New Automatic Analysis Of Protein Patterns In Tissues From Carnegie Mellon Engineering Researchers Carnegie Mellon University's Justin Y. Newberg and Robert F. Murphy have developed a software toolbox that is intended to help bioscience researchers characterize protein patterns in human tissues.Newberg, a Ph.D.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comDemonstrating How Embryonic Stem Cells Develop Into Tissue-Specific Cells While it has long been known that embryonic stem cells have the ability to develop into any kind of tissue-specific cells, the exact mechanism as to how this occurs has heretofore not been demonstrated.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comScientists Find Genetic Alterations That Increase The Risk Of Neuroblastoma, An Aggressive Childhood Cancer, UK Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, led by Professor Nazneen Rahman, have been taking part in an international study into the causes of neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer. The findings were published this week in the New England Journal of
Medicine*.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIncreased Research, Determination Needed In HIV/AIDS Vaccine Efforts, HIV Vaccine Enterprise Head Says The disappointment that followed the cancellation of a Merck vaccine trial in September 2007 has been replaced by a renewed determination among the scientific community, Alan Bernstein, executive director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise, said ahead of the 25th anniversary of the scientific paper announcing the discovery of HIV, the CP/Yahoo! News reports.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPollution Linked To Deep Vein Thrombosis And Blood Clots New research on people living in Italy, suggests that long term exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis and blood clots in the legs or thighs, adding to previous research findings linking particulate air pollution and increased risk of death from cardiovascular diseases.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comOlder Persons With More Schooling Spend Fewer Years With Cognitive Loss Those with at least a high school education spend more of their older years without cognitive loss - including the effects of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and dementia -- but die sooner after the loss becomes apparent, reveals a new study appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Aging and
Health.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSenate GOP Seeks To Remove Provisions To Delay Medicaid Regulations From War Spending Bill Some Senate Republicans are pushing to remove provisions in the supplemental war spending measure that would prevent seven new Medicaid regulations from taking effect until April 1, 2009, CQ Today reports. Republicans also are attempting to remove a provision in the bill that would ban physician-owned specialty hospitals from receiving Medicare payments.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNFIB Launches Advertising Campaign With Focus On Cost Of Health Insurance For Small Businesses The National Federation of Independent Business last week in Washington, D.C., launched a new advertising campaign that focuses on the cost of
health insurance for small businesses, CQ
HealthBeat reports.The campaign, titled "Solutions Start Here," includes ads on four local radio stations and in local print publications focused on politics, as well as ads scheduled to appear online this week.
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