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November 27th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 27 (ANI): With just a drop of the mother''s blood, it may soon be possible to determine whether an unborn baby has a genetic disorder, say researchers.
The scientists hope ...
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November 22nd, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by ANI
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Washington, November 22 (ANI): Indiana University researchers have for the first time developed a comprehensive map of genes that are likely to be involved in bipolar disorder.
Reporting their work in the ...
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November 17th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
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London, November 17 (ANI): Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers say that brain tumour cells release tiny sacs called microvesicles, which contain information that may prove helpful in developing an effective treatment ...
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November 13th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Nov 13 (ANI): A clinical trial testing the effectiveness of what was believed to be a promising new HIV vaccine has resulted in failure.
The vaccine, made by the pharmaceutical company ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 3:23 pm ICT by ANI
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Nainital, Nov 10 (ANI): A three-year-old male leopard was killed in a road accident near Ramnagar forest area of Jim Corbett National Park on Sunday.
Wildlife officials said they found the dead ...
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November 10th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, November 10 (ANI): Johns Hopkins researchers have uncovered a set of five proteins in blood, which they believe may lay the basis for a highly accurate early warning test to ...
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October 31st, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, October 31 (ANI): A team of researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Biology and Soils (IBS) captured and released a female ...
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October 5th, 2008 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 5 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Vigo in Spain have found that female birds sacrifice their health to lay colourful eggs.
The colour blue in many birds'' eggs comes ...
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October 3rd, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 3 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Vigo in Spain have found that female birds sacrifice their health to lay colourful eggs.
The colour blue in many birds'' eggs comes ...
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September 22nd, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
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Haldwani (Uttarakhand), Sept 22 (ANI): Doctors of Haldwani district in Uttarakhand fear an outbreak of the much-dreaded Japanese Encephalitis fever, as five patients complaining about fever have been admitted in a ...
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September 16th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 16 (ANI): Scientists at the John Hopkins University School of Medicine have reported success in significantly suppressing levels of the "hunger hormone" ghrelin in pigs.
They used a minimally invasive ...
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September 16th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) An Indian American medical scientist has successfully suppressed levels of 'hunger hormone' ghrelin in pigs, which could pave the way for a lasting solution to obesity in people.He ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, September 10 (ANI): A new technique that measures hundreds of molecular markers in the blood can confirm within minutes, rather than hours, whether a patient is having a heart attack.
Researchers ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 11:20 am ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 10 (IANS) The first exhaustive study of captive elephants in southern India has found that 15.25 percent of them suffer from tuberculosis.Principal investigator of the two-year-long study Jacob Cheeran told ...
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September 3rd, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, have developed a new method for early detection of a heart attack metabolite profiling.
To test the method, Robert Gerszten and colleagues ...
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July 29th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 29 (IANS) California Institute of Technology researchers have miniaturised microscope small enough to sit on a fingertip, but with the magnifying power of its high-resolution counterparts. The "microscopic microscope" operates ...
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July 26th, 2008 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 26 (ANI): British researchers cautioned that getting blood donors to tightly clench their fists during the procedure may raise potassium levels in the samples, which may indicate kidney or ...
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July 25th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 25 (ANI): A new study has found that measles outbreaks in developing countries could be reduced by vaccinating infants at 4.5 months of age as well as at the ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 22 (IANS) When a second strain of wily HIV virus infects someone after the first, they swap genetic information, creating a third, recombinant strain, successfully outwitting the immune system. A ...
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July 15th, 2008 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 15 (IANS) Plant sterols are known to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease, but they may pose a risk for the elderly, according to a study. Plant ...
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July 15th, 2008 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 15 (ANI): They might be known for lowering bad cholesterol and reducing heart disease risk, but plant sterols have their own health risks, say researchers.
The researchers found that these ...
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July 11th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 11 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found the control switches for immune cells that fight cancer, viral infection.
During the study, they showed ...
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July 9th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Sweden''s Karolinska Institute have found that a particular gene variant might make women more vulnerable to alcoholism.
According to their ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 8 (ANI): American researchers are working on lab-on-a-chip technologies that will facilitate the detection of the kind and amounts of radiation people at any particular area have received after ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, July 8 (IANS) Concerned over the rise in cases of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) in Chhattisgarh, the health department will hold cultural programmes in rural areas to promote use of condoms, ...
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July 5th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by IANS
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Brest (France), July 5 (DPA) French anti-doping supremo Pierre Bordry issued a stern warning to riders on the eve of Tour de France cycling tournament to stay away from forbidden substances and ...
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July 1st, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 1 (ANI): Low levels of good cholesterol may increase the risk of memory loss and lead to dementia later in life, warns a new study.
The study, led by Archana ...
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June 22nd, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 22 (ANI): Its not the greed that makes obese people eat more than others, but a genetic flaw that drives them to consume almost 300 calories per day, a ...
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June 20th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
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London, June 20 (ANI): Its not the greed that makes obese people eat more than others, but a genetic flaw that drives them to consume almost 300 calories per day, a ...
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June 19th, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 19 (ANI): Children exposed to stressful events at an early age are at an increased risk of developing allergies later on, according to a new study.
German researchers have revealed ...
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