler' molecule
• Scientists identify molecular structure of key viral protein
• Obesity in middle age raises heart disease, diabetes risk in older age
• Cell stress protein linked to aggressive breast cancer
• Nobelist discovers antidepressant protein in mouse brain
• Mayo Clinic reports new option for patients with metastatic melanoma
• A picture of radioactivity from the inner part of our galaxy
• The impact of smoking and genes on rheumatoid arthritis
• New evidence to support combination therapy for achieving remission of early rheumatoid arthritis
• Genetic mutation linked to West Nile virus infection
• Guidelines needed to help care for children during emergencies
• Abdominal chemo boosts survival in ovarian cancer patients
• Building interoperability into medical information
• Study sheds new light on causes of common STD
• RSVP: Telecon on Hurricane Katrina Survivor Initiative - Jan 5
• New vaccine for condition that kills 500,000 children a year
• Measuring the size of a small, frost world
• Radar satellite service checks stability of Africa's largest artificial hole
• Tercica launches Increlex in the US
• History of human cannibalism eats away at researchers
• Teens unaware of sexually transmitted diseases until they catch one, Carnegie Mellon study finds
• Psychotropic drug prescriptions for teens surge 250 percent over 7 year period
• ASU researchers find link between social behavior, maternal traits in bees
• One day radiation may become an option for breast cancer patients
• Exploring the limits of presidential power after 9/11
• Two mathematics programs that make a difference
• New 'self-exploding' microcapsules could take sting out of drug delivery
• CMS announces fewer, prioritized, less burdensome measures
• Surgery can ease sleep problems for those with brain malformations
• VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers identify a new class of anti-cancer drugs based on platinum
• Promising new treatment for ulcerative colitis sufferers
• Identified: DNA that controls the malaria parasite's disguise mechanism
• Faults in newly discovered breast stem cells may lead to tumours
• US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank
• Nurse delivers first baby from commercial frozen donor egg bank

Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 21 Feb 2009
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